PHOTO INTELLIGENCE REPORT TBILISI AREA

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PHOTO INTELLIGENCE REPORT
29 November 1957
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Introduction
Housing Development
New Installation
Housing Development
Tbilisi/Orkhevi Airfield
Tbilisi/Soganlug Airifeld
Tbilisi/Vaziani Airfield
Tbilisi (Navtlug)
Film Evaluation
Photographs (Enclosure 1)
Housing Development
New Installation
Housing Development
Tbilisi/Orkhevi Airfield
Overlays (Enclosure 2)
Photography Plots
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INTRODUCTION
This report has been prepared by the Photo Intelligence
Division of ORR from photography taken during the summer of
1957. All visible items of possible intelligence interest have
been analysed and, where helpful, graphics have been supplied.
Twenty-seven exposures including both ground and
aerial photos made with a 35-mm camera were received for
photo analy$is-. The most productive photos were on the
Tbilisi/Orkhevi Airfield.
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Date of Photography Summer 1957 Camera Argus C-4
Coordinates
Photo Data
Country
Lat N
Lo E
WAC
Exp No
Time
Quality
USSR
41-39
44-58
325
13-14
Fair
Features Imaged
Housing development nine miles southeast of Tbilisi, on the east
bank of the Lachina River (See enclosure 1, annotated exposure 13.)
Photo Analysis
This new housing development 1/ includes approximately 500 one-
story, family-type houses which have been built in a one-andzone-half-
square-mile area Large plots of plowed land separate the rows of
houses and indicate possible truck farming activity. Power lines, which
are visible on the photography, provide homes with electricity. One
large two-story institutional type building within a fenced area is
probably the community spool. The road network serving the develop-
meat appears to be unimproved.
References
1. CI Tauz to Tbilisi, 2 Oct. 1957, p. 20.
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hate of Report. 29 Nov. 1957
Date of Photography Summer 1957 Camera Argus C-4
Coordinates
Photo-Data
Country
Lat N
Lo, E
SAC
Exp, No
Time
Quality
41-41
44-54
325
18-19
Fair
Features Imaged
Installation under construction four miles east of Tbilisi, along the
south side of the Tbilisi-Telavi railroad (See enclosure 1, annotated
exposure 19 and enclosure 2, overlay 3.)
Photo Analysis
This new installation, measuring approximately 1,000 feet square,
has the following facilities under construction: three high, clear,
parallel steel spans with probable craneways: two large and one small
buildings; one large warehouse-type building. Rail spurs and good
roads are being constructed to serve the installation. A new section
of highway has been built just north of the railroad.
Three power transmission lines extending in a north-south direction
are located just east of the new installation, and an unidentified fenced
storage installation, with four large warehouse buildings served by a
road, is located just northwest of it.
Approximately one and three-quarters miles father east there are
40 warehouse-type buildings of various sizes which extend south of
the Tbilisi-Telavi railroad. Collateral information reports that an
oil refinery has been built at this location, 1/ but a study of the
photography indicates the probability that this is a storage facility.
Positive identification is not possible, however, because of the photo-
graphy lacks good contrast and -elear definition.
References
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Date of Photography Summer 1957
.e of Report 29 Nov. 1957
Camera Argus C-4
Coordinates
Photo Data
Country
Lat N
Lo E
1~1AC
No
Time
Quality
USSR
40-40
.44-55
325
17
Poor
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Features Imaged
New housing developmraet, three miles southeast of Tbilisi, along
the north side of the Tbilisi-Baku railroad (See enclosure 1, annotated
exposure 17 and enclosure 2, overlay 3.)
Photo Analysis
In this new housing development there are 16 apartment-type buildings,
two of which are still under construction. The buildings appear to be three
stories high. A construction crane is visible at the two new buildings
under construction.
Just east of the above apartments are another 10 probable two-story
apartment buildings and approximately 20 single-story houses. One
unidentified T-shaped building is located a few hundred yards west of the
new area.
A gravel-surfaced road serves the new development.
References
Target Mosaic 03259997-3-25MA
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Date of Photography Summer 1957
Coordinates
. Photo Data
Country
Lat N
Lo E
WAC
No
Time
_Quality
USSR
41-40
44-57
325
1-12
Good-
25 26
Poor
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Camera Argus C-4
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Features Imaged
Tbilisi/Orkhevi Airfield
five miles east of
Tbilisi on the south side of the Tbilisi-Telavi railroad (See enclosure 1,
annotated exposure 25 and enclosure 2, overlay 3.)
Photo Analysis
Tbilisi/Orkhevi Airfield 1/ is the main civil airfield for Tbilisi.
A concrete runway, oriented north-northwest/ south-southeast, is
approximately 7, 000 by 170 feet with limited extensibility in both
directions. A concrete taxiway parallels the runway, with which it is
:connected by three link-taxiways . Three large parking aprons are
located northeast of the taxiway. One is in front of a probable terminal
building under construction, another is in front of the old terminal
building, and the third and largest is between the previous two.
