OAK - PART 1 MISSION 4007 24-27 APRIL 1964

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January 3, 2006
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May 1, 1964
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 20067pP7 :4,;EL=W78BO456OA002200010032-9 Copy:" x', 21I Pages PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION REPORT OAK-PART I MISSION 4007 24-27 APRIL 1964 N P I C/R-273/64 May 1964 NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Declass Review by NGA/DOD I car Approved For Release 2006/0~/~:I -RDP78B04560A0022000100 2 --g e.d? d.d r,.m o?rom 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/01/17 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA002200010032-9 Approved For Release 2006/01/17 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA002200010032-9 Approved Fo; Release 2096/01T17CCIATR aw n,, May 1964 ERRATA FOR NPIC/R-273/64 AND NPIC/R.-274/64 In OAK - Parts I and II on Mission 4007, 24-27 April 1964, Page 4, the 25 April 1964 pass should be numberedFland the 27 April 1964 pass 25X1 should be numbered 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/01/17 : CIA- OA002200010032-9 i o5X1 rndd d laxsl( TOP SECRET TOP SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/01/1 002200010032-9 NPIC/R?273/64 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE TRACK OF MISSION HIGHLIGHTS MISSILES AIR FACILITIES ELECTRONICS/COMMUNICATIONS MILITARY ACTIVITY ATTACHMENTS 1 Approved For Release 2006/01/1 - 200010032-9 25X1 TOP SECR t Approved For RJIQSe 29667097' 17 : NPIC/R-273/64 OAK-PART I MISSION 4007 PREFACE THIS IS THE FIRST OF AN ESTIMATED TWO DAILY OAK REPORTS BASED ON MISSION 4007 WHICH WAS ACCOMPLISHED '.24-27 APRIL 1964. THIS REPORT COVERS THE OAK-REPORTING PERIOD FROM ;0800 TO 1500 HOURS, I MAY 1964 AND DEALS WITH HIGHEST-PRIORITY INTELLIGENCE ITEMS APPEARING IN THE COMOR TARGET LIST. IT PRESENTS INFORMATION ONLY ON THOSE COMOR PHOTOGAPHY. ONN TARGETS OBSERVED ON WILL M?SS:ION 4007 THIS MISSION. TARGETS ARE ARRANGED IN THE OAK BY SUBJECT, AND WITHIN EACH SUBJECT BY.COMOR TARGET NUMBER. TARGETS OF OPPORTUNITY : OBSERVED DURING THE OAK-REPORTING PERIOD ARE. LISTED..NUMERICALLY UNDER THE ALL APPROPRIATE SUBJECT AFTER THE LISTING OF COMOR TARGETS. TARGETS IN THIS REPORT ARE LOCATED IN:THE USSR;, UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHICREFERENCES FOR EACH TARGET OBSERVED AND REPORTED FOLLOW THE DESCRIPTION OF THE.TARGET. PASS NUMBERS ARE SUFFIXED WITH EITHER AN A FOR ASCENDING(SOUTH-TO-NORTH)DR D FOR DESCENDING (NORTH-TO-SOUTH) FRAMES AND INDEX NUMBERS ARE INDICATED BY THE LETTERS FR. SYMBOLS INDICATING CONDITIONS WHICH AFFECT. THE APPEARANCE OF THE TARGET ON THE PHOTOGRAPHY ARE AS FOLLOWS -- C (CLEAR),. SC (SCATTERED CLOUDS), HC (HEAVY CLOUDS), H (HA.7E)r.CS (CLOUD SHADOW)., SD (SEMIDARKNESS),. O.