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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000800030035-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: April 5, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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CITE NPIC 3424
1. ANALYSIS OF MISSION 1046-2 OF
THE FOLLOWING SIGNIFICANT FINDINGS.
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2. ONE OF THE TWO MOSKVA CLASS HELICOPTER CARRIERS IS IDENTIFIED
AT ANCHOR AT 44-43N 33-30E, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 2 NM OFFSHORE
AND N111 HA AIRFIELD ON THE SAME DAY,
FROM 23 HARP/HORN D AT KACHA AIRFIELD
IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UNCRATED AND ASSEMBLED. THE CLOSE
PROXIMITY OF THIS SHIP TO KACHA AIRFIELD AT THIS TIME MAY INDICATE
THAT IS RECEIVING, OR IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE, ITS OPERATIONAL
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COMPLEMENT OF HELICOPTERS. IT WILL CARRY AN ESTIMATED 20 TO
30 HELICOPTERS, THE MOST LIKELY TYPES BEING THE KA-20 HARP AND/
OR THE KA-25 HORMONE. THE TWO FLAT-TOP BARGES AT SEVASTOPOL
NAVAL BASE AND SHIPYARD SEVMORZAVOD 497, REPORTED FROM
HAVE CIRCULAR PATTERNS PAINTED ON DECK AND ARE A
iNTENDED FOR PILOT TRAINING IN PREPARATION F'OR SHIPBORNE OPER-
ATIONS. THEIR POSITION IS 11 NM SOUTH OF ACHA AIRFIELD.
THE SECOND HELICOPTER CARRIER OF THE MOSK CLASS WAS OBSERVED
STTI-1- AT THE IFITT~NG-011T QUAY AT NIKOLAYEV SHIPYARD NOSENKO 444
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