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• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 2007
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: November 14, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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PRELIMINARY OAK NO01. , MISSION 1044-1, DETAILS TO
FOLLOW IN A LATER OAK EDITION.
THIS IS PRELIMINARY OAK CABLE NO 1 FROM KH-4 MISSION 1044-1
DATED 3-9 NOVEMBER 1967. PART 1 REPORTS ON HIGH INTEREST TARGETS
OBSERVED IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA, PART 2 ON CHINA SOUTH OF
32 DEGREES NORTH AND NORTH VIETNAM, PART 3 ON NORTH KOREA, AND
PART 4 ON OTHER TARGETS, PRIMARILY IN THE USSR. ANALYSIS IS
CONTINUING.
PAR l 1
PARTS OF EGYPT, JORDAN, AND SYRIA ARE IMAGED
ON 3 P TOGRAPHY DATED 3-5 NOVEMBER. ALTHOUGH COVER-
AGE 0 JORDAN IS GENERALLY GOOD, INTERPRETABILITY OF
THE IMAGERY OF EGYPT AND SYRIA IS SERIOUSLY DEGRADED BY CLOUDS,
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HAZE, AND POOR GROUND RESOLUTION. NO CHANGES ARE NOTED IN GROUND
FORCE ACTIVITY AND NO SSM ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED.
2. HEAVY CLOUDS PRECLUDE ANALYSIS OF NAVAL ACTIVITY AT ALEX-
ANDRIA. A PROBABLE SVERDLOV CL, A PROBABLE KASHIN DLG, AND A
PROBABLE SUCTION DREDGE, ARE OBSERVED AT PORT SAID. HAZE PRE-
CLUDES THE READOUT OF ANY OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE SOVIET MEDITER-
RANEAN FLEET.
SILTING CONTINUES IN LITTLE BITTER LAKE. FIFTEEN HIGH
PRIORITY AIRFIELDS IN EGYPT ARE IMAGED. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES
ON DISPERSAL AREAS AND HANGARETTES AT CAIRO WEST AND BENI SUEF
AIRFIELDS. FOUR SMALL POSSIBLE AIRCRAFT ARE OBSERVED AT KABRIT
AIRFIELD. THIS IS THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF AIRCRAFT
AT THIS AIRFIELD SINCE JANUARY 1965.
IN EGYPT, 26 OF THE 41 KNOWN SA-2 SAM SITES,
4 OF THE 6 KNOWN SAM SUPPORT FACILITIES, THE 1 PROBABLE SAM
SUPPORT FACILITY, AND THE 1 SAM TRAINING FACILITY ARE OBSERVED. THE
FOLLOWING 12 SITES ARE OCCUPIED: AL ISKANDARIYAH C05-2, TANTA
C05-2, TANTA B02-2, TANTA C33-2, TANTA C27-2, TANTA A18-2,
TANTA C10-2, AL ISMAILIYAH B01-2, AL ISMAILIYAH A19-2, AL QAH-
IRAH D06-2, AL QAHIRAH B04-2, AND AL QAHIRAH B33-2. OF THE REMAINDER,
8 ARE UNOCCUPIED, 4 ARE UNDETERMINED AND 2 CAN BE IDENTIFIED ONLY.
OF THE SAM SUPPORT FACILITIES, AL QAHIRAH NORTH IS OCCUPIED.
OCCUPANCY OF 2 OTHER SAM SUPPORT FACILITIES IS UNDETERMINED AND
1 CAN BE IDENTIFIED ONLY. OCCUPANCY OF THE PROBABLE SAM SUPPORT
FACILITY IS UNDETERMINED AND NO SAM EQUIPMENT IS OBSERVED
TM TIIF PAM TRATNTN(; AREA_
4. TWO AIRFIELDS IN JORDAN ARE OBSERVED.
COUNT IS NOTED AT AMMAN WHILE NO AIRCRAFT ARE OBSERVED AT KING
HUSSEIN AIRFIELD.
5. FOUR AIRFIELDS IN YEMEN ARE IMAGED AND AT LEAST 4 SMALL
SWEPT-WING AIRCRAFT ARE OBSERVED AT ALHUDAYDAH NEW AIRFIELD.
AIR ORDER OF BATTLE IS NORMAL AT RAWDAH AND NO AIRCRAFT ARE NOTED
AT SANA SOUTH AND TAIZZ AIRFIELDS.
6. DAMASCUS IS THE ONLY AIRFIELD IMAGED IN SYRIA. NINE HANGAR-
ETTES ARE UNDER CONSTRU S REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF
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IFICANT CHANGE IS NOTED IN THE LEVEL OF NAVAL ACTIVITY AT AL
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7. TEN OF THE FIFTEEN AIRFIELDS IN ALGERIA ARE COVERED.
NORMAL AIRCRAFT COUNTS AND ACTIVITY ARE OBSERVED. NO INDICATIONS
OF NAVAL ACTIVITY ARE NOTED AT LA CALLE.
