I P I R BRASS KNOB MISSION 3651 2 JULY 1963

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04560A001500010057-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 22
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 57
• Publication Date: July 1, 1963
• Content Type: REPORT

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N P I C/R-1374/63
July 1963
PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT -
g~~t~SS KNOB MISSION 3 65 ~
2 JUL.`S '1963
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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't'his ~ "curr~e~nt contains information ,tifFec4ing
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within the m.+,inin~, of Title lfl, sections
'793 rzr:; 794, oi' the U.S. Code, ris >mended.
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