NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER THE YEARS OF PROJECT HTAUTOMAT, 1956 - 1958 VOLUME IV

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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Secret CIA Internal Use Only Access Controlled by CIA History Staff and DD/S&T NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER THE YEARS OF PROJECT HTAUTOMAT, 1956 - 1958 VOLUME IV by Secret NPIC 3 December 1974 Copy 1 of 2 PERMANENT HISTORICAL DOCUMENT DO NOT DESTROY Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET Access ControZZed by CIA History Staff. and DD/S&T NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER THE YEARS OF PROJECT HTAUTOMAT, 1956 - 1958 VOLUME IV by Copies: #1 - CIA-HS #2 - DD/S&T SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET Volume I Page Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I. The First Looks Behind the Iron Curtain. . . . . 1 A. The Anatomy of HTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1. Office of the Chief . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Special Projects Branch. . . . . . . . . 4 3. Industrial and Geographic Branches . . . 6 4. Technical Intelligence Branch. . . . 8 5. Support Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6. Administrative Staff ... . . . . . . . . 12 7. Statistical Branch, OCR. . . . . . . . . 12 8. Military Liaison Components. . . . . . . 14 9. Central Branch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 B. The First Eight Missions Dominate Events of July and August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1. The Eight Missions and Their Objectives. 20 2. Immediate Exploitation of the First Eight Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3. Detailed Exploitation During July and August 1956 . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4. Technical Support. . . . . . . . . . . . 27 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET Page 5. Support Activities . . . . . . . . 29 6. OCR Statistical Branch Charges Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 7, Task Force: Headquarters Outpost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 8. Return from Europe . . . . . . . . . . 35 II. The-Middle East Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 A. U-2s Assume a Tactical Role. . . . . . . . 45 B. HTA and the PARAMOUNT Committee. . . . . . 47 C. Functioning of the PARAMOUNT Committee . . 54 E. HTA Continues Work on the First Eight Missions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 F. A Stirring Giant . . . . . . . . . . 60 G. PI Training . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67. H. Looking Back ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 III. Back on Course . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 A. . . . . . . . . . . . 74 B. Organizational Incongruity . . . . . . . . 75 C. Briefing-Aid Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 D. Soviet Long-Range Airfields. . . . . . . . 80 E. Mozhaysk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 F. Testing. . . Testing . . . . . . . . . . . 100 G.' Signs of Drought . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET Page IV. Reorganization and Renewal . . . . . . . . . . 109 A. Training and Orientation . . . . . . . . 110 B. Training and Orientation Offered by HTA. 121 C. New Tools for Eager Hands. . . . . . . . . 122 D. Familiar Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 E. Reorganization and Reassignment. . . . . . 148 V. On to Greater Accomplishments. . . . . . . . . 159 A. First Aerial Coverage of Russian Scientific and Technical Installations. . 159 B. Rejuvenation and Resumption of Discoveries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 1. Changing Faces and Responsibilities. . 163 2. New Discoveries Dominate Work at HTA . 166 C. Other Mouths to Feed . . . . . . . . . . . 171 D. New Administrative Procedures. . . . . . . 178 E. Specter of a Job Freeze. . . . . . . . . . 182 Volume II VI. JAM SESSION Steals the Show. . . . . . . . . . 184 A. Establishment of JAM SESSION . . . . . . . 184 C. GMIC Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 1. The Tyura Tam Missile Test Center and Test Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 2. The Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center and Test Range. . . . . . . . . . . . 217 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET Page 3. Good-Bye to GMIC Consultants . . . . . 240 D. Show and Tell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 E. Other PI Exploitation and Reporting. . . . 251 F. Making Equipment Function Better and Getting Better Equipment. . . . . . . . . 258 G. The HTAUTOMAT Organization Reacts to JAM SESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 VII. Winds of Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Not by JAM SESSION Alone . . . . . . . . . 320 E. How to Proceed With the Publication of Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 F. Carpenters, Plumbers, and New Equipment. 334 G. People and Hierarchies . . . . . . . . . . 340 VIII. HTAUTOMAT Becomes the Photographic Intelligence Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 A. The Last Months of JAM SESSION . . . . . . 355 1. COMINT Comes to MSB. . . . . . . ... . 356 2. A Bear by the Tail . . . . . . . . . . 357 3. The Show Goes On . . . . . . . . . . . 366 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET Page 4. A General on His Knees and PI Keys 376 5. Two Soviet Heavy Water Plants. . . . . 386 6. Uranium Mining and Milling Sites . . . 390 B. Keeping Busy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 C. Operating Procedures for HTA -- and PIC. . D. Automated Mensuration -- With Bugs . 