CABLE TO AIG 7840 FROM NPIC WASHDC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04549A000900030087-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 87
• Publication Date: May 16, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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PART I. SIGNI410ANT PHOTO INTERPRETATIONS
Bo_NEW_TARGETS,AND_SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
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40 PROBABLE MISSILE ON LAUNCHER IS OBSERVED THROUGH HEAVY CLOUDS.
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ROBABLE BEAGLE AIRCRAFT. CRASHED AND HEAVILY DAMAGED, IS
POPYEDLIK CENTO_OF. INFIELD AREA APPROXINATELY 600 FT WEST
OF CENTER CROSSOVER LINK. SKID MARKS ARE APPARENT FROM. RUNWAY
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FERRY APPROACH AWAITING CROSSING, THE VEHICLE FERRY IS DOCKED
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_UNDER_CONSTRUCTION _AT _THE_LATTER COORDINATE, NEAR_ THE EASTERN
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?IS 'POSSIBLY A FUTURE TRANSSHIPMENT POINT. FIVE PIECES OF
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