CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000500050072-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 72
• Publication Date: February 6, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OAK CABLE BASED OH PHOT)G:RAPHY FROM
I(H-4 MISSION 1045-1p DATED 95-31 JAN 68. PART 1 REPORTS OII HIGH
INTEREST TARGETS 0BSERVE1IN THE MIDDLE EAST. PART 2 REPORTS
ON OTHER TARG;-TS, PRIMARILY IN THE USSR. ANALYSIS IS CONTINUING.
PART 1
EGYPT IS PARTIALLY COVERED ON 3 PASSES OF SMALL SCALE PHOTO-
GRAPHY OF FAIR-TO-GOOD INTERPRETABILITY. PARTS OF THE SINAI
AMID SUEZ CANAL AREAS ARE DEGRADED BY HAZE AND SCATTERED CLOUDS.
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THE NORTH/SOUTH RUNWAY AT BILBEIS AIRFIELD NO 2 IS BEING
RESURFACED. A TOTAL OF 20 HANGARETTES IS NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION
AT INCHAS AIRFIELD. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES ON THE NEW DISPERSAL
AREAS AT BENI SUEF AIPFIFLD AND THE NEW MAJOR AIRFIELDS AT BIRMA,
ABU AL MATAMIR, AZ ZAGAZIG, AND WADI AL JANDALI.
NAVAL ORDER OF BATTLE APPEARS NORMAL AT ALL EGYPTIAN BASES,
EXCEPT THAT A POSSIBLE SOVIET OSKOL ASL IS OBSERVED AT ALEXANDRIA.
IN EGYPT, 38 OF THE 43 KNOWN SA-2 SAM SITES ARE COVERED,
TOGETHER WITH 5 OF THE 5 KNOWN SAM SUPPORT FACILITIES AND THE
1 PROBABLE SAM SUPPORT FACILITY. THIRTY OF THE SITES ARE OCCUPIED,
5 ARE UNOCCUPIED, AND 3 CAN BE IDENTIFIED ONLY. OF THE SUPPORT
FACILITIES, ONLY 1 IS OCCUPIED.
SEVERAL OF THE C(WW-ASSOCIATED FACILITIES IN EGYPT ARE OBSERVED
ON PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR INTERPRETABILITY. HOWEVER, NO UNUSUAL
ACTIVITY IS DISCERNIBLE.
THE SUEZ CANAL REMAINS CLOSED. THE CAPSIZED PASSENGER VESSEL
IS STILL IN POSITION PT THE 8 KM MARKER SOUTH OF PORT SAID.
TWO POSSIBLE SUNKEN OBJECTS ARE STILL PRESENT AT THE SE END OF
LAKE TIMSAH. SILTING IN THE CHANNEL THROUGH LITTLE BITTER Lt ",!(E
HAS BEEN R.",'--PORTED IN P'E'VIOUS OAK, HIGHLIGHTS. IN THE CHANNEL,
HOW'-EVER, SHO""'S NO SIGNS OF SILTING OBI THIS COVERAGE. INTER-
PRETATION OF OTHER CANAL OBSTRUCTIONS IS PRECLUDED BY SCATTERED
CLOUDS, HAZE, AND SMALL SCALE.
NO COVERAGE OF SYRIA, JORDAN? WAS OBTAINED ON THIS
PART OF THE MISSION.
IN ALGERIA, 1 SMALL STRAIGHT-WING AIRCRAFT IS OBSERVED AT
BISKRA AIRH' IEL'). THIS IS THE FIRST SIGHTING OF AIRCRAFT AT THIS
FIELD.
IN YEMEN, 2 NEWT ?P03ABLE AIRFIELDS APE OBSERVED UNDER CON-
STRUCTION. ONE IS 15 N'I ENE OF TIAZZ AIRFIELD AT 13-45N 044-15E.
THE OTHEP IS 1.5 NV.- i~IIW OF SA}IA NORTH AIRFIELD AT 15-24N 0441-12E.
AT SAND NORTH AIRFIELD, O3SERVATIO',I OF 1 LIZ HT STRAIGHT-
'?'ING .A.IRC?,AFT R,PRES.'E ITS THE FIRST SIGHTING OF AIRCRAFT AT THIS
FIELD.
PART 2
ELEVEN ICBM COMPLEXES ARE OBSERVED ON THIS MISSION. DROV-
YANAYA, GLAD:(AYA, ItIENI GASTELLO, OLOVYANNAYA, SHADRINSH', SVOBODNY"' ,
TYUMEN, UZ}'UR , YUt YA, AND PLESETSK ARE CLEAR. INTE?PRETAI3N
OF VERKHNYAYA SAL DA IS HAMPERED BY SCATTERED CLOUDS. ONLY THAT
PART OF THE PLFSETSK MISSILE AND SPACE CE NJTE~R ?:TEST OF LAUNCH
SITE 9 AND 10 IS OBSERVED. NO SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED.
