SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL IN CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04560A001300010052-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 1999
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: March 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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NPIC/R-1129/63
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March 1963
SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL IN CUBA
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This document contains information affecting
the national defense of the United States.
within the meaning of Title IS, sections
793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended.
Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person iz
prohibited by law.
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NPIC/R-1129/63
Supplement
March 1963
SOVIET MILITARY PERSONNEL IN CUBA
This supplementary report, prepared under NPIC Project JN-337/62,
has been issued in order to clarify the intent of NPIC/R-1129/63, Soviet
Military Personnel in Cuba. Although it is clearly evident that it is
impossible to determine from aerial photography the actual number of
troops housed in military camps, it is, however, possible to ascertain
the capacity of all housing facilities in these camps. It is not possible
at all times to determine whether all such facilities are actually being
used for this purpose. In view of this, the first two paragraphs of the
original report should read as follows:
Soviet troops in Cuba are stationed at various military installa-
tions, including military camps, airfields, SA.-2 SAM sites, and cruise-
missile sites. The purpose of this report is to determine from aerial
photography the peak troop capacity of four armored military camps--
Artemisa, Holguin, Remedios, and Santiago de las Vegas-- and five
other confirmed or suspect Soviet military camps- -Camaguey, Mayari
25X1 D Arriba, Pinar del Rio, Playa Baracoa, and Torrens (Figure 1).
. As of late the above nine military camps had
an estimated total capacity of 10,946 personnel. Of this estimated
total, 4,924 could be billeted at the four armored camps, with the
remaining 6,022* at the other five camps (Table 1). This estimate
is based on a detailed analysis of both high- and low-level aerial
photography.
*Most of the estimated capacity of 3,238 personnel at Torrens is believed to be for
Soviet forces; however, the percentage for non-Soviet personnel cannot be determined,
nor can the extent to which the housing facilities are being used for administration as
opposed to billeting.
The substance of the above footnote is repeated on page 13, column
2, and the same modification should be made there.
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