ODE-4155

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CIA-RDP78T05693A000300030036-8
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RIPPUB
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13
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December 28, 2016
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June 5, 2009
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36
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April 16, 1960
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 CLASSIFICATION IUV JtLRtf "THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN T A THE MEANING OF THE ESPIO- HANDLE BY TALENT NAGE LAWS, TITLE 18, USCA, CONTROL CHANNELS SECS. 793 & 794, THE TRANS- ONLY MISSION OR REVELATION OF WHICH IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW" N T CLASSIFICATION TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2009/06/05: CIA-RDP78T05693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 TOP SECRET CHESS Date of Info 9 April 1960 PAR-582-60 16 April 1960 Copy No, 49 DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS, THE COVERAGE QUALITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY ON MISSION B 4155 RANGED FROM POOR TO GOOD. OVER-ALL CLOUD COVER WAS APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT, WITH THE HEAVIEST CONCENTRATION OVER THE ANDIZHAN AND TYURA TAM AREAS. RESOLUTION, CONTRAST, AND DENSITY WERE CONSIDERED GOOD IN THOSE AREAS NOT GREATLY AFFECTED RY WEATHER CONDITIONS. THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT COVERS ITEMS OF IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE SIGNIFICANCE IN RESPONSE TO REQUIREMENTS LEVIED BY THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. COVERING A WIDE AREA BETWEEN THE FERGANA VALLEY, SEMIPALATINSK, AND THE ARAL SEA, MISSION B 4155 INCLUDES IN ITS PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD THE FOLLOWING MAJOR ITEMS OF INTELLIGENCE INTEREST. AN AREA OF SOME 8,000 SQUARE MILES BETWEEN LAKE BALKHASH AND DZHEZKAZGAN IS SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME AND DISCLOSES MANY MISSILE-ASSOCIATED INSTALLATIONS. INCLUDED ARE INTERFEROMETER-TYPE INSTRUMENTATION SITES, NUMEROUS COMMUNICATIONS AND TRACKING FACILITI?S, MISSILE LAUNCH AND SUPPORT AREAS, A LARGE DIRT STRIP (16,300 X 260 FT)1 AND OTHER UNIDENTIFIED INSTALLATIONS. ONLY 13 AIRFIELDS WERE COVERED, 7 OF WHICH ARE MAJOR FIELDS. A TOTAL OF 251 AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED, INCLUDING 48 BOMBERS. 122 FIGHTERS, AND 81 OTHER TYPES. 1 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : C_IA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 1 UP StC.KtI (.F1tSS PAR-582-60 Date of Info 9 April 1960 16 April 1960 DETAIL A. GUIDED MISSILES SARY SHAGAN - DZHEZKAZGAN AREA NUMEROUS GUIDED-MISSILE-ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN LOCATED IN AN AREA OF SOME 89000 SQUARE MILES EXTENDING FROM LAKE BALKHASH TO SARY SHAGAN AND ON TO DZHEZKAZGAN. THE-COMPLEXITY OF THIS ENTIRE AREA COMPLICATED BY PARTIAL CLOUD COVER, WILL NECESSITATE CONSIDERABLE DETAILED ANALYSIS, USING ALL-SOURCE INTELLIGENCE, TO PUT TOGETHER A COMPOSITE INTELLIGENCE PICTURE. WHILE NO ATTEMPT IS MADE