COMMUNICATIONS STATION NEAR BAUTA, CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04751A000300100025-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: June 1, 1961
• Content Type: BRIEF

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NEAR BAUTA.,.CUBA.
A. communications station near Bauta, Cuba, first observed on 25X1D
photography of is located at 22-57-OON 82-32-45W,
3 kilometers (1.6 naut ca Mmes south of Bauta and 26 kilometers
(14 nautical miles) southwest of Havana (see Figure 1). The station
covers an area of approximately 340 acres. At the time of the latest
photography security provisions included a perimeter 25X1D
fence under construction, five guard towers, and five light weapon
positions, four of which were occupied (see Figure 2).
The station has nine rhombic antennas (four completed and five
under construction). Rhombic 3, under construction, will replace
No 4. All the rhombics are the four-pole type, except No 1, which
is probably a bent rhombic. Rhombics 1-5 are oriented toward Europe
and 6-9 toward South America. In the west part of the station area
.are five stick masts: a group.of three and a pair. These masts
probably support horizontal antennas. No feed or dissipation lines can
be identified with any of the antennas. Antenna data are given in Tables
1 and 2 (item numbers are keyed to Figure 2).
A. cross-shaped control building (item a) is centrally located in
the station area. It measures 190 by 150 feet and the center section
is approximately 40 feet high (see Figure 3). The building is served
by an all-weather road and has several adjacent parking areas. The
presence of two cooling ponds, 15 feet square, near the building tends
to indicate that this is a transmitting station. In addition, sections of
the roof of the control building.appear to be water holding basins. A.
135-foot self-supporting lattice tower, possibly for local broadcasting
and/or microwave relay, borders the: northwest corner of the control
building.
Other buildings in the area include a security building, (item e),
at the entrance, and three buildings (items b, c, and d) which appear to
be associated with construction activity. Item b is 40 by 30 feet; c,
25 feet. square; and d, 20 by 15 feet. 25X1D
Information on the progress of construction at the station
Declass Review by
NIMA/DOD
is given in Table 3.
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CONSTRUCTION AREA+"eJ
LIGHT WEAPONS
TRAIL
MAST
MAST FOUNDATION
GROUND SCAR
? ? RHOMBIC
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Major Minor Pole Computed Length of Anchor Bases
Item Axis (ft) Axis (ft) height (ft) Tilt Angle (o ~) One Side (ft) per Mast
1
700
270 95
69-00
375 -
2
1,370
500 160
70-00
730 9
3(u/c)
1,370
500 -
70-00
730 9
4
1,390
365 120 (side)
I10(end)
75-00
720 3
5(u/c)
1,370
495 -
70-00
730 9
6
1,385
375 120
75-00
720 3
7(u/c)
1,275
465 -
70-00
680 6
8 (u/c)
1,275
470 -
70 - 00
680 6
9 (u/c)
1,275
470 -
70 - 00
680 6
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85
85
85
85
140
200
25X1 D
Rhombics 4 and 6 appear complete.
Footings being emplaced for rhombic
2. Area being cleared for rhombics
5, 7, and 8.
Rhombics 4 and 6 appear complete.
Rhombic 2 still u/c; footings not
poured. Holes dug for footings for
rhombic 1. No further work on
rhombics 5, 7, and 8.
Rhombic 2 appears complete.
Rhombics 3, 5, 7, and 8 u/c. Lattice
tower and masts 10, 11, and 12 u/c.
Masts 13, and 14 probably complete.
Rhombic 1 appears complete.
Rhombics 2, 4, and 6 still up. All
bases in for rhombics 5, 7, and 8.
Base holes dug for rhombics 3 and
9. Masts 10, 11, and 12 up.
No further progress. No indication
of expansion.
110/290
110/290
Entrance road and parking areas
u/c. Control bldg appears complete.
Fence may be extended to include
rhombic 5.
Entrance road and parking areas
nearly complete. Two cooling ponds
u/c near the control bldg. Fence
still u/c.
Four guard towers erected; a fifth
is u/c. Entrance road and parking
areas complete.
Fence still u/c Fifth guard tower
still u/c. Cooling ponds appear
complete.
Fence nearing completion. Five
light weapons positions emplaced;
four occupied. Cooling ponds
completed and filled.
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AMS.. Series E 723, Sheet 3684 I (Guanajay, Cuba), 3d ed, Oct 61,
scale 1:50, 000 (OUO)
TA.C. US Air Target Mosaic, Series 50, Sheet S 0586-6/6MA,
1st ed, Nov 60, scale 1:50, 000 (S)
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COMMUNICATIONS STATION
NEAR
BAUTA, CUBA
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