IPIR BRASS KNOB MISSION 3157 15 NOVEMBER 1962

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-04772A000100070004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 11
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 25, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: November 15, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

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PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT
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BRASS KNOB MISSION 3157
15 NOVEMBER 1962
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This document contains information affecting
the national defense of the United States,
within the meaning of Title 18, sections
793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended.
Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is
prohibited by law.
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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION REPRESENTS A PRELIMINARY
ANALYSIS OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FROM BRASS KNOB MISSION
3157, DATED 15 NOVEMBER 1962. THE NUMBER APPEARING
AT THE END OF THE HEADER LINE IS THE COMDR TARGET
NUMBER.
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LA SIERRA CRUISE-MISSILE SITE 2156N 08019W
MISSILE TRANSPORTERS ARE AGAIN PARKED IMMEDIATELY
BEHIND LAUNCHERS. AREA IS BEING RINGED WITH SMALL
PERSONNEL EMPLACEMENTS. NO OTHER APPARENT CHANGE
SINCE
CIEGO DE AVILA SAM SITE 2142N 0785OW
SITE CONTAINS 6 MISSILES ON 6 LAUNCHERS, 7 MISSILE
TRANSPORTERS IN HOLD POSITIONS AND APPROXIMATELY 8
VEHICLES IN SUPPORT AREA. NO APPARENT CHANGE IN
FACILITIES SINCE
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CIENFUEGOS SAM SITE 2202N 08024W
NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE 25X1D
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DELEITE SAM SITE 2259N 08045W
SITE CONTAINS 6 REVETTED LAUNCH POSITIONS WITH 5
MISSILES, 6 CANVAS-COVERED MISSILE TRANSPORTERS, AND
4 UNIDENTIFIED POSSIBLE VEHICLES IN HOLD POSITIONS.
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FRUIT SET RADAR APPEARS TO BE UNCOVERED. NO APPARENT
CHANGE IN OTHER FACILITIES SINCE 25X1D
25X1D 25X1A
DELEITE ALTERNATE SAM SITE 2301N 08044W -
SITE UNOCCUPIED. NO ACTIVITY NOTED.
25X1D 25X1A
25X1 D
NO.APPARENT CHANGE SINCE SCATTERED
CLOUDS PRECLUDE DETAILED INTERPRETATION.
25X1 D
25X1 D
SANCTI SP IR ITUS SAM SITE 2147N 07929W
NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE 25X1 D
25X1 D
SANTIAGO DE CUBA SAM SITE 1959N 07550W
NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE 25X1D
25X1 D
25X1 D
MANZANILLO SAM ASSEMBLY AREA 2018N 07706W
NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE 25X1D
25X1A
25X1A
25X1A
25X1A
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AREA CONTAINS 2 ERECTORS AND ONE POSSIBLE ERECTOR,
15 FUEL OR OXIDIZER TRAILERS, APPROXIMATELY 10 VANS OR
UNIDENTIFIED PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, 13 VEHICLES, 7
LARGE AND 3 SMALL TENTS, AND 7 PROBABLE CONCRETE
ARCHES.
25X1A
AIRCRAFT -- TOTAL OF 14 INCLUDING 2 CRATE, ONE MORAVA,
8 LIAISON, ONE POSSIBLE SEA FURY, AND 2 DERELICTS.
RUNWAYS SERVICEABLE. NO OTHER APPARENT CHANGE
SINCE
IDENTIFICATION ONLY. OBLIQUITY PRECLUDES
INTERPRETATION.
IDENTIFICATION ONLY. HAZE AND OBLIQUITY PRECLUDE
INTERPRETATION.
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CORONEL PASCUAL AIRFIELD 2307N 08117W
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AIRCRAFT m- NONE.
RUNWAY SERVICEABLE. GCA UNIT CONSISTING OF TWO
BUILDINGS WITH POSSIBLE ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT ON ROOF
NOTED 1.2 NM ENE OF NE END OF RUNWAY. NO APPARENT
CHANGE IN FACILITIES AND DEFENSES SINCE
25X1 D
HOLGUIN AIRFIELD 2048N 07618W
IDENTIFICATION ONLY. OBLIQUITY PRECLUDES
INTERPRETATION.