427 F. A Center at Last . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appendices 449 A. Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 B. Chronology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 C. Source References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Volume IV Figures, No. 1 through No. 39 Volume V Figures, No. 40 through No. 86 Volume VI Figures, No. 87 through No. 129 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET Figure 1. Steuart Building ........................................... 2 Figure 2. The U-2: Reconnaissance Aircraft Supreme .................. 4 Figure 3. HTAUTOMAT: Organization and Key Personnel, July 1956...... 6 Figure 4. 8 Figure 5. Central Building .......................................... 10 Figure 6. Range of U-2 aircraft from operational bases ............... 12 Figure 7. Tracks of the first eight U-2 operational missions ......... 14 Figure 8. MM 50 Surveying Camera ................... ................. 16 Figure 9. Orsha Airfield and probable special weapons storage area, 14 July 1956 ............................................. 18 Figure 10. Stryy Airfield and special weapons storage and loading installation, 10 July 1956 ............................... 20 Figure 11. Mozhaysk Installation, 5 July 1956 .......................... 22 Figure 12. Domed Structure, Mozhaysk Installation ..................... '24 Figure 13. Artist's concept of the domed structure and its incomplete counterpart (Unit 1) ..................................... 26 Figure 14. Oblique ?view and metrical analysis of the counterpart of the completed dome .................................... 28 Figure 15. Composite layout of Units 4, 5, and 6 .......... ........... 30 Figure 16. P2V-7: Disappointment in Night Photo Reconnaissance....... 32 Figure 17. Comparator obtained from Photogrammetry, Inc . ............. 34 Figure 18. Mensuration teams in the Technical Intelligence Services Branch, c. late 1957..... ..................... 36 Figure 19. The Reed Transforming Printer .............................. 38 Figure 20. The Reed Rectifier ......................................... 40 Figure 21. Modified Binocular Microscope .............................. 42 Figure 22. Using the Heath Prisms, ........................ o ...... o .... 44 Figure 23. "Twin Eyes," 10 July 1956 .................................. 46 Figure 24. Karangit Installation, 10 July 1956 ...................... 48 Figure 25. HTA Organizational Realignment, July 1957 .................. 50 Figure 26. U-2 bases and reference points for important targets covered during the summer and fall of 1957 ............... 52 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 - SECRET LIST OF FIGURES (Continued) Page Figure 39. Location and general geographical relationships of the Tyura Tam Missile Test Center and associated missile test range ............................ 78 Figure 40. Chief components of the Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 ................................. 80 Figure 41. Launch Area A, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 .............................................. 82 Figure 42. Details and dimensions of the launching platform and associated pit, Launch Area A, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 ......................... 84 Figure 43. Range head facilities, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 ...................................... 86 Figure 44. Details of launch support facilities, Launch Area A, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 .............................................. 88 Figure 45. Support Base, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 .............................................. 90 Figure 46. Communications Area B, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 ................................. 92 Figure 47. Rhombic and fishbone antenna arrays and the orientation and dimensions of those in Communications Area B, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 ...................................... 94 Figure 48. Probable propellant production plant under construction, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center, August 1957 .............................................. 96 Figure 49. Probable primary direction of fire from Launch Area A, Tyura Tam Missile Test Center ............. 98 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET LIST OF FIGURES (Continued) Page Figure 50. Probable terminal range instrumentation in the Kamchatka Peninsula for the Tyura Tam Missile Test Range, June and September 1957 ...................... 100 Figure 51. Communications Center under construction in September 1957, near Kluychi on the Kamchatka Peninsula ................................................ 102 Figure 52. Layout of range head facilities with respect to each other and to the settlements of Kapustin Yar and Vladimirovka, September 1957.6 ................... 104 Figure 53. Zones 4, 5, and 6, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ................................... 106 Figure 54. Layout of facilities, Zones 7 and 8, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 .................. 108 Figure 55. Trailer-mounted Soviet MRBM associated by JAM SESSION consultants with firings from Zone 7, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center ................. 110 Figure 56. Tank-mounted short-range Soviet ballistic missile associated by JAM SESSION consultants with firings from the smaller pads at Zone 7, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center ......................... 