BRASS KNOB COVERAGE OF CUBA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05167A000800110009-6
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 19
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 1, 2014
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 5, 1963
• Content Type: MEMO

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, COMOR
SUBJECT: BRASS KNOB Coverage of Cuba
1. Attached are the following:
a. a table showing BRASS KNOB coverage of the COMOR Highest
Priority Targets for Cuba during 1-30 June.
b. a table showing BRASS KNOB coverage of 1...1L COMOR
targets during the same period.
c. a table showing BRASS KNOB coverage of the COMOR Highest
Priority Targets during 27 June - 3 July.
d. a table showing BRASS KNOB coverage of all COMOR targets
during the same period.
e. a map showing the locations of the COMOR targets with arrows
-indicating those not covered during 27 June - 3 July.
2. During 27 June-3 July, 7 BRASS KNOB missions were flown, and
69 percent of the total land area of Cuba was covered by photography with
25 percent or less cloud cover. Coverage of individual objectives has
improved. During 27 June-3 July, only 6 of the COMOR targets were not
covered, and of these only one was in the Highest Priority category.
Group 1
Excluded from automatic down-
grading and declassification
S-E-C-R-E-T
Chairman
COMOR Working Group
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BRASS KNOB C._Tvera::e f HiLhest Priority
Targets alring 1 - 0 Jutr.
Attachment A to CWG-BK-32
SECRET
DATES
TOTAL
DAYS
COVERED
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TARGET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2728 29 30 31 SORTIES
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1
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Banes Cruise Missile Site
1
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1
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Santa Cruz del Norte Cruise Site
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1
1
1
1
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11
1
1
1
1
1
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1
1
15
15
Camilo Cienfuegos Airfield
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1
1
1
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1
1
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7
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Camaguey Airfield
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1
1
1
1
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1
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1
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Holguin Airfield
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1
1
1
1
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1
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1
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1
7
7
San Antonio de los Banos Airfield
1
*
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2
1
1
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1
1
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*
1
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1
1
1
11
13
Marie' Naval Base
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
1
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1
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2
1
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11
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Banes Naval Base
1
1
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1
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Cienfuegos Naval Base
2
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1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
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1
1
1
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1
16
Santiago de CUba Port
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1
1
1
1
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La Isabela Port
1
1
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1
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1
1
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1
1
1
10
10
Casilda Port
1
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1
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1
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2
1
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1
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1
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1
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1
1
1
12
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Havana Port
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1
1
1
1
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Guantanamo Area
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1
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5
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Pinar del Rio Military Camp
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Artemisa Military Came
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1
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1
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1
7
6
Holguin Military Camp
11
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1
7
6
Camaguey Military Camp***
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1
1
1
1
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1
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Remedios Military CAMD
1
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1
1
1
1
1
2
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1
1
1
11
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Santiago de las Vegas Military Camp
1
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1
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1
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1
1
1
7
7
Lourdes (Torrens) Army Camp
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1
1
1
1
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1
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1
1
1
1
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Limonar Military Camp
1
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1
1
1
1
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1
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11
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*A numeral indicates the number of times on the date shown that the entire target area
-ms photographed without significant cloud cover, haze, or image degradation. Partial
coverage of the target on that date is indicated by an asterisk. Where there is no
number or asterisk, the target may have been overflown but no useable photography was
obtained.
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BRASS KNOB Coverage of ALL CONON Targets
During 1 - 30 June 1963
Attachment B to CWG-BK-.32
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TOTAL
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