Navigational and electronic facilities include three groups of radio
communication antennas. Two antenna masts are located just north of
the terminal building, two are just west of the terminal building, and
three are 100 yards west of the terminal building. There is one
Fishnet, IFF radar, mounted on top of the main terminal tower. One
Token, early-warning and GCI radar, is Z,000 feet northeast of the terminal
building on top of an earth mound. 'Adjacent to the Token radar are five
vans with support equipment. Four probable meteorological boxes and
one wind cone are just southwest of the terminal building.
Services include POL storage located 1,000 feet south of the Tbilisi-
Telavi railroad line. This storage area is served by a concrete road
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which makes a loop in the storage area. One fuel truck is visible on a
parking apron. Repair facilities are available for the maintenance
of the aircraft.
Fixed installations include a terminal building with control tower,
one large hangar with a concrete apron east of the terminal building, and
four small hangars northwest of the terminal building. Southeast of the
main hangar is a probable reinforced-concrete terminal building under
construction. One large crane is being used in the construction. Other
facilities include eight barrack-type buildings and eleven supply- and
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repair-type buildings. The airport is served by both road and rail.
Aircraft include three Cabs and nine Crates on the parking apron,
one Crate on the taxiway preparing to take off, two Crates parked on
the grass west of the terminal building, one Cab in the large hangar,
and three Mules and one liaison-type aircraft in the small-hangar area
norhtwest of the terminal building.
Tauz to Tbilisi, 2 Oct. 1957, p 20
Target Mosaic 0325-9997-3-25M
Airfields and Seaplane Stations of the World, Vol 36, Nov 1956
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Date of Report 29 Nov. 1957
Date of Photography Summer 1957 Camera Argus C-4
Coordinatea
Photo Data
Country
Lat N Lo E
WAC
Exp No
Time
Quality
USSR
4139 44-56
325
15-16
Poor
Features Imaged
Tbilisi/Soganlug Airfiel~
lying alongside railroad
tracks on the southwest side of Soganlug station of the Tbilisi-Baku
..Railroad, three and one-half miles southeast of Tbilisi (See enclosure 2,
overlay 3.)
.Photo Analysis
Tbilisi/Soganlug Airfield I/ , a military test field for jet aircraft, has
a concrete runway oriented north =northwest/south-southeast and measuring
approximately 6,000 by 200 feet. A concrete loop taxiway is located west
of the runway. Two concrete crossover-taxiways connect the runway with
a parking area which is located in the center of the loop taxiway. Fourteen
possible aircraft are lined up on the parking ramp. However, the photo-
graphy lacks clear definition which precludes identification of the aircraft.
A concrete taxiway, which connects with Airframe Plant No 31,
located northwest of the field, passes over a small bridge before connecting
with the northwest edge of the airfield.
One Cab aircraft is located on a hardstand in the center of the airfield,
between the runway and parking ramp.
Tauz to Tbilisi, 2 Oct 1957, p 19
Target Mosaic 0325-9997-3-25M
Airfield and Seaplane Stations of the World, Vol 36, Nov 1956.
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Date of Photography Suxn=er 1957 Camera Argus C-4
a e of Report 29 Nov. 1957
Coordinates
Photo Data
Country
Lat N
Long E
WAC
Exp No
Time
Quality
USSR
41-38
45-02
325
27
Poor
Features Imaged
Tbilisi/Vaziani Airfield
Tbilisi.
Photo Analysis
eight miles east of
Tbilisi/Vaziani Airfield is described in detail in a previous report. l/
Additional information cannot be interpretated from this one oblique
photograph.
References
1. CIA. Tauz to Tbilisi, 2 Oct 1957, p 21
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Date of Photography Summer 1957
Date of Report 29 Nov. 1957
Camera Araus C-4
Coordinates
Photo Data
Country
Lat N
Lo S
WAC
Exp No
Time
Qualit
USSR
41-40
44-54
325
'24
Fair
Features Imaged
Tbilisi (southeast section, called Navtlug)
Photo Analysis
The southeast portion of Tbilisi is covered in a previous report, l/
in which both the Tbilisi Airframe Plant No 31
Tbilisi Tank Repair Plant
and the
are discussed. The quality
of this photography precludes a rroi1e detailed analysis of this section of
Tbilisi.
References
1. CIA
Tauz to Tbilisi, 2 Oct 1957, p 24
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FILM EVALUATION
Pinholes - None noted
Scratches - Numerous scratches over the entire roll of film
Water Spots - Several water spots
Density - Good
Contrast - Good
Apparent Granularity - Medium
Tearing (film) - None noted
Suitability for PI - Fair to Poor
Remarks
1. Ground shots giving stereo coverage would help in the interpreta-
tion of details.
2. It is extremely important that negatives should be handled with
care; especially avoid touching the emulsion side of the film. Several
finger prints on the film have blotted out detail.
3. Scratches on the film were possibly due to uncontrolled handling,
to lint and dust on tightly wound film, to running film over rough surface,
or to carless processing.
4. Additional coverage of Tbilisi/Soganlug Airfield and Airframe
Plant No. 31 is suggested.
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