JAIME GONZALES AIRFIELD 2209N 08025W
AIRCRAFT -- ONE POSSIBLE LIGHT AIRCRAFT PARKED AT
WNW END OF ESE/WNW RUNWAY. NNE/SSW RUNWAY
SERVICEABLE. ESE/WNW RUNWAY UNSERVICEABLE. NO
VEHICLES OR ACTIVITY OBSERVED. FIELD APPEARS
INACTIVE. NC APPARENT CHANGE IN OTHER FACILITIES
SINCE
LOS CANOS AIRFIELD 2004N 07509W
25X1 D
AIRCRAFT -- NONE. NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE-
SCATTERED CLOUDS` PRECLUDE DETAILED INTERPRETATION.
LIMONAR AREA,EW/GCI RADAR SITE 2255N 08126W
NO APPARENT CHANGE' IN FACILITIES SINCE
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NO NEW OR UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OBSERVED. SCATTERED CLOUDS
PRECLUDE DETAILED INTERPRETATION.
25X1 D
NO MILITARY ACTIVITY OBSERVED IN VISIBLE PORTIONS
OF AREA.
25X1A
25X1A
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OFELIA, MILITARY CAMP 2006N 07530W
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25X1 D
25X1 D
25X1 D
VESSELS -- NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT. NO LARGE VESSELS IN
PORT.
THIRTY-CNE RAILROAD CARS ON PIERS. NO OTHER EQUIPMENT
NOTED ON PIERS OR ACCESS ROADS. NO APPARENT CHANGE
IN FACILITIES SINCE
VESSELS -- NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT, NC LARGE VESSELS.
TWENTY-TWO VEHICLES AND 19 PIECES OF UNIDENTIFIED
EQUIPMENT LOCATED ON QUAY.
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CIENFUEGOS PORT 2209N 08027W
VESSELS -- 4 FREIGHTERS, ONE TANKER, AND 2 PT.
NO MILITARY EQUIPMENT OR DEFENSES NOTED IN AREA.
VESSELS -- NO LARGE VESSELS IN PORT.
NO APPARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES SINCE
MATANZASPORT 2303N 08134W 25X1D
VESSELS -- ONE PF (SIBONEY CLASS) AND ONE SMALL
UNIDENTIFIED VESSEL.
NO MILITARY ACTIVI T D. NO APPARENT CHANGE IN
FACILITIES SINCE E SCATTERED CLOUDS PRECLUDE
FURTHER INTERPRETATION.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA PORT 2001N 07550W
VESSELS -- 3 TANKERS AND ONE COASTAL TANKER. 25X1D
NO APPARENT CHANGE IN FACILITIES SINCE EARLY
EXCEPT FOR A NEWLY CLEARED AREA BEING LEVELLED FOR
POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL PORT FACILITIES. AREA IS
RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE AND IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE
OF _ HARBOR AT 20-01-28N 075-51-15W.
LINEAR TRENCH 1,000 YARDS LONG IS LOCATED ON A LOW
RIDGE- IMMEDIATELY BEHIND BUILT-UP AREA. NO ACTIVITY
OBSERVED AT THIS TRENCH CR AT TRENCH FLANKING EAST
SIDE OF BEACH. HOWEVER, THERE IS A MILITARY AREA 2 NM
TO THE NE CONSISTING OF TRENCHING, 2 DRIVE-THROUGH
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REVETMENTS IN FINAL STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION AND 2 IN
EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THREE UNOCCUPIED
4-GUN LIGHT FIELD ARTILLERY POSITIONS.
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MATANZAS BEACH 2302N 08126W
BEACH COVERED FROM 081-23W TO 081-29W. TRENCHES
NOTED AT PUNTA MAYA AND PUNTA PALMA. NO OTHER
DEFENSES OBSERVED.
25X1 D
PLAYA YATERITAS, LANDING BEACH 1959N 07458W
NO NEW OR UNUSUAL ACTIVITY NOTED. SCATTERED CLOUDS
PRECLUDE FURTHER INTERPRETATION. 25X1D
SIBONEY AREA, LANDING BEACH 1957N 07542W
25X1 D
NO APPARENT CHANGE SINCE EXCEPT FOR ALTO
CEDRO ARTILLERY TRAINING AREA AND CABANAS SAM SITE.
25X1A
25X1A
25X1A
25X1D 25X1A
VARADERO LANDING BEACH 2307N 28119W
BEACH SEARCHED FROM 23-12N 081-07W TO 23-07N 081-19W.
EXTENSIVE TRENCHWORK ALONG BEACHFRONT AND ON SOUTH
SHORE OF LAGUNAS DE PASO MALO. NO OTHER DEFENSES
OBSERVED. 25X1D
THERE ARE NO OTHER SIGNIFICANT ITEMS TO REPORT.
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