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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001200020073-7
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 26, 2008
• Sequence Number: 73
• Publication Date: February 12, 1966
• Content Type: CABLE

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CONFIRMS PREVIOUS CIA/IAD ANALY _1
REGARDING THE SIMILARITY OF LAUNCHERS AT SARY SHAGAN LAUNCH CgMPL-" , _--
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At LAUNCH SITES 3 AND 4, WITH THOSE LAUNCHERS SEEN AT THE LENItiNGATD~.?_
NW PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX. LAUNCH SITES C. D. II_ I
AND E. THIS MISSION ALSO REVEALS THE FOLLOWING:
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1. THE SIMILARITY OF THESE LAUNCHERS WITH LAUNCHERS AT LAU
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LAUNCH SITE At TALLINN PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX. Advance COPY
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2. A PROBABLE MISSILE APPROXIMATELY 35 FEET LONG WITH A CLUSTER
OF AT LEAST THREE (BUT NOT MORE THAN FOUR) PROBABLE BOOSTER SECTIONS
APPROXIMATELY 14 FEET LONG, IS IN POSITION ON ITS LAUNCHER AT
POSITION 6, LAUNCH SITE B, LAUNCH AREA 2, SARY SHAGAN LAUNCH
COMPLEX A. A POSSIBLE MISSILE
OF SIMILAR LENGTH WAS SEEN AT THE READY POSITION (POSSIBLY ON A
DOLLY) AT LAUNCH POSITION 3, LAUNCH SITE 4, LAUNCH COMPLEX At
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SARY SHAGAN. ON THE SAME DATEI IA SUSPECT MISSILE OF
SIMILAR LENGTH WAS SEEN ON THE LAUNCHER AT LAUNCH POSITION 6,
LAUNCH SITE 4, LAUNCH COMPLEX A, SARY SHAGAN.
3. THE STRIATIONS FORMING THE "V" SHAPED PATTERN AT THE TALLINN
AND SARY SHAGAN PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEXES ARE PROB-
ABLY CAUSED BY RAILS, SIMILAR TO THE RAILS IN FRONT OF THE CURVED,
MISSILE READY BUILDINGS AT THE LENINGRAD PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM
LAUNCH COMPLEXES.
4. THE RECTANGULAR OBJECTS MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 20 BY 10
FEET, SEEN ON THE PROBABLE RAILS AT TALLINN AND SARY SHAMAN, ARE
PROBABLY RAIL MOUNTED DOLLIES, DESIGNED TO MOVE A MISSILE FROM THE
READY END OF THE LAUNCH POSITION TO THE LAUNCHER. THEIR USE AS
ENVIRONMENTAL SHELTERS IS OPEN TO SPECULATION. ATTENTION IS INVITED
TO THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS OCCUPIED BY THE PROBABLE DOLLIES AT
LAUNCH SITE A, TALLINN PROBABLE LONG RANGE SAM LAUNCH COMPLEX ON
SOME DOLLIES ARE CLOSER TO THE LAUNCHER
THAN OTHERS. APPROXIMATELY SIMILAR PROBABLE DOLLIES HAVE BEEN
FREQUENTLY SEEN ON THE "V" SHAPED SERVICE ROADS AT LAUNCH SITES
3 AND 4, LAUNCH COMPLEX A, SARY SHAGAN.
5. AT LAUNCH AREA 2, LAUNCH COMPLEX A, SARY SHAGAN, LAUNCH SITE
B IS PROBABLY INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE ONLY ONE MISSILE PER LAUNCH
POSITION. IF PAST CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES ON THESE PROBABLE LONG
RANGE SAM SYSTEMS ARE CONSIDERED, AN ADVANCED STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION,
IF NOT OPERATIONAL STATUS IS INDICATED. IN THIS REGARD, ATTENTION
IS INVITED TO THE PRESENCE OF LAUNCHERS, A CENTRALLY REVETTED
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CONTROL POSITION OCCUPIED BY VANS, CONNECTE# TO EACH LAUNCH POSITION
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BY CABLE, PLUS THE PRESENCE OF AN ASSOCIATED RADAR AT THE RADAR SITE
LOCATED AIDE THE OLD SAM SITE NEARBY. IF "V" PATTERN RAILS WERE
TO BE INSTALLED THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN EMPLACED MUCH EARLIER
IN THE CONSTRUCTION SEQUENCE. FURTHER EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS
INTERPRETATION CONCERNS THE AZIMUTHS FROM THE CENTER OF THE LAUNCH
COMPLEX RADAR SITE THROUGH EACH LAUNCH POINT. IN ALL OTHER CASES,
THIS AZIMUTH HAS CONTINUED THROUGH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE
LAUNCH POSITION, APPROXIMATELY BISECTING THE "V" SHAPED RAIL
PATTERN. SUCH AN AZIMUTH THROUGH THE LAUNCH POINTS AT LAUNCH SITE
B CONTINUES INTO A RELATIVELY UNDISTURBED AREA OF THE LAUNCH SITE.
THERE IS NO SIGN THAT RAILS ARE TO BE EMPLACED IN THIS AREA.
6. AT SARY SHAGAN LAUNCH AREA 1 (NEAR THE MAIN SUPPORT BASE),
LAUNCH SITE A IS POSSIBLY DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE ONLY ONE MISSILE
PER LAUNCH POSITION, ALSO. THE SAME RATIONALE AS IN PARAGRAPH 5
ABOVE IS USED. FURTHERMORE, IN BOTH PLACES, THE LAUNCH SITES IN
QUESTION HAVE NOT CHANGED SUBSTANTIALLY SINCE THEY WERE FIRST
OBSERVED IN
7. THE ALIGNMENT OF THE "V" SHAPED RAIL PATTERN SO THAT AN
AZIMUTH FROM THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE RADAR SITE PASSES THROUGH
THE LAUNCH POINT, AND APPROXIMATELY BISECTS THE "V" SHAPED PATTERN,
SUGGESTS THE LAUNCHER WILL NOT BE SWIVELLED IN AZIMUTH FOLLOWING
TRANSFER OF THE MISSILE FROM DOLLY TO LAUNCHER.
8. THE INACTIVATION OF OPERATIONAL SA-2 SITES AT LAUNCH COMPLEX
A AND IN THE VICINITY OF LAUNCH AREA 1, SARY SHAGAN IS ADDITIONAL
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EVIDENCE THAT THE PROBABLE LONG RANGE S1 LAUNCH COMPLEXES AT
SARY SHAGAN LAUNCH AREAS 1 AND 2 ARE OPERATIONALLY DEPLOYED SYSTEMS.
INACTIVIATION OF SAM 304-2 (AT LAUNCH COMPLEX A) HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY
REPORTED. FURTHER STUDY OF KH-4 MISSIONS COVERING SAM SITE A26-2
(NEAR LAUNCH AREA 1) REVEALS THAT THE SAM SITE WAS PROBABLY OCCUPIED
BUT WAS PROBABLY UNOCCUPIED ON
AND WAS NOT OCCUPIED ON 2
9. SAM SITES 821-2, AT LAUNCH COMPLEX it SARY SHAGAN, WAS
OCCUPIED ON AND POSSIBLY OCCUPIED ON
SAM SITE B19-2, NEAR INSTRUMENTA-
TION SITE 2, SARY SHAGAN, WAS OCCUPIED O~
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