112 Figure 57. Zones 7 and 8, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, as they appeared on photography of 10 September 1957 ........ 114 Figure 58. Photograph of Zone 9, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ........................................... 116 Figure 59. Layout of facilities, Zone 9, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center .............................................. 118 Figure 60. Launch Area South, Zone 9, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 .............................. 120 Figure 61. Photograph of launch complex, Zone 10, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 .................. 122 Figure 62. Perspective view of launch complex, Zone 10, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ......... 124 Figure 63. Zone 11, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ........................................... 126 Figure 64. Zone 12, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ........................................... 128 Figure 65. Vladimirovka Airfield Complex, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 .............................. 130 Figure 66. Cruise-missile test complex, Zone 15, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 .................. 132 Figure 67. Airborne-missile assembly and loading complex, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ......... 134 Figure 68. Layout and dimensions of structures, airborne- missile assembly and loading complex, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ......... 136 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 - SECRET LIST OF FIGURES (Continued) Page Figure 69. Surface-to-air missile test complex, Zone 1, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 .................. 138 Figure 70. Surface-to-air missile test range guidance and instrumentation facilities, Zone 2, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 .................. 140 Figure 71. Surface-to-air missiles photographed in the Moscow parade and believed to be the type tested at the surface-to-air missile test facility, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center ......................... 142 Figure 72. Forward instrumentation, Zone 7, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ...................... 144 Figure 73. Guidance and forward instrumentation, Zone 9, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ......... 146 Figure 74. L-shaped instrument patterns associated with Zone 10, Kapustin Yar Missile Test Center, September 1957 ........................................... 148 Figure 75. The ALWAC III-E Computer ................................... 150 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET LIST OF FIGURES (Continued) Page Figure 98. Location of Vozrozhdeniya Island, USSR... .................. Figure 99. Vozrozhdeniya Island and facilities, August 1957........... 198 Vozrozhdeniya Island, August 1957 ........................ 208 Figure 105. Supply Base at Aralsk for operations on Vozrozhdeniya Island, August 1957 ........................ 210 Figure 106. Prepared Table of Organization, 7 March 1958 ............... 212 Figure 107. Overall view of the Chirchik Electrochemical Combine, August 1957 ..................................... 214 SECRET 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET LIST OF FIGURES (Continued) Figure 110. The Kadshi-Say mining and milling complex, August 1957 ............................................. 220 Figure 112. Figure 113. Location of the mining and milling sites at Taboshar, Ispisar, and Mayly-Say with respect to each other and to population centers in the Fergana Valley of the USSR .............................. The Mavly-Sav mining and milline complex- August 1957..... 224 226 Figure 115. Taboshar mining and milling complex, August 1957 .......... 230 Figure 120. Figure 121. Pyatigorsk mining and milling complex, Sept em er 1957 ..... Geologic structures in the vicinity of Pyatigorsk......... 240 242 Figure 126. Bukhovo mining and milling complex, December 957 ......... 25 Figure 129. The Nistri TA-3 Stereocomparator .......................... 258 SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET Steuart Building. This photograph was taken from the south- west corner of sixth and K Streets, Northwest, nearly seven years after the removal of NPIC to Entrance to HTA work areas on the four upper floors was at 1014 fifth Street. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET FIGURE 2 The U-2: Reconnaissance aircraft supreme. - 3 - SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET L -. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET FIGURE 3 HTAUTOMAT: Organization and Key Personnel, July 1956. 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SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 _ SECRET FIGURE 9 Orsha Airfield and possible special weapons storage area, 4 July 1956. - 17 - SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 x Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET Stryy Airfield and special weapons storage and loading installation, 10 July 1956. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 E. .1 I l 1. REYETTED PARKING APRON 42 X 42 FEET. 2. WOODEN FENCE WITH GUARD TONERS AT THE CORNERS AND AT INTERVALS ALONG TIC LONGER SIDES. FENCE. 4300 X 1500 FEET, ENCLOSES AN AREA OF 148 ACRES. 3. POSSIBLE WIRE FENCE. 4. MAIN ROAD WITHIN INSTALLATION 21 FEET WIDE. 5. PROBABLE EARTH-COVERED BUILDING 21 X 32 FEET. 6. INNER FENCED AREA 570 X 815 FEET. THREE SMALL BUILDINGS ARE LOCATED ADJACENT TO FENCE. 