CABLE TO AIG NINE SEVEN FIVE FROM NPIC WASHDC

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000600030079-7
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: March 6, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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6 MAR 68
PREFACE
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REPRESENTS A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF
AERIAL PHO?OGRAPHY FROM GLASS LAMP MISSION G-017, 1 MARCH 68.
((NOTE: TEXT THAT FOLLOWS IDENTICAL WITH THAT OF MISSION CITED ABOVE))
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COMIREX TARGET NUMBER.
SYMBOt?5 1?SEC~ TO fNDICATE CONDITIONS WhIICH gF'FECT THE _A~PEARANCE _ _
OF THE TARGET ON PHOTOGRAPHY ARE AS FOLLOWS -' C GCLEARpr SC
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~-TflE PIVM$~ AT THE RT~t~T MARGIN ~ -TFIE~ADE~ LANE f~~FIE' _....____ _ __ __.
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~ f~SCATTERED CLOUD GOVER~r HC AHEAVY CLOUD COVERttr H f~HAZEtzr
CS f~CLOUD SHAI7rJWttr SD f~SEMtDARKNESStzr GC gGROUNp COVER~tr
CF ~iC1~M0UFLAGE~r O 6~OBLIQU~TY>xr AND GR C~GRO~ND RESOLtJTZON1ti
INTc.RPRETABILITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY IS CATEGORIZED AS G t~O00D~r
F 6~FA,IRz~ r pR N f~P00Rtt. THE EXTENT` OF 'YARGE"f OVERAGE I~ DENOTED
~iY THE SYMBOLS T ~TOTAL>x ~1R PT f~PARTIALa. THE MODE OF COVERAGE
IS SIGNI~tED E,Y ST (~STEREOttr A!S i~NONSTEREOttr OR PS t~pARTIAL-_
STrkEOtt.
GLASS LAMP MISSION G-017r 1 P~'ARCH 1968r PROVIDES GOOD PHOTOGRAPHIC
C4VER_6E OF EASTERN CUBA--KITH APPROXIMATELY. 3H PERCENT CLOUp - ~~~-
FACILITIES FROM THB M05T ADEQUA'~E PREVIOUS P~IS5ION WILL CARRY
'tHE APPROPRIATE ~IISSIOl~ Nu~UER aND DATEr PREFIXED BY THE _
LETTE~S NACr AS THE. LAST EhdTRY ON THE PHOTO, REFERENCE LINE.
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. TH45E~ TARGE S ';'='HICH REFLECT iV4~IGNIFICAn~T CI1Ah1GE .IN-_
COVER' _ ----
OF' THE i?4 COMIREX TARGETS PRESENTLY LISTED IN CUBAi 6T ARE COVERED
ON THI5_MISSION. TWENTY-FOUR Q~' THESE. ARE IDENTIFIED ONLY A~"D
? ClNtvflT BE INT~PPR#TED ? _
.....SEEN AT THE SITE RENfAINS IN PLACE? "~fl CRUISE MISSII.E_SITES ARE _
SIGNIFICANT ~~ANGES APE' NOTED. THE LAtIiVCH POSITIONSr THE CE~`'T~tAL
fiUIDA~CE-'T'y1ENTr AND T~ ACQUISITIOh~ RADAR_Rf'~VET~SENT R~1'-~AMCFIUELQ
SAM SITE ARE NOW UNOCCUPIED- BL'T THE ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT NORMALLY.
THE HIGHLIGHT QF THIS_MigSION_.i~_~t~~ 1~ltNt.1r14Air.viV_Vr_K rv_~r~ _ .
AIRf~IELD UNDER CONSTRUCTIO 2.7 N~" N;~~ O~ MA AQUA AND 1G ~M S OP
SANTA CLARA. IT IS SIMILAR IN CONSTRJCTION TO THE RECENTLY,
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ColvSTRUCTEp AIRFIEL[: ESE ~F' NEGRI~l.
NINE SAM St.T.S+ fl~~E SAM ASSEMBLY AREAr AND ONE SAM .TRAINING AREA
ARE OB~~~ITH THE' EXCEPTION OF OPlE SAM SITE NO
COVERED Div 1~HIS MISSION.
~~Il,ftYr AIRr NAQA[.r ANp Ghf1UND ACTIVITY.. APPEAR IVAL _ _
TH~~U~HOUT THE AREA OF COVERAGE. AN EXPLOSIVE STORAGE FACILITY
~5-E3EING CONSTRUCTED NNE OF MAT~iGUA?
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THE FplGOYVING fNFORMATION REPRESENTS A PRELIMINARY ANAL OF
AERIAL. PHOTOGRAPHY FROM GLASS LAMP MISSION G~81Tr 1 MARCH 6B.
MISSILES
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