CABLE TO RUCBCR/CG EIGHTEENTH AIRBORNE FROM CIA WASHDC

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CIA-RDP78B04558A000400240040-8
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December 28, 2016
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CABLE
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Approved For Release 2008/02/05: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400240040-8 9 C 'J,~ 0 251850Z OUT-50689 FM CIA WASHDC TO RCRIGHTEENT ARBOR RUCBCRUCB/CG/CGUSAESPWARCENHFTIBRAGGNENC OPERA RUCBCR/STRAC FT BRAGG ?ZUCCC/ARLANT FWD HOMESTEAD FLA 'UCDBG/ACIC ST LOUIS MO RUCDAL:B/CINCONAD ENT AFB COLO RUCDSQ/FTD WPAFB DAYTON OHIO RUCKCF/COMPHIBGRU FOUR RUCKCF/COMPHIBGRU TWO RUCKHC/CINCLANT RUCKHC/CINCLANTFLT RUCKHC/LANTINTCEN RUCKHD/CG FNFLANT RUCKHF/COMPHIBLANT ? RUCKUD/COMDR KEY WEST FORCES RUCRC/ARLANT FT MONROE VA RUCSBR/SAC OFFUTT AFB OMAHA NF_-B RUCSBR/544TH AEROSPACE RTECHWG OFFUTT AF3 OMAHA NEB RUCVSM/4081TH SRW, LAUGHLIN AFB, TEXAS RUEADX/COMDR TAC LAFBVA RUEAHQ/HQS USAF WASHDC N RUEAHQ/DIA WASHDC/CIIC-3-A-2 \1J RUEAHQ/DIA PROD CTR RUEAHQ/JCS/J-2 WASHDC RUEAJK/COM NINETEENTH AIR FORCE RUEAJK/4444TH RTS SHAW AMA RUECEM/CMC (CODE AO-2C) RUECW/DNI WASMUC RUEKC/DACE AJCC FT R IftHIt 'P11) RUEKC/HQS USAF (ADV) AJCC FT RITCHIE MD RUEKDL/CINCSTRIKE MCDILL AFB FLA RUEKMJ/JACE AIRBORNE ANDREWS AFB MD RUEKVDA/JACE AFLOAT NORFOLK VA RUEPCR/DIRNSA RUEPDA/ACS I- IW DA WASHDC RUEPDA/AMS (AAIA) RUHAFS/CINCUSARPAC FORT SHAFTER HAWAII RUHLKM/HQ PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII RUHPA/CINCPAC RUHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII RULBCR/DIO 15 ND RULGGCR/COMNAVBASE GTMO RULGN/COMCARIBSEAFRON RULGN/DIO 10 NI) RUWDG/COMPHIBPAC RUWSCR/COMPHIBGRU THREE DA GRNC BT Declassification Review by NGA/DoD S E C R E T CITE IA-Z-339 THE FOLLOWING IS FROM THE NATI'0 PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER. 1 Approved For Release 2008/02/05: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400240040-8 Approved For Release 2008/02/05: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400240040-8 ? ? 1. PRELIMINARY SCAN OF BRASS KNOB MISSION,..-3447, DATED 24 FEBRUARY 1963, REVEALS --FULL-WING INFORMATION ON THE PORTS LISTED BELOW: HAVANA (15482)--THE ORENBURG REMAINS DOCKED AT BURRUS WHARF. ALL HATCHES ARE OPEN AND BOOM ARE ACTIVE. THE PRESENCE OF THE KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIYA CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. MATANZAS (1554Z)--ONE KRASNOGRAD-CLASS SHIP OBERVED ON NORTH SIDE OF NEW WHARF. HATCHES ARE SECURED AND BOOM ARE STOWED. THREE BOXCARS ON PIER ALONGSIDE SHIP. CAIBARIEN (1613Z)--TWO POSSIBLE LABINSK-CLASS SHIPS ANCHORED 14 NM NE OF CAIBARIEN AND JUST WEST OF CAYO FRANCES. THERE ARE 3 LIGHTERS ALONGSIDE ONE SHIP AND 2 LIGHTERS ALONGSIDE THE OTHER SHIP. TUNAS DE ZAZA -- E KASIMOV REMAINS ANCHORED 1.5 NM SW OF THE PORT. FOUR HATCHES ARE OPEN AND BOOM ARE ACTIVE. FIVE LIGHTERS ARE ALONGSIDE. JUCARO (1629Z)--ONE FREIGHTER OBSERVED 2.8 NM SSW OF PORT. THE OKHOTSK WAS NOT OBSERVED. CIENFUEGOS, NUEVITAS AND PUERTO PADRE WERE NOT COVERED. 2. PRELIMINARY SCAN OF BRASS KNOB MISSION 3448, DATED 24 FEBRUARY 1963, REVEALS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON THE PORTS LISTED BELOW: CIENFUEGOS (2000Z)--THE KOVROV, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED IN THE HARBOR, WAS NOT OBSERVED BECAUSE OF HEAVY CLOUDS. THE PRESENCE OF THE SLUTSK CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. MATANZAS (1948Z)--ONE KRASNOGRAD-CLASS SHIP OBERVED ON NORTH SIDE OF NEW WHARF. HATCHES ARE SECURED AND BOOMS ARE STOWED. HAVANA (1941Z)--THE ORENBURG, PREVIOUSLY REPORTED DOCKED AT BURRUS WHARF, WAS NOT OBSERVED BECAUSE OF HEAVY CLOUDS. THE PRESENCE OF THE KARACHAEVO-CHERKESSIYA CANNOT BE CONFIRMED. PUERTO PADRE (2059Z)--NO FREIGHTERS OBSERVED AT DOCK OR IN THE HARBOR ON CLOUD FREE PHOTOGRAPHY. JUCARO (2015Z)--ONE UNIDENTIFIED FREIGHTER OBSERVED 2.8 NM SSW OF PORT. THE OKHOTSK WAS NOT OBSERVED. TUNAS ZAZA--THE REMAINS ANCHORED 1.5 NM SW OF THE PORT. FOUR HATCHES ARE OPEN AND BOOMS ARE ACTIVE. THREE LIGHTERS AND Approved For Release 2008/02/05: CIA-RDP78BO4558A000400240040-8 Approved For Release 2008/02/05: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400240040-8 ? 4P A POSSIBLE FOURTH LIGHTER ARE ALONGSIDE. THREE EMPTY LIGHTERS WERE RETURNING FROM THE SHIP TO THE PORT. NUEVITAS (2105Z)--KHIMIK ZELENSKIY REMAINS TIED UP AT THE NORTH SIDE OF PASTELILLO PIER NO 4. ALL HATCHES ARE SECURED. BOOM ARE NOT STOWED BUT DO NOT APPEAR ACTIVE. CAIRABIEN WAS NOT COVERED. SC P- 1 BT 25/1910Z 1 1 Approved For Release 2008/02/05: CIA-RDP78B04558A000400240040-8