7. H-SHAPED DRIVE-THROLGH BUILDING WITH 42 X 54 FOOT WINGS AND 32 X 58 FOOT CENTER SECTION. A LARGE EARTH REVETMENT IS LOCATED ALONGSIDE THE BUILDING ON THE SIDE NEAREST THE AIRFIELD. THIS BUILDING COULD POSSIBLY BE USED AS AN ASSEMBLY BUILDING FOR COMPONENTS OF A NUCLEAR BOMB OR A MISSILE. 8. EARTH-COVERED, FLAT-TOPPED, PYRAMIDAL-SHAPED BUNKER 117 X 128 FEET. A 10 FOOT ACCESS ROAD LEADS TO SMALL ENTRANCES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE BUNER. THIS BILKER COULD POSSIBLY BE USED FOR STORAGE OF NUCLEAR COPONENTS OF A NUCLEAR BOMB OR FOR THE WARHEAD OF A MISSILE. 9. REYETTED BUILDING 21 X 23 FEET. 10. MOUND 21 X 21 FEET. (POSSIBLE EARTH COVERED BUILDING. 11. REVETTED BUILDING 43 X 120 FEET. WITH ACCESS ROADS ENTERING REVETMENT AT BOTH ENDS. ON ONE END OF REVETKNT IS A PARKING APRON 53 X'75 FEET. ON THE OTHER END IS AN ASSOCIATED SMALL BUILDING, 21 X 42 FEET. 12. CIRCULAR TO+ER WITH CYLINDRICAL TOP. 13. PROBABLE GUARD HOUSE AT ROAD GATE. 11. BLAST WALL. 15. LOADING RAMP 60 X 160 FEET;RAMP NARROWS TO 55 FEET AT REAR:WITH LOADING PIT 10 X 60 FEET. 16. LOADING RAMPS 62 X 120 FEET(RAWS NARROW TO 50 FEET AT REAR WITH LOADING PITS 10 X 60 FEET; 17. SERVICING APRON 220 X 490 FEET. 15. LARGE LOADING RAMP 140 X 330 FEET WITH LOADING PIT 10 X 70`FEET. LOADING PIT WIDENS SLIGHTLY NEAR CENTER. 19. TAXIWAY GATE. A TAXIWAY, 70 FEET WIDE, EXTENDING FROM THE RUNWAY ENTERS THROUGH THIS GATE. 20. PROBABLE GATE CONTROL HOUSE. 21. BUILDING 30 X 55 FEET. 22. ROAD 10 FEET WIDE. 23. BUILDING 30 X 30 FEET. 24. BUILDING 32 0 42 FEET. 25. BUILDING 21 X 53 FEET; PARKING APRON IN FRONT OF BUILDING KASLRES 42 X 53 FEET. BUILDING 42 X 88 FEET WITH 28 FOOT PARKING APRON. L-SHAPED STRUCTURE WITH WINGS KASIR ING 23 X 42 FEET AND 23 X 53 FEET PROJECTS FROM REAR OF BUILDING. NOTE I ALL KASUREKNTS ARE APPROXIMATE. KASUEKNTS SOMEWHAT LESS RELIABLE THAN THE REST DUE TO POOR IMAGE AT THESE POINTS. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET Mozhaysk Installation, 5 July 1956. Numbers on the photograph refer to components detailed on Figure 12 through 15. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 U1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET Domed Structure (Unit 2), Mozha sk_Installation. This per- spective drawing was done by who later became the first chief of the HTA graphics shop. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 - SECRET Overhead concept of the domed structure and its incomplete counterpart (Unit 1). These views were the work of the late the most accomplished of HTA illustrators. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET FIGURE 14 Oblique view and metrical analysis of Unit 1. Coverage such as this, achieved during construction, is invaluable in re- vealing internal details that cannot be seen on later aerial photography. - 27 - SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 _ SECRET Composite layout of Units 4, 5, and 6. It was believed that these were to be storage facilities. Note the massive con- struction and burial underground. Upper panel is a sketch of Unit 6, which appeared complete at the time of photography. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TO0184R000400040001-8 SECRET SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET P2V-7: Disappointment in Night Photo Reconnaissance. The night photographic configuration differed from the one in these photos in that the wing pods contained the lights and a propeller-driven generator and there was no large radome under the forward part of the fuselage. 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Much of the en- gineering work on this piece of equipment was done by of HTA and successor organizations, when he was em- ployed by the Silver Spring, Md., firm that designed and SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 SECRET Reed Transforming Printer. When this machine was used in the first step for rectifying high oblique photographs, the image was projected onto negative film which was then loaded into the Reed Rectifier for printing. 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The Photographic Intelligence Memorandum issued in Septem- ber 1957 which reported on the Karangit installation had the distinction of being the first detailed HTA publication that included no photography. This unusual circumstance resulted from the fact that interpretation of the Photography and preparation of the report were done by I a 25X1 PI who had just been named deputy chief of the new graphics shop. SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21 : CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET 1 -48- SECRET Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04TOO184R000400040001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/21: CIA-RDP04T00184R000400040001-8 SECRET HTA Organizational Realignment, July 1957. The dashed line between the box for the Operation Support Branch (previously the Special Projects Branch) and that for the Technical In- telligence Services Branch is meant to imply the custodial relationship that was developing as TISB prepared to ingest the remains of SPB. Though the Geographic Branch displayed incipient tendencies to acquire the name Geographic-Indus- trial Branch, the old name prevailed until the next reorgani- zation. Not so with the former Industrial Branch, which had all but shed its previous unglamorous industrial responsi- bilities. Even before the realignment was announced, its chief, who knew the importance of a name, con- sistently referred to the component as the Military-Scienti- fic Branch, a name that was quickly picked up and used by others on HTA. 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