CABLE TO PRIORITY(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B03817A000100030081-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 81
• Publication Date: October 24, 1967
• Content Type: CABLE

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2X15 E C R E T 42030Z CITE 2071 1967 OCT 24 21 03 Z
25X1PRIORITY
25X1PASS TO
1. MESSAGE PULLUWING CPAC VIA MILITARY CHANNELS
(ADDRESSED TO NAVRECONTECHSUPPCEN, INFO: DIA, NPIC AND CINCPACFLT.):
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2. HAVE CONSIDERED SENDING SPECIAL WRING REPORT, BUT BELIEVE
EVIDENCE TOO TENUOUS TO DO SO CONSIDERING SCALE AND QUALITY OF
FILM.
3. IN VIEW OF ABOVE, IMPORTANCE OF IDENTIFYING SSM ENTRY INTO
MIN, BETTER QUALITY FILM (ORIGINAL NEGATIVE) IN WASH AREA, AND
UNCERTAINTY OF CONTENTS OF CRATES REQUEST YOUR COMMENTS SOONEST."
25X1 2. FOLLOWING REPLY SENT TO FICPAC AS WELL AS TO
OTHER ADDRESSEES OF ORIGINAL CABLE VIA SAME CHANNELS.
25X1"S E C R E TO CITE NPIC 2069
REF W: FICPAC DTG 240444Z OCT 67
REF (B): CIA COLLECTION SUPPORT BRIEF, CSB 67-1
"SINO-SOVIET ARMS TRAFFIC"
REFERENCE (A) MESSAGE REPORTED DECK CARGO ABOARD POLTAVA
CLASS MERSHIP TO INCLUDE 8 LARGE CRATES AND 6 TRUCKS. CRATES
WERE EVALUATED TO BE SIMILAR IN APPEARANCE TO KENNEL MISSILE
CRATES DESCRIBED IN REF (B).
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NPIC ANALYSIS PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING EVALUATION: THE
POLTAVA CLASS MERSHIP AS IMAGED
25X10 HAS A DECK CARGO OF 8 LARGE CYLINDRICAL TANKS AND 7 TRUCKS.
25X1 YOUR ATTENTION IS INVITED TO COMPARATIVE
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TANKS. THE TANKS ARE
CRATES ARE OBSERVED ON EITHER OR OTHER CIED
MISSIONS IN THE HAI PHONG AREA.
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S E C R E T
END OF MESSAGE
SECRET
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NGA review(s) completed.
Approved For Release 2006/01/31 : CIA-RDP78BO3817A000100030081-2