CABLE TO DIRNSA FROM NPIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000500050030-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 30
• Publication Date: February 11, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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PRELIMINARY OAK MISSION 1045-2, DETAILS TO
FOLLOW IN A LATER OAK EDITION.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY OAK CABLE BASED ON PHOTOGRAPHY
FROM KH-4 MISSION 1045-2, DATED 31 JAN - 7 FEB 68. DETAILS
WILL FOLLOW IN A LATER OAK EDITION.
NORTH KOREA IS IMAGED ON 3 PASSES DATED 2, 3, AND 7
FEBRUARY. CLOUD COVER IS APPROXIMATELY 10 PERCENT AND INTER-
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FRETABILITY IS GENERALLY FAIR TO GOOD; HOWEV , SMALL SCALE
PRECLUDES IDENTIFICATION OF ANY GROUND FOUL ACTIVITY.
ALL OF THE EAST COAST IS IMAGED EX.. FOR SMALL SECTORS
FROM 40-04N TO 40- 27N AND 40-57N TO 41' 'N.
COVERAGE OF REVEALS THAT A VESSEL WHICH MAY
POSSIBLY BE THE U PU BLO IS OBSERVED BERTHED AT THE MUNCHON
NAVAL BASE WONSAN AT 39-18-33N 127-23-48E. A SEARCH OF THE
EAST COAST REVEALS THAT THIS IS THE ONLY VESSEL OBSERVED THAT
EQUATES TO THE GENERAL SIZE AND CONFIGURATION OF THE PUEBLO (BB).
SMALL SCALE PRECLUDES INTERPRETATION OF THE VESSEL'S SUPER-
STRUCTURE.
ALL NAVAL BASES EXCEPT SHAHO-NODONGJAGU SUBMARINE BASE
ARE IMAGED. NAVAL ACTIVITY APPEARS NORMAL BUT SMALL SCALE
AND HAZE PRECLUDE IDENTIFICATION OF NAVAL UNITS BY TYPE.
ALL PRIORITY AIRFIELDS EXCEPT SIMUSONG AIRFIELD ARE COVERED.
NO CHANGE IS NOTED IN THE LEVEL OF AIR ACTIVITY OR AIRCRAFT COUNTS.
ALL 14 KNOWN SA-2 SAM SITES AND THE PYONGYANG SAM SUPPORT
FACILITY ARE IMAGED. THIRTEEN OF THE 14 SA-2 SITES ARE OCCUPIED
AND OCCUPANCY OF THE 14TH (PYONGYANG SAM SITE C05-2) IS UN-
DETERMINED. THE PYONGYANG SAM SUPPORT FACILITY APPEARS TO
BE INACTIVE.
AN INITIAL SCAN WAS PERFORMED OF THE ENTIRE COVERAGE OF
NORTH KOREA AND THE DMZ AND NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT INTELLI-
GENCY WAS OBSERVED.
PHOTOGRAPHY OF SOUTH CHINA AND NORTH VIETNAM, INCLUDING THE
DMZ AREA, IS APPROXIMATELY 98 PERCENT CLOUD COVERED. NO ITEMS
OF SIGNIFICANCE ARE DISCERNIBLE IN CLOUD-FREE AREAS.
A PRELIMINARY SCAN OF NE CAMBODIA REVEALS 6 STRAIGHT-
WING AIRCRAFT AT BUNG LUNG AIRFIELD WHICH IS 28 NM WEST
OF THE SOUTH VIETNAM BORDER AND 65 NM WSW OF PLEIKU. THIS
IS THE FIRST SIGHTING OF AIRCRAFT AT THIS FIELD.
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