ODE - 4049

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05693A000300030025-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2007
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: August 31, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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ODE - 4049
DATE OF INFO: 22 August 1957
PAR - 179-57
31 August 1957
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SUMMARY:
Preliminary analysis of ODE - 4049 material reveals nothing
of definitely outstanding interest to the intelligence community;
there is , however, an unidentified installation in western Abakan
which might possibly have some unusual connotation. T h e
Abakan/Chernogorsk Industrial Complex has diverse industrial
activity, including mining, ore processing, probable State Reserves
storage, and considerable manufacturing. Only one small airfield
was observed.
a. ABAKAN
530 45' N - 910 30' E
There is considerable mining activity immediately NW
of the city, and a well-developed integrated industrial
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industrial complex within the city. There is one small
complex which does not appear to be consonant with any
usual industrial activity, and for that reason and no other
the possibility is put forward that it might be connected in
some way with nuclear energy. There are two separate
areas, each bounded by a single board fence. Within one
enclosure there is a tall building measuring about 55 feet
long and 20 feet wide, contiguous to a long low building
220 feet long and 55 feet wide, with three rows of vents
on top. The enclosed area measures about 1300 feet long
by 400 feet wide and contains several other buildings. The
other enclosure is triangular in shape, approximately
1400 feet by 1250 feet, with an irregular hypotenuse formed
by the bank of a branch of the Abakan River. Within this
enclosure are several buildings, three of which are
distinctive. One is a tall, square building measuring about
150 feet on a side. Near it is another structure that
resembles a double vertical test cell, but appears too large
for such purposes. It measures about 65 feet long and 30
feet wide, with two apertures about 25 feet square. The
third building is about 230 feet long and 55 feet wide, with
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b. ABAKAN AIRFIELD
530 45' N - 91? 23' E
This small sod airfield measures about 4800 feet long
by 3300 feet wide. There are two aircraft, probable Mules,
on the field. The field is located about two nautical miles
(nm) NW of Abakan, on the road to Chernogorsk.
c. CHERNOGORSK
530 48' N - 910 13' E
This city shows considerable industrial development;
among other installations there is a large storage area,
probably for State Reserves.
2. AYAGUZ-URUMCHI RAIL LINE SURVEY
45? 50' N - 810 45' E
Along the southern edge of Lake Ala Kul, near the USSR-
SINKIANG border, there is construction under way probably
for the bed of a railroad. Only a short stretch is under
construction, but survey lines can be traced leading off in
each direction therefrom.
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