HERE TO DESCRIBE OR LOCATE ALL THE INSTALLATIONS IN THIS LARGE AREA, SOME NOTION OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS COVERAGE CAN BE IMPARTED BY BRIEFLY LISTING INSTALLATIONS NOTED DURING THE PRELIMINARY SCAN MADE FOR THIS ODE. DETAILED STUDY OF THIS AREA COULD RESULT IN THE MOST PROVOCATIVE AND POSSIBLY THE MOST PRODUCTIVE RESULTS FROM ANY TALENT COVERAGE OF SOVIET MISSILE ACTIVITIES TO DATE. SUBSTANTIVE BRIEFS ON MAJOR INSTALLATIONS WILL BE STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT AND DISSEMINATED AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE. NOT UNTIL THE FINAL READOUT HAS BEEN MADE WILL THE ROLES AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF THE INSTALLATIONS IN THIS AREA BE UNDERSTOOD. THE FOLLOWING LIST SERVES ONLY AS AN INDICATOR OF THE NUMBER AND VARIETY OF INSTALLATIONS SEEN OVER A VAST PROBLEM AREA WHICH NOW CONFRONTS THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY. SARY SHAGAN AREA 46 01 N - 73 30 E 1. AIRFIELD COMPLEX INCLUDING A CONCRETE RUNWAY, AN EXTREMELY LONG DIRT STRIP (16000 X 260 FT), MISSILE ASSEMBLY AND CHECKOUT FACILITIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION, AND REVETTED STORAGE FACILITIES. 2. TWO STORAGE AREAS 3. ONE RADIO TRANSMITTING AREA 4. ONE RADIO RECEIVING AREA 5. LARGE HOUSING COMPLEX 2 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 Kit, Jtt-Ktl C.1"IC33 Date of Info 9 April 1960 PAR-582-60 16 April 1960 TWO DEGREE SQUARE AREA 46 TO 48 N - 71 TO 73 E A. LAUNCH AND SUPPORT AREA -- THIS AREA. PARTIALLY CLOUD COVERED. INCLUDES AT LEAST ONE LARGE LAUNCH PAD AND TWO LARGE SEMICIRCULAR PAVED AREAS MEASURING 200 TO 300 FEET IN DIAMETER. BUNKERS. A TALL TOWER. AND A DRIVE-THROUGH BUILDING ARE ALSO EVIDENT IN THIS AREA. THE SEMICIRCULAR AREAS MAY BE EITHER NEW-TYPE LAUNCH PADS OR ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATIONS. Be PROBABLE LANDING STRIP UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH HOUSING SUPPORT AREA C. SEVERAL RADIO INSTRUMENTATION SITES D. QUARRY AND CONCRETE BATCH PLANT E. INTERFEROMETER-TYPE INSTRUMENTATION SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION F. COMMUNICATIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH A SUPPORT AREA AND MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE ALL THESE FACILITIES ARE IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. ARE APPARENTLY INTERRELATED. AND ARE INTERCONNECTED BY A HARD-SURFACE ROAD THAT LEADS TO SARY SHAGAN. 3 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 1 UP 5t: Kt1 LFitJS Date of Info 9 April 1960 TWO DEGREE SQUARE AREA 46 TO 48 N - 69 TO 71 E PAR-582-60 16 April 1960 INTERFEROMETER-TYPE INSTRUMENTATION STATION, WITH ASSOCIATED AREA, CONTAINING 3 DOMED BUILDINGS, A PROBABLE MICROWAVE STATION, A TOKEN-TYPE RADAR, AND AT LEAST 30 OTHER BUILDINGS. INTERFEROMETER-TYPE INSTRUMENTATION STATION WITH ASSOCIATED SUPPORT AREA, CONTAINING AT LEAST 27 BUILDINGS AND WITH A SOD LANDING STRIP NEARBY. DZHEZKAZGAN 47 48 N - 67 29 E A LARGE INSTRUMENTATION SITE, POSSIBLY USED FOR MISSILE TRACKING, SIMILAR TO THE CHELKAR SITE. IT CONTAINS SEVERAL RADARS, INCLUDING ONE TOKEN TYPE, COMMUNICATIONS, AND A SUPPORT AREA WITH APPROXIMATELY 