SOVIET NAVAL TASK GROUP CIENFUEGOS, CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85T00339R000300010001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 12, 1970
• Content Type: REPORT

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SOVIET NAVAL TASK GROUP
CIENFUEGOS, CUBA
22-08N 080-27W
25X1
25X1
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REFERENCE TO : OLD HEAD MISSION
SOVIET NAVAL TASK GROUP
CIENFUEGOS, CUBA
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
THIS IS
THE THIRD VISIT OF A SOVIET
NAVAL TA
MID-1969
SK GROUP TO CUBA SINCE
.
2. LOCATION:
THE SOVIE
T NAVAL TASK GROUP IS LOCATED
25X1
AT CIENFU
EGOS PORT FACILITIES
25X1
2
20825N 0802720W. TWO SOVIET
BARGES AR
E DOCKED AT CIENFUEGOS NAVAL
3. COLLATERAL:
, 220903N 0802720W.
A SOVIET NAVAL
TASK GROUP COMPOSED OF A GUIDED-MISSILE
LIGHT CRUISER (KRESTA-I), A GUIDED-
MISSILE DESTROYER (KANIN), A SUBMARINE
TENDER (UGRA) AND THE TANKER "LIYEPAYA"
PASSED THROUGH THE MONA PASSAGE BETWEEN
PUERTO RICO AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
THE GROUP THEN PROCEEDED WEST. A TANK
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should be restricted to the particular briefing bards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
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3. COLLATERAL: (cont) LANDING SHIP (ALLIGATOR LST), WHICH HAD
DETACHED EARLIER FROM THE MAIN SOVIET
CONTINGENT, WAS REPORTED NEAR HAVANA
ON 6 SEPTEMBER ALONG WITH THE BUOY
TENDER (SURA AGL) AND THE OCEAN TUG
(OKHTENSKIY ATR). THE TANKER
"LIYEPAYA" WAS REPORTED IN JAMAICA
ON 7 SEPTEMBER. THE COMBATANTS DELAYED
BRIEFLY WEST OF JAMAICA BEFORE PRO-
CEEDING TO AND ENTERING CIENFUEGOS
HARBOR
4. MISSION READOUT:
NOB -- AT CIENFUEGOS PORT FACILITIES:
1 KRESTA I CLGM, 1 KANIN DDG, 1 SURA AGL, 1 ALLIGATOR LST, 1 UGRA AS,
1 TANKER "LIYEPAYA", 1 OKHTENSKIY ATR (OCEAN TUG) AND 4 FREIGHTERS.
NOB -- AT CIENFUEGOS NAVAL BASE: 3 KRONSHTADT PC, 2 50-1 SC,
3 P-6 PT AND 2 BARGES.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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ENLARGEMENT FACTOR: 7X
INSETS: 40X
IEG/WGD
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work. Their use
should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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