(OBLIQUITY),. S (SNOW)-, PQ (POOR IMAGE QUALITY). OAK RECIPIENTS ARE CAUTIONED THAT THE INITIAL SCAN OF PHOTOGRAPHY FROM-MISSION 4007 IS BEING ACCOMPLISHED IN A SHORT TIME AND OFTEN WITHOUT THE AID OF PRECISE ANALYTICAL AND MENSURAL EQUIPMENT COMMONLY.EMPLOYED IN DETAILED PHOTOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS. CONSEQUENTLY, ALTHOUGH THE INFORMATION PRESENTED HEREIN. IS ESSENTIALLY ACCURATE, FUTURE DETAILED ANALYSIS MAY SOMEWHAT ALTER PORTIONS OF THE INFORMATION. 2 Approved For Release 2006/01/17 : C 00010032-9 TOP SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2006/01/17 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA002200010032-9 Next 1 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2006/01/17 : CIA-RDP78BO456OA002200010032-9 TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2006/01/17 : CI 00010032-9 NPIC/R?273/64 HIGHLIGHTS I KOSTROMO ICBM LAUNCH AREA G 25X1 LAUNCH AREA G, A TYPE IID SITE, I 2. KOZELSK ICBM LAUNCH AREA A THE LAUNCH SITE, A TYPE IIC, IS NOW COMPLETED. FOUR TRACKS* EACH CONSISTING OF TWO RAILS, LEAD FROM EACH BUILDING AND MERGE INTO ONE BEFORE ENTERING THE PADS. 3. KARA-BABAU IRBM LAUNCH SITE 2 APPARENT EFFORTS TO DISGUISE THE SITE AS A TANK FARM PROVE INEFFECTIVE. 4. PF TRQVKA SH I PYARD TWO EI-CLASS SSGN AND THREE W?-CLASS SS ARE OBSERVED. 5. DUNAY NAVAL SUPPLY DEPOT NORTH ONE E?CLASS SSGNIS TIED UP ON SW.SHORE OF BUKHTA RAZBOYNIK AT 42-54N 132-=-16E9 6. EPROZHYF EARLY WARNING RADAR SITE A SPOONREST RADAR AND.A TALL KING RADAR ARE IDENTIFIED. 7. DOLON AIRFIELD TWENTY-FIVE BEAR, THREE BISON, ONE BADGER, ONE BULL, THREE CAT/CUB AND ONE CRATE OBSERVED. ELEVEN KANGEROO MISSILES SIGHTED IN ASM AREA. 8. GOMEL/PRIBYTKI L/PRIBYTKI AIRFIELD I THIRTY-ONE BLINDER, TWO BADGER AND T 0 BULL OBSERVED. A TOTAL OF 36 COMOR TARGETS WERE OBSERVED IN THE CURRENT REPORTING PERIOD AND ARE COVERED BY THIS REPORT. 5 Approved For Relea 200Q I ,~~I FR913:78139466-03 A 00010032-9 TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2006/01/17: AA-RD12721204560A 2200010032-9 NP ICIR-27.3/64 MISSILES PLESETSK ICBM LAUNCH AREA B (SITE 5) 6303N 04058E COMPLETED TYPE IIB SITE ENCLOSED BY A CLOSELY-SPACED DOUBLE INNER SECURITY FENCE WITH A PATROL PATH BETWEEN. A LARGE EARTH-BANKED MISSILE READY BUILDING IS TO THE REAR OF EACH PAD. A SQUARE TRACE DELINEATES THE CENTER PORTION OF THE PAD. WITHIN THIS THERE IS A CIRCULAR TRACE, THE DIAMETER OF WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY HALF THE WIDTH OF THE PAD. WITHIN THE CIRCULAR TRACE A LAUNCHING RING IS VISIBLE WITH AN ERECTOR: IN PLACE TO THE REAR. TWO TALL LATTICE TOWERS STRADDLE.EACH PAD. THE CABLEWAY WHICH CONNECTS THE PADS APPEARS TO BEND SLIGHTLY IN THREE PLACES, THE LARGEST BEND BEING AT THE CONTROL BUNKER, EACH PAD HAS A SMALL:NARROW:BUILDING AND AN EARTH-BANKED BUILDING OUTBOARD OF IT. THE RIGHT PAD HAS AN EARTH-MOUNDED BUILDING FURTHER OUTBOARD AND NOT DIRECTLY CONNECTED:TO THE PAD BY ROAD. TO THE RIGHT AND IN