PHOTOGRAPHIC COVERAGE OF SOUTH CHINA WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO HAINAN ISLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP68R00530A000100080041-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 41
• Publication Date: April 7, 1965
• Content Type: MF

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TOP SECRET
7 April 1965
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Central Intelligence
SUBJECT: Photographic Coverage of South China
with Particular Reference to Hainan Island
1. At the United States Intelligence Board this morning
in connection with the Committee on Overhead Reconnaissance
report on South China coverage, an unanswered question was raised
with regard to Hainan Island. The following information is relevant
to Hainan Island and the recent satellite activities over the entire
South China area.
4. Mission 1018 which is now being read out obtained
five passes over South China, none of which were over Hainan Island.
NPIC has been requested to read out urgently the priority targets
and to publish the results. Readout on lower priority targets will
follow.
5. Specifically with regard to an alleged SAM site on
Hainan Island the following is the status of our information from
photography at this time:
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a. CIA/PID has at the request of DDS&T
conducted a thorough study of selected areas of China
including Hainan Island in order to assess the status
of SA-2 deployment. Thus far CIA/PID has not
discovered any SAMs on Hainan Island.
b. The interdepartmental unit at NPIC
(PAG) has not to date indicated any area on Hainan
Island as suspect for a SAM site.
c. At this time although there has been
substantial coverage of the Island by useable photog-
raphy up to November 1964, the entire area has not
been covered recently enough by cloud-free
photography to permit a positive statement that there
is not a SAM site on Hainan Island.
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James Q. Reber
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