PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF MISSION (SANITIZED) 153 (3 JUNE 1963)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001800070034-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 34
• Publication Date: June 8, 1963
• Content Type: CABLE

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PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF MISSION 153 (3 JUNE 1963)
:REVEALS A NEWLY IDENTIFIED SA-2 SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE (SA'M1) SITE
NEAR CHUNG-WEI, CHINA.
THE SITE IS LOCATED 21 NM NORTH OF CHl.7NG-WEI, 59 NM SW OF
NING-HSIA AND 132 NM NNE OF LAN-CHOU AT APPROXIMATELY 37-54N
105- 17F. THE PURPOSE IN LOCATING THIS SIT'; I AN EXTREAELY
ISOLATED AREA, WITH NO KNOWN MAJOR TARGETS WITHIN A 60 NM RADI
HAS NOT 3-7-:-N DETERMINED.
SIX LAUNCH POSITIONS, 2 ISSILE.-HOLD ?OSITIONNS, AND A GUIDANCE
POSITIO"~ WERE O3SERVED. THE DUALITY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHY PRECLUDES
THE IDENTIFICATION OF LAUNCH OP ELECTRONIC` ECUIP'?i` itiT.
OPERATIONAL STATUS OF THE SITE CANNOT BE DETER M IN'ED.
A POSSIc3LE A,-''ACKS/STORAGE AREA IS LOCATED ON THE PERIMETER
OF A LOOP -;`DAL) JUST SOUTH OF THE SITE.
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