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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00441A000100020025-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 2000
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: August 2, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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REFERENCE: 2431 *(IN 60119)
1. THE "rfEW SOVIET-SUBMARINE," REPORTED IN WESTERN PRESS"AND
PICTURED IN SON[E EDITIONS, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS NOT REPEAT NOT A
NEW SUBMARINE. THE PICTURE, ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT FUZZY, IS ALMOST
CERTAINLY OF A LONG-BIN CONVERSION OF W-CLASS, A WELL ESTABLISHED,:..
TYPE OF SOVIET SUBMARINE THAT IS ARMED WITH CRUISE MISSILES:"`~``~A
LONG-BIN IS ALSO FEATURED ON FIRST PAGE OF NAVY DAY EDITION OF
"IZVESTIYA," 2Ft JULY.
2. SOVIE7[S APPARENTLY DID NOT USE THE OCCASION OF NAVY DAY
TO RE,IvEASE ANY PIC'CURES OF THE NEW CLASSES OF SUBMARINES WHICH ARE
KNOWN TO BE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IN USSR.
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