PART II
1. PHOTOGRAPHY OF SOUTH CHINA IS SERIOUSLY DEGRADED BY
HEAVY CLOUDS. ONLY 5 GROUND FORCE TARGETS ARE OBSERVED, NO
AIRFIELDS ARE SEEN, AND THE SOUTH CHINA COAST IS OBSCURED BY
CLOUDS. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN GROUND OB OR FACILITIES ARE
DISCERNIBLE IN CLOUD FREE AREAS.
2. NORTH VIETNAM IS COVERED BY 2 PASSES OF PHOTOGRAPHY WITH
AN ESTIMATED 60 PERCENT CLOUD COVER. OF THE 216 KNOWN SA-2
SAM SITES, 57 ARE OBSERVED IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS. NO NEW SAM SITES
HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THUS FAR.
NORMAL SHIPPING AND NAVAL ACTIVITY IS NOTED AT THE PORTS
OF HAI PRONG, CAM PHA, AND HON GAY. NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY IS
DISCERNIBLE AT PHUC YEN, HANOI/GIA LAM, HANOI/BAC MAI, HAI PRONG/
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ACTIVITY NOTED.
PART III
PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF NORTH KOREA IS PRIMARILY OF THE
WESTERN REGIONS OF THE COUNTRY. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN GROUND
ORDER OF BATTLE ARE NOTED.
ALL WEST COAST NAVAL FACILITIES AND NAJIN AND CHONGJIN ON
THE EAST COAST ARE IMAGED ON GOOD CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY. NO DEPARTURE
FROM NORMAL NAVAL ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED.
THIRTEEN AIRFIELDS ARE OBSERVED AND AIR ACTIVITY APPEARS
NORMAL,
VPART IV
1. TEN OF 25 SOVIET ICBM COMPLEXES ARE AT LEAST PARTIALLY
COVERED. PERM, KOZELSK, DOMBAROVSKIY, KARTALY, AND TATISCHEVO
ARE TOTALLY COVERED ON CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY. INTERPRETATION OF
1F KOSTROMA, TEYKOVO, DROVYANAYA, YEDROVO, AND OLOVYANNAYA IS
HAMPERED TO VARYING DEGREES BY CLOUD COVER AND DARKNESS. THE
PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE CENTER IS NOT COVERED.
AT THE KOZELSK COMPLEX, ONE NEW LAUNCH GROUP, DESIGNATED
LAUNCH GROUP L, IS ESTABLISHED WITH THE IDENTIFICATION OF 4 NEW
LAUNCH SITES. TWO ADDITIONAL SITES ARE ALSO IDENTIFIED IN
LAUNCH GROUP K.
2. TWO PROBABLE DUMMY TYPE IIIC SINGLE SILO LAUNCH SITES ARE
IDENTIFIED AT THE KARTALY ICBM COMPLEX. THESE SITES, TEMPORARILY
DESIGNATED PROBABLE DUMMY SITES A AND B, HAVE TYPICAL SITE SIGN-
ATURES FOR COMPLETE OR NEARLY CO IC SINGLE SILOS.
BOTH HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED SINCEI WHEN COVERAGE REVEALED 25X1
NO ACTIVITY OR FACILITIES AT EITHER AREA. TYPE IIIC SITE CONSTRUCTION
HAS NORMALLY REQUIRED 18 TO 21 MONTHS. ALTHOUGH ONE SITE (ALEYSK
12-A) WAS BUILT IN A YEAR, NONE HAS BEEN BUILT IN LESS TIME.
PROBABLE DUMMY SITE A IS A COMPLETE SITE SIGNATURE LOCATED
APPROXIMATELY 13 NM SW OF THE RAIL TRANSFER POINT AT 52-52N 060-
19E. INDEX CAMERA COVERAGE OF EVEALS ACTIVITY 25X
AT THIS LOCATION BUT SCALE PRECLUDES DETERMINATION OF
STATUS. PROBABLE DUMMY SITE B IS A NEARLY COMPLETE SITE
SIGNATURE LOCATION 17 NM WSW OF THE RAIL TRANSFER POINT
060-09E. INCONCLUSIVE INDEX CAMERA COVERAGE OF 25X1
NDICATES IT WAS PROBABLY NOT PRESENT ON THAT DATE. IN 25X1
ADDITION TO THE EXTERMELY SHORT TIME SPAN WITHIN WHICH THESE
SIGNATURES APPEARED, THE FOLLOWING INCONSISTENCIES WITH NORMAL
TYPE IIIC CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES ARE NOTED:
A. NEITHER OF THE SIGNATURES HAS AN ASSOCIATED
CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT FACILITY NOR IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT THESE
BUILDINGS FOUND AT NEARLY ALL IIIC SITES HAVE BEEN PRESENT AND
SUBSEQUENTLY REMOVED.
B. THERE IS NO DISRUPTION OF EARTH WITHIN THE FENCED
AREA EXCEPT THAT FORMED BY THE SITE SIGNATURE, GIVING THE SITE
A MORE SHARPLY DEFINED SIGNATURE THAN NORMAL.
C. THE HELICOPTER PAD SIGNATURE IS PRESENT AT BOTH SITES.
HOWEVER, AT COMPLETED SITES AT KARTALY, THE PADS ARE IN EARLIER
STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION.