20 BUILDINGS. A NEW LAUNCH AREA (LAUNCH AREA C) IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OF CONSTRUCTION AT THE TYURA TAM RANGEHEAD (SEE ACCOMPANYING FIGURE). IT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 NM EAST OF LAUNCH AREA Bt AT 46 00 N - 63 35 E. THE AREA 15 SERVED BY BOTH ROAD AND RAIL, AND INCLUDES AN ASSEMBLY/CHECKOUT BUILDING 240 X 125 FT AND SEPARATELY SECURED LAUNCH FACILITIES. BECAUSE THE LAUNCH FACILITIES ARE IN THE EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, IT CANNOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER THERE WILL BE ONE OR TWO LAUNCH POINTS OR WHETHER THE POINT OR POINTS WILL BE ROAD OR RAIL SERVED OR BOTH. THIS LAUNCH AREA IS DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT FROM LAUNCH AREAS A & B AND 15 AT SURFACE LEVEL. NO INSTRUMENTATION IS APPARENT AT THIS TIME. EXTREMELY HEAVY CLOUDS PREVAIL OVER THE REST OF THE COMPLEX. LAUNCH AREA A IS COMPLETELY OBSCURED AND ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF ITS IMMEDIATE SUPPORT AREA IS CLEAR. NO CHANGES ARE NOTED IN THIS CLEAR AREA. LAUNCH AREA B IS ALSO COMPLETELY OBSCURED BY CLOUDS. HOWEVER, THE ROAD AND WATER LINE SERVING THIS AREA DO NOT APPEAR COMPLETE. A MAJOR PORTION OF THE SUPPORT FACILITIES FOR LAUNCH AREA B IS VISIBLE AND CONSTRUCTION IS CONTINUING. ALL OTHER MAJOR FACILITIES AT THE COMPLEX ARE CLOUD COVER?D. 4 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 r yr JL< RL I l l ILJJ Date of Info 9 April 1960 MAIN WATER LINE PROPELLANT PRODUCTION AREA TYURA TAM VILLAGE CONSTRUCTION, SUPPORT AND HOUSING AREA CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT AREA PAR-582-60 16 April 1960 TYURA TAM MISSILE LAUNCHING COMPLEX SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE NEW LAUNCH AREA (LAUNCH AREA "C") AND THE FEW OTHER CLOUD-FREE AREAS. TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 UUP: 415b i%-.Pr JCI.RCI LfCJJ Date of Info 9 April 1960 16 April 1960 AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1 CABs 1 UNDETERMINED LIAISON AIRCRAFT 4,600 X 340 FT N/S DIRT RUNWAY 4,000 X 235 FT ENE/WSW DIRT RUNWAY COORDINATES DIFFER FROM THOSE LISTED IN ASSOTW. 5. NEW AIRFIELD 115 NM ESE OF DZHEZKAZGAN APPROXIMATELY 7 5 N - 70 15 E NO AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 39700 X 200 FT NW/SE DIRT RUNWAY THIS APPEARS TO BE A SUPPORT AIRFIELD FOR AN INTERFEROMETER SITE 6. LUGOVOYE AIRFIELD 42 58 N - 72 43 E TWO RUNWAYS SHOWN ON AUGUST 1957 PHOTOGRAPHY APPEAR THE SAME, BUT EXTREME SMALL SCALE PRECLUDES MEASUREMENT OR DESCRIPTION. 7. MARY AIRFIELD 37 36 N - 61 48 E AIRCRAFT OBSERVED. 1 CRATE, 5 CAB, 7 UNDETERMINED LIAISON AIRCRAFT, 8 HOUND 5,000 X 290 FT ENE/WSW DIRT RUNWAY SINCE JULY 1959 PHOTOGRAPHY THE THREE SHORT RUNWAYS HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO TAXIWAYS. 7 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 IL) JCLKCI t-nCJJ PAR-582-60 Date of Info 9 April 1960 16 April 1960 INSTRUMENTATION SITE 29, TTMTR 46 20 N - 64 48 E TRACKER ONLY (1/601-604) THIS SITE (SEE CIA/HTA/JR-4/58) APPEARS ON FAR OBLIQUE, EXTREMELY SMALL SCALE PHOTOGRAPHY? NO CHANGE 15 APPARENT! BUT NO DETAILED INTERPRETATION CAN BE GIVEN. 