IN ANSWER TO THE ABOVE REFERENCE NPIC (SANITIZED)HAS THE FOLLOWING REPLY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A000800210060-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 60
• Publication Date: August 1, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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2. WE AGREE THAT THE RAIL LINES EXPLAIN THE LACK OF ROADS.
3. FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE WE CAN ONLY SAY THAT AN
EXPLOSION DID OCCUR IN 1965. IT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED AS
SUGGESTED BY OR FOR OTHER REASONS.
4. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE PROPELLANT IS DELIVERED FROM THE
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1. IN ANSWER TO THE ABOVE REFERENCE NPIC
HAS THE FOLLOWING REPLY:
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BASICALLY A BATCH-TYPE OPERATION. THIS WOULD ACCOUNT FOR THE Sandued
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RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBER OF ONLY 3 CASTING BUILDINGS AND THE S/~ r
5. DOUBLE AND PERHAPS MULTIPLE PIPELINES CAN BE SEEN
INTER-CONNECTING SEVERAL OF THE BUILDINGS ON MISSION 4027.
THIS IS THOUGHT TO REPRESENT CLUSTERING OF STEAMLINES AND
MATERIAL PIPELINES.
6. THE THREE LARGE BUILDINGS SOUTH OF THE CURING BUILDING
IN THE NEW AREA OF THE PLANT ARE IDENTIFIED AS PROBABLE ASSEMBL
RATHER LARGE NUMBER OF AT LEAST 6 CURING BUILDINGS. A DIFFERENT 25X1
FORMULATION MIGHT BE PRODUCED AT EACH OF THE 3 CASTING BUILDINGS.
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BUILDINGS. MILLING AND MACHINING OPERATIONS ARE POSSIBLY DONE
IN THE 2 LARGE PARTIALLY REVETTED BUILDINGS ALONG THE SOUTH
FENCE. THE BUILDING AT KAMENSK LOCATED WEST OF THE 3 LARGE
BUILDINGS AND ITS COMPANION WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION LOCATED
TO THE SW ARE INDEED SIMILAR TO THE SMALL DIVIDED BUILDINGS AT
INIDAN HEAD NPP WHICH ARE CURING BUILDINGS FOR SMALL ROCKETS
OF THE SAM BOOSTER TYPE. IF THE TWO KAMENSK BUILDINGS ARE
ALSO CURING BUILDINGS, THEN THE 3 BUILDINGS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST
FENCE AND ACROSS THE RAIL SPUR FROM THE 3 LARGE BUILDINGS MAY
BE LAG STORAGE OR FINISHED PRODUCT STORAGE RATHER THAN CURING
BUILDINGS. IN ANY EVENT TWO TYPES OF CURING BUILDINGS AT THIS
PLANT MAY INDICATE THAT AT LEAST TWO SIZES OF MOTORS COULD BE
PRODUCED HERE. COULD THE PRESENCE OF A DOUBLE BASE PLANT, WITH
A DIFFERENT CASTING FACILITY AND OFFSET BUILDINGS WHICH MAY
BE CURING BUILDINGS, IMPLY THAT A THIRD TYPE OF MOTOR IS
MANUFACTURED IN KAMENSK? DOES THIS THIRD TYPE OF MOTOR MAKE
THE PRODUCTION OF A THREE STAGE SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET SEEM
TOO IMPROBABLE?
7. RECENT COVERAGE OF STERLITAMAK FROM MISSION 4030,
CONFIRMS THE PRESENCE OF A TEST CELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION WHICH
APPEARS VERY SIMILAR TO THE TYPE SEEN AT BIYSK AND KRASNOYARSK.
THIS CORROBORATES THE COMPARISON OF TEST CELLS AND OFFSET
BUILDINGS PRESENTED BY AT THE LAST F____]CON-
FERENCE. CONGRATULATIONS TO
CONVEY OUR COMPLIMENTS
FOR THIS SCORE. PLEASE
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