CABLE TO FICPAC S(SANITIZED)CINCPACFLT FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03824A000400030019-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 28, 2009
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: May 23, 1970
• Content Type: CABLE

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NOTE: GIANT SCALE RECONNAISSANCE OVER NORTH KOREA IS EXTREMELY SENSITIVE.
UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT WILL BE RESTRICTED TO
ESSENTIAL MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, TARGETING AID CONTINGENCY PLANNING PURPOSES.
ANALYTICAL EXCHANGE
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HENCE THE USE OF "POSSIBLY REGIONAL" IN THE INITIAL ANALYSIS.
2. IT IS FURTHER AGREED THAT MW STORAGE FACILITIES AT WONSAN AND
HAVE SHOWN U FLUCTUATION IN Ift NUMBER OF HORIZONTAL TANKS.
AT INFPYONGYANG FACILITY, IMAGED ON
SHEDS ABE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OVER
SIX OF THE EXISTING TANK UNITS, WHICH MAY EXPLAIN IM DECREASE IN TANK COUNT UNTIL
CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED.
3. IT IS FELT THAT 1111110 FACILITIES CITED AS INACTIVE IN REFERENCE A ARE ACTIVE MW
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AND PROBABLY CONTAIN TANKS. POL RAIL CARS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON THE SIDING.
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- THREE TANK UNITS ARE EARTH-COVERED AND A FOURTH
IS PARTIALLY EARTH-COVERED AND ALL PROBABLY CONTAIN TANKS.
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FOUR TANK UNITS ARE PARTIALLY EARTH-COVERED
- AT LEAST TEN HORIZONTAL TANKS WERE OBSERVED
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AND INTERPRETED TO BE A WATER TREATMENT AND STORAGE FACILITY.
INTERPRETATION OF LATER PHOTOGRAPHY DOES NOT WARRANT REACTIVATION OF THIS TARGET AS
A POL FACILITY.
5. N& INITIAL ANALYSIS OF THESE SEVEN FACILITIES IS BASED UPON MW PRESENCE OF
CRADLE UNITS, RAIL SERVICE, AND PUMPING FACILITIES.MW'S?'PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF
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TANKS WAS NOT JUDGED TO BE A BASIC CONSIDERATION IDENTIFICATION OF THESE
AREAS AS POL FACILITIES HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MADE., "S ABOVE-MENTIONED THREE BASIC
SIGNATURES APPEAR TO BE COMMON TO THESE SEVEN AREAS ONLY, HENCE THE LIMITS PLACED
ON THE REPORT AND THE TERM " POWATIUCdt'" TO DISTINQUISH' -SSE SEVEN FROM
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ALL OTHER POL FACILITIES IN NORTH KOREA.
6. REFERENCE WLYOUR PARA~ 3, IT IS OUR BELIEF ALSO THAT'S NORTH
KOREANS ARE CONSTRUCTING MOST POL FACILITIES PARTIALLY UNDERGROUND
BY PLACING HORIZONTAL TANKS IN A TRENCH WHICH IS THEN COVERED WITH EARTH.
THESE AREAS APPEAR TO BE VERY HASTILY CONSTRUCTED IN COMPARISON TO THE SEVEN
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"POSSIBLY REGIONAL" AREAS AND ARE MOSTLY CONFINED TO ROAD-SERVED,-)!'TiEACCESSIBLE
7. OF THE 30-PLUS POL FACILITIES CARRIED BY NPIC AS FIRM (INCLUDING MINOR STORAGE AT
PORT FACILITIES) ONLY THE FACILITIES AT YONGHYON-DONG RR YARD, AND
THE GREATLY EXPANDED SONGNIM POL STORAGE AREA NW,
TANK STORAGE AREAS.
8. IT IS FELT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ECHELON SYSTEM SEPARATING YONGHYON-DONG
AND SONGNIM POL STORAGE AREAS THE SEVEN RAIL-SERVED HJRMANENT CRADLE UNIT AREAS,
AND THE MAJORITY OFIMM REMAINING FACILITIES AS CITED IN PARAGRAPH 6. A PLOT OF
ALL POL FACILITIES APPEARS TO LEND SUPPORT TO THIS VIEW.
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