5 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 1 VY 3tC.Kt1 C.11c33 Date of Info 9 April 1960 PAR-582-60 16 April 1960 AT LEAST 8,600 X 220 FT NE/SW BLACKTOP RUNWAY CLEAR OF SNOW CLOUDS AND HAZE PRECLUDE DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES UNDER CONSTRUCTION SHOWN ON AUGUST 1957 PHOTOGRAPHY 2. BALKHASH AIRFIELD 46 54 N - 75 01 E 6,300 X 330 FT NE/SW DIRT RUNWAY 4,900 X 400 FT NE/SW DIRT RUNWAY 4,200 X 500 FT NE/SW DIRT RUNWAY 3. DOLON AIRFIELD 50 33 N - 79 13 E A WEAPONS LOADING AREA IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE AIRFIELD. 6 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 yli11- 4i 57 r yr JLl RL l L I /LJJ PAR-582-60 Date of Info 9 April 1960 16 April 1960 Be MARY NORTH AIRFIELD 37 39 25x1 AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 72 FAGOT/FRESCO, 1 CREEK 8#200 X 165 FT N/S BLACKTOP RUNWAY NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE JULY 1959 PHOTOGRAPHY. ASSOTW LISTS RUNWAY AS 10#500 X 180 FT. 9. MARY NORTHEAST AIRFIELD 37 37 N - 61 54 E 25x1 AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 33 FAGOT/FRESCO 7#000 X 185 FT N/S BLACKTOP RUNWAY NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE JULY 1959 PHOTOGRAPHY 10. NEW AIRFIELD 15 NM SW OF SARY SHAGAN 46 01 N - 73 35 E 25x1 AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 9 BADGER, 14 BEAGLE, 3 FLASHLIGHT, 14 FAGOT/FRESCO, 1 CAMP, 4 CRATE, 5 CAB, 9 COLT, 9 UNDETERMINED LIAISON AIRCRAFT, 5 HOUND 9,850 X 185 FT NE/SW CONCRETE RUNWAY THIS AIRFIELD IS IN LATE STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. RUNWAY IS COMPLETE AND OPERATIONAL, TAXIWAY AT EAST END OF RUNWAY IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, LARGE SUPPORT AREAS ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION. ONE MEDIUM SIZED HANGAR COMPLETE AND ONE LARGE HANGAR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. A LARGE POSSIBLE AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE COMPLEX IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION ADJACENT TO THE AIRFIELD. I1. DIRT STRIP 18 NM SSW OF SARY SHAGAN 45 56 N - 7 E 25x1 STRIP IS 16,300 X 260 FT, ORIENTED NE/SW. IT IS LOCATED 4.5 NM SE OF THE NEW AIRFIELD 18 NM SW OF SARY SHAGAN. NO AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED. 8 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 l Ut' 3tt-Kt1 1,17W3 Date of Info 9 April 1960 12. SEMIPALATINSK AIRFIELD 50 21 N - 80 14 E PAR-582-60 16 April 1960 AIRCRAFT OBSERVED 1 BULL, 2 CRATE. 3 CAB, 6 PROBABLE COLT, 7 PROBABLE CREEK 10,500 X 270 FT ENE/WSW CONCRETE RUNWAY 3.400 X 270 FT N/S CONCRETE RUNWAY 6,300 X 200 FT NW/SE RUNWAY, TYPE OF SURFACE UNDETERMINED DUE TO SNOW COVER 4,100 X 200 FT ENE/WSW DIRT RUNWAY 14. AIRFIELDS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED BUT NOT CONFIRMED BECAUSE OF HAZE OR OVERCAST KUGAY AIRFIELD 40 58 N - 72 04 E STALINO AIRFIELD 40 43 N - 72 03 E DESCRIPTION OF THE MAIN MINING AND MILLING ACTIVITIES IN THE FERGANA VALLEY AND MAYLI SAY AREAS 15 PRECLUDED BY POOR COVERAGE RESULTING, VARIOUSLY. FROM HAZE, CLOUDS, AND EXTREMELY SMALL SCALE. NOTED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALONG THE FLIGHT PATH ARE ACTIVITIES RANGING FROM SMALL PROSPECTING-TYPE TO LARGE OPEN-PIT MINING OPERATIONS. 