POL STORAGE AREA LIDA, USSR BELORUSSIAN MD

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 166
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
POL STORAGE AREA
LIDA, USSR
`BELORUSSIAN MID
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N P I C%R-316/ 64
May 1964
Declass Review,
NIMA/DoD
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I his report is on.- in i rics on .. 0Viet Ground I orcc and logistic
installations being prepar~i tar a IG1.' C 1.A Panel. the series is being
coordinated, published and diss,n~ina'.,'. by A11C. I he photographic
analysis is being pcrforinc t by tic A:: 4: Photographic Analysis Group,
the CIA Photographic Intelligence Division (\PIC), and the Production
Gentry 1 Plc (D1A i. the photographic analysis for this particular re-
port vt as performed by the :WIC Photographic Analysis Group.
In the interest of uniformity, the titles and letter designators for
the facilities ohscreed at these installations are identical with those
appearing in the project :'eciIli rcnient. A\hen a specific facility is not
observed both its title and letter designator arc onnitted in the report.
Titles and letter dcsicniators for the- various facilities arc as
follows: IA) railroad service, (b) road service, C) landing strips,
(D) a~lministruti~e and troop Musing areas, (L) storage arras, (1-) am-
munition storace areas, (Cl) 1'UL storage areas, (II) other buildings and
facilities, (J) equipment storage /maintenance arras, (K) athletic fields,
'1) s:m.t11 arna, firinc tames. Alt driver trainingc areas, Al tank
assault gun firing ranges, (1'i flat trajectory firin_rancs, (tj) artillery
~n~placements (batteries), (h) infantry or combined arms field train-
ing area or courses, (S) special training facilities, (I ) unidcntificJ
facilities or tr;tckin_ activity'.
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POL STORAGE AREA
(53-52N 025-19E)
LIDA, GRODNENSKAYA OBLAST, USSR
BELORUSSIAN MD
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A secured I'UL storace area i- located on
the southeast edze of Lida, just north of a rail
spur which extends to the Lida Airfield tli--
ure 1). The installation is served by a branch
spur from the Lida-Baranovichi rail line. All-
-,eather road connections provide access to the
Molodechno-Volkovysk and Lida-Slonim high-
ways. The installation covers approximately
ii acres and contains 15 vertical I'UL storace
tanks and four small associated huildinzs.
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the Barracks (AL-1) is located 4
kilome:.. r. ::n northwest (I igures 2 and 3).
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pho:ocraphv and six KLYHOLL missions be-
t" een Com-
p.: . ive analysis reveals that nine tanks and
buildings have been added since -; hox-
er, the size of the over-all area has remained
approximately the same.
A single track rail spur from the
\lolodechno-A'olkovvsk rail line serves the in-
stallation.
All-weather roads provide access to the
Molodechno-Volkovysk and Lida-Slonim high-
ways.
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Nine foot diameter verti-
cal I'UL storage tanks and four support buildings
are located at this facility (Area G, Figure 3).
four support buildings have been added since
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