BEARING PLANT NO 6 SVERDLOVSK, USSR

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP78T04751A000300020005-6
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RIPPUB
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T
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2
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 1, 2001
Sequence Number: 
5
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Publication Date: 
June 2, 1960
Content Type: 
BRIEF
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TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2001/08/07 ;~ORN78T04751A000.Q190?-6 2 1~ Copy No 37 PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE BRIEF CIA/PIG SUBJECT : Bearing Plant No 6 NO : PIC/B-5/60 LOCATION: Sverdlovsk, USSR DATE: 2 June 1960 WAG : 156 LAT : 56?50'40" N BE LONG: 60?37'30" E 25X1A MAP DATA : Air, A.CIC. US Air Target Chart, Series 25, 0156-9999-1-25A, Oct 55 (C) Air, ACIC. US Air. Target Chart, Series 100, 0156-9999-100A (Prow), Feb 57 (S) REFERENCES: USSR. Sverdlovsk Telephone Directory, Sverdlovsk, 1941 (U) CIA.. Bearing Factories in the USSR, 18 Dec 58 (S o .orn ont, ontrol) CIA. Possible Missile Application of Bearings Produced at Sverdlovsk- er ovs Plant, 11 Dec 58 (S Noforn/Cont. Control) REQUIREMENT: CIA/RR/E/R1/60, requesting a detailed photo inter- pretation of Bearing Plant No 6, Sverdlovsk, USSR. REMARKS : This brief presents a photographic analysis of Bearing Plant No 6 in Sverdlovsk, USSR. Because of the lack of stereo coverage, only fair resolution, and the small scale of the photography, only a limited inter- pretation was possible. Although the photography shows no industrial plants at the points specified on the US Air Target Charts referenced, it was determined, with the aid of the collateral sources listed, that the plant appearing on photography at 56?.50'40"N/60?37'30"E is Bearing Plant No 6. The plant occupies the block.where item 1-70 is located on US Air Target Chart 0156-9999-1-25A, Major components of the plant are shown on the accompanying line drawing and are described in the following key to annotations . itto Rs COPI Declass Review by NIMA / DoD D AI. Approved For Release 20fl5P/0gE&Df7A51A000300020005-6 NOFORN TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2001/08/07 8 31 78TO4751A000300020005-6 PIG/B-5/60 BEARING PLANT No 6, SVERDLOVSK, USSR. The major components shown are described in the key to annotations. KEY TO ANNOTATIONS 1. Assembly building, flat roof with one monitor, single story, 390' x 90'. 2. Storage building, flat roof, single story, connected to item 1 by covered passageway, 390' x 70'. 3. Probable warehouse, gable roof, single story, 130' x 251. 4. Warehouse, gable roof, single story, 120' x 351. .5. Warehouse, gable roof, single story, 100' x 60'. 6. Warehouse, gable roof, single story, 80' x 35'. 7. Probable small. secured area. 8. Assembly building, longitudinal monitors, single story, irregular plan, main section 385' x 190', adjacent section 190' x 160',. end section 90' x 50'. 9. Machine shops, flat roof with one monitor, single story, irregular shape, roof area. approximately 22, 000 sq. ft. 10. Warehouse, gable roof, two stories, 280' x 55'. 11. Probable machine shop, flat roof, single story, 105' x 40'. 12. Probable administration building, gable roof with dormers, two stories, 90' x 65'. Approved For Release 20"/WE fDEI#tf75lA000300020005-6 NOFORN