9 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 ODE 4155 IIJr JCLKCI IJICJJ Date of Info 9 April 1960 PAR-58Z-60 16 April 1960 GOOD COVERAGE OF THE ENTIRE CITY, AFFECTED ONLY BY SMOKE FROM THE BALKHASH COPPER SMELTING PLANT. CITY APPEARS BASICALLY UNCHANGED SINCE AUGUST 1957 PHOTOGRAPHY. A PROBABLE BY-PRODUCT PLANT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE COPPER SMELTING PLANT. THERE IS A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH SECTION OF THE CITY. DZHEZKAZGAN COMPLEX 47 48 N - 67 44 E EXCELLENT COVERAGE SHOWS HOUSING AREAS AND RAIL-SERVED INDUSTRIES, INCLUDING A LARGE COPPER ORE DRESSING PLANT, AND COPPER MINING. KARKARALINSK 49 24 N - 75 28 E THE CITY IS COVERED BY GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS IN THE ENVIRONS. LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 2 NM SW OF THE CITY IS A PROBABLE MISSILE TRACKING STATION SIMILAR TO TWO OTHER STATIONS, AT CHELKAR AND DZHEZKAZGAN. THE STATION CONSISTS OF THREE AREAS -- ONE AREA HAS TWO TOKEN-TYPE RADARS, ONE HAS TWO GROUPS OF THREE VEHICLES AND ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS, AND THE THIRD AREA HAS A SUPPORT FUNCTION. MARY 37 36 N - 61 51 E CITY IS COMPLETELY COVERED BY GOOD PHOTOGRAPHY, WHICH SHOWS NEW CONSTRUCTION, OPEN STORAGE, LIGHT INDUSTRIES, AND MODERATE RAIL TRAFFIC. 10 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8 Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693_ A000300030036-8 QDE 4155 TOP StC.RtT CHt55 Date of Info 9 April 1960 PAR-582-60 16 April 1960 GOOD COVERAGE OF THE ENTIRE CtTY. THE CEMENT PLANT IN THE SOUTH SECTION OF THE CITY, WHICH APPEARED UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON AUGUST 1957 PHOTOGRAPHY, IS IN OPERATION. THERE HAS BEEN A GENERAL URBAN EXPANSION IN THE NORTH AND EAST SECTIONS OF THE CITY. CHAGAN - 50 37 N - 79 15 E THE CITY, LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 3 NM NORTH OF DOLON AIRFIELD, 15 COVERED BY CLEAR OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY. AN INCREASE IS EVIDENT IN THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES OVER THOSE APPEARING ON 1957 PHOTOGRAPHY. APPROXIMATELY 5 NM SE OF CHAGAN, AT 50 35N - 79 22E, IS A RAIL SPUR AND ASSOCIATED FACILITIES, ALSO COVERED BY AUGUST 1957 PHOTOGRAPHY (SEE CIA/HTA/M-18/58). THE NEW COVERAGE SHOWS THE ADDITION OF 3 RECTANGULAR BUILDINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. CHARSKIY 49 34 N - 81 05 E GOOD QUALITY FAR OBLIQUE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWS A SMALL RAIL- ROAD YARD AND AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE YARD IN THE BUILT-UP AREA OF THIS TOWN. G. MILITARY INSTALLATIONS MILITARY-COMPLEX, MARY THIS COMPLEX, MADE UP OF 3 MILITARY AREAS, CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 33 TWO-STORY BARRACKS, 118 VEHICLE STORAGE AND MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS, NUMEROUS ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT BUILDINGS, AT LEAST 350 VEHICLES, AND APPROXIMATELY 50 PROBABLE ARTILLERY PIECES. 11 TOP SECRET CHESS Approved For Release 2009/06/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300030036-8