NO NEW ICBM SITES ARE IDENTIFIED AT THE DEPLOYED COMPLEXES.
THE TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER IS COMPLETELY COVERED
ON CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR-TO-6007 I JTERPRETABILITY WITH SNOW
COVER. A FOURTH SITE, CONFIRMED AS A SINGLE SILO SITE, IS NEWLY
IDENTIFIED IN LAUNCH GROUP 0 APPROXIMATELY 2.3 NM SSE OF LAUNCH
SITE L6. THE MISSILF? IS ISO LONGER PRESENT ON PAD J i. THE GANTRY
IS ON THE PAD AT GL. MO OTHER SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED.
THE KAPUSTIN YAR/VLADIMIROVT(A AND THE EMBA MISSILE TEST
CENTERS, USSR, APE NOT COVERED. NO NLEW CONSTRUCTION') OR SIGNIFICANT
ACTIVITY IS NOTED AT THE NFNO (SA MISSILE TEST C7N!TER, USSR.
ONLY 5 OF THE. 46 SA-5 COMPLEXES ARE OBSERVD. THESE ARE
KRASNOYARS't SAM CO MPLEX D03-5, 'JIZIINIY-TAGIL SAM COMPLEX 007-5,
M-JRASHI SAN COMPLEX A32-5 , ZAOZEPNYY SAM) COMPLEX A04-5 , AND
TYURATAII SAM CO't''.PLEX 323-5. A PROSA3LE AIR WARDING RADAR FACILITY
IS NEWLY IDENTIFIED NEAR THE I(RtASi'IOYARSHt COMPLE IO OTHER
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE OBSERVED.
NONE OF THE MOSCOU A.B 1 COMPLEXES IS COVERED.
ALL FACILITIES AT SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR,
EXCEPT TRACKING FACILITY 16, ARE COVERED ON 3 PASSES. CONSTRUCTION
CONTINUES AT R AND J RADAR FACILITY 2 AND TRACKING FACILITY 2.
THE NORTH ANTENNA AT HEN HOUSE C AT SARY-SH'AG,AAN ASAT/SPACE TRACKING
PADAR FACILITY APP?A"S 7XTERN!ALLY COMPLETE i 4CLUDING THE A.NTE'T'`IA
FACE/COVERING.
THE SHUANG-CXENG-T7_U MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA, IS SNOW''
COVERED AND IMAGED ON CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY OF FAIR-TO-POOR INTEP-
PRETABILITY. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES AT LAUNCH COMPLEX 3. THE
c ` r F S REAR POSITION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE
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AND IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE LAUNCH PAD. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE
IS NOTED AT THE SAM COMPLEX.
SHUANG-CHENG-TZU NE AND PEI-CHING ESE AND SOUTH SUSPECT
ADVANCED UEAPONS RELATED FACILITIES ARE IMAGED ON CLEAR PI'OTOG-
RAPHY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANCE IS OBSERVED.
OF THE 182 KN0t1N SA-2 SAM SITES IN NORTH VIETNAM, 25 ARE
OBSERVED IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS, NO NEW SAM INSTALLATIONS ARE IDEI?IT-
IFIED.
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN FLEET AREA, 3 SUBMARINES ARE
OBSERVED AT THE STERLOK STRAIT SUBMARINE BASE. VLADIVOSTOK
AND ';OIMSOMOLS'{ ARE CLOUD COVETED. SEVERODVINSK SHIPYARD IS IMAGED
BUT SENIDAR';i\1:SS AND HAZE PRECLUDE DETAILED INTERPRETATION.
AT THE KRASNOYARS'K ROCKET ENGINE TEST FACILITY, USSR, (LIQUID
PROPELLANT) EXTENSIVE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, tUHICH MAY BE A NEW
TEST COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IS EVIDENT IN THE SOUTHERN
PART OF THE FACILITY.
AT THE KRASNOYARSK ROCKET C'OTOR TEST FACILITY, USSR, (SOLID
PROPELLANT) A DARK-TONED DISCOLORATION BETWEEN THE TEST CELL
AND THE BLAST DEFLECTOR OF THE SMALLER OF THE 2 TEST CELLS i~iAY
BE INDICATIVE OF RECENT TEST ACTIVITY. THIS MOULD BE THE FIRST
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A SCAN OF CHINESE AIRFIELDS IN MANCHURIA REVEALS NO UNUSUAL
DEPLOYMENT OF AIRCRAFT. H
IN SOUTH CHINA, A RAIL TRANSSHIPPENT FACILITY IS NE!U'LY IDENITIFTED
AT MRNG-TZU.
TEN PROBABLE MILITARY/ROAD CONSTRUCTION CA71PS ARE OBSERVED
DISPERSED ALONG A 25-MILE ROAD SE'C'YIENT FROM A POINT APPROXIMATELY
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