D. THE ROADS SERVING THESE SITES, WHILE CLEARLY DEFINED,
DO NOT APPEAR AS WELL CONSTRUCTED AS OTHER PORTIONS OF THE COMPLEX
ROAD NETWORK. THERE IS NO INDICATION OF A BUILT UP ROADBED OR
ASSOCIATED BERM, NOR HAS THERE BEEN ANY ATTEMPT TO PUT COLVERTS
OR BRIDGES ACROSS SMALL DRAINS AND CREEKS.
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THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT A DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TYPE HAS
BEEN DETECTED AT A SOVIET ICBM COMPLEX AND THESE ARE THE FIRST
SIGNATURE TO DEPART FROM NORMAL CONSTRUCTION TIMING TO SUCH A
MARKED DEGREE.
IN ADDITION TO THE PROBABLE DUMMY SITES, TWO CONFIRMED TYPE
IIIC SITES ARE IDENTIFIED IN AN EARLY STAGE OF APPARENTLY NORMAL
CONSTRUCTION, FILLING LAUNCH GROUP E.
39 THE TYURATAM MISSILE TEST CENTER, USSR, IS COVERED FROM
LAUNCH COMPLEX H WEST ON CLEAR PHOTOGRAPHY. THE KAPUSTIN YAR/
VLADIMIROVKA MISSILE TEST CENTER IS COMPLETELY COVERED. NO OPER-
ATIONAL ACTIVITY IS NOTED AT EITHER CENTER.
4. ALL OF THE ABM FACILITIES IN THE MOSCOW AREA, AS WELL AS
11 OF THE 43 PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM (PLRS)
LAUNCH COMPLEXES, ARE OBSERVED. THE PLRS COMPLEXES SEEN INCLUDE
KIMRY, KALININ, PERESLAVL-ZALESSKIY, MOZHAYSK, KAPUSTIN YAR,
NEYA, TYURATAM, VLADIVOSTOK, TIKHVIN, AND SARY-SHAGAN 1 AND 2.
NO SINGIFICANT CHANGES ARE OBSERVED.
HOWEVER, A NEWLY IDENTIFIED PLRS LAUNCH COMPLEX IS APPROXIMATELY
13 NM WNW OF KADUY, USSR, AT 59-18N 036-46E. THE COMPLEX IS ABOUT
45 NM FROM THE BABAYEVO AND CHEREPOVETS COMPLEXES. THIS IS THE
44TH PLRS COMPLEX CARRIED IN NPIC LISINGS.
THE COMPLEX IS IN AN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONSISTS
CF 3 LAUNCH SITES, DESIGNATED A, B, AND C, A TRACKING/GUIDANCE
FACILITY, AND A SUPPORT AREA. THE COMPLEX IS ORIENTED IN A
NORTHWESTERLY DIRECTION.
5. ALMOST ALL THE FACILITIES AT THE SARY-SHAGAN ANTIMISSILE
TEST CENTER, USSR, ARE COVERED ON 2 PASSES OF STEREO PHOTO-
GRAPHY OF GENERALLY FAIR INTERPRETABILITY WITH WEATHER CONDITIONS
LIMITING INTERPRETATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE
BALKHASH. ALL LAUNCH COMPLEXES ARE COVERED EXCEPT THE LAUNCH PORTION
CF LAUNCH COMPLEX C. AT EMBA, THE ONLY PART OF THE TEST CENTER
COVERED IS A PORTION OF THE TRACKING PATTERN ON WHICH CLEAR,
STEREO PHOTOGRAPHY OF ONE PASS OF FAIR INTERPRETABILITY IS
PROVIDED.
NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ARE OBSERVED AT EITHER OF THESE DEFENSIVE
MISSILE TEST CENTERS IN A PRELIMINARY SCAN OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY.
6. THE SHUANG-CHENG-TZU MISSILE TEST CENTER, CHINA, IS COMP-
LETELY COVERED ON GENERALLY CLOUD-FREE PHOTOGRAPHY. NO OPERATIONAL
ACTIVITY IS APPARENT.
INCREASED ACTIVITY IS OBSERVED AT FORMER PROBABLE SSM
TRAINING SITE 1 WITH THE APPEARANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 40 STRUCTURES
AND TENTS NEAR THE NEW RAIL SPUR SERVING THE AREA.
7. THE SA-2 SITE 39 NM SW OF KA-ERH-MU AIRFIELD AT 36-26-13N
094-46-33E IS CONFIRMED. THIS IS THE 25TH CONFIRMED SA-2 SAM
SITE IN CHINA. ONE OTHER IS CARRIED AS PORBABLE.
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10. THE KOMSOMOLSK AND PETROVKA SHIPYARDS, USSR, ARE THE
AND NO CHANGES ARE NOTED SINE
11. THE G-CLASS SUBMARINE REMAINS AT HSIAO-PING-TAO, CHINA.
12. NO APPARENT CHANGE IS NOTED IN THE LEVEL OF MILITARY
ACTIVITY IN THE CHOYBALSAN MILITARY COMPLEX, MONGOLIA, WHICH IS
IMAGED ON GOOD, CLOUD-FREE PHOTOGRAPHY.
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