ELECTRONICS COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION S OF SARY SHAGAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T04751A000300060037-7
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 37
• Content Type: BRIEF

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SUBJECT : Electronics Complex Und
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: PIC /JB-77/60
Construction
DAT
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22 April 1960
LOCATION: S of Sary Shagan
COO
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: 450481N 73?35'
E
WAC : 245
This brief, resulting from a preliminary photographic analysis,
identifies an electronics complex under construction at 45?48'N/73?35'E,
about 5 nautical miles south of an instrumentation and communications
installation (see PIC/JB-74/60). The, complex is situated on the west
shore of Lake Balkhash and is connected by road with the instrumentation
installation and the Sary Shagan Support Base. The complex contains a
large support area, a fenced electronics area, and a possible bunker
under construction. A tall self-supporting lattice tower is also a part of
the complex.
The support area contains at least 20 barracks and other supporting
buildings, a steam plant, a water standpipe, several open storage areas,
a motor pool, and a construction area. Ditching and other ground scar-
ring interconnect most of the facilities.
A. ditch leads from the standpipe in the support area to the fenced
electronics area which is under construction. This area contains a large
T-shaped building, at least three smaller buildings, a cooling pond, and
several other facilities under construction. All these facilities are inter-
connected by ditching. In addition, the area contains an operating mobile
radar which has six supporting vehicles. A ditch leads from this area to
a large possible concrete bunker which is under construction several
hundred feet to the north.
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The self-supporting lattice tower is located several hundred feet
south of the electronics area and is connected by a ground scar to that
area.
NOTE: Because of the poor quality of base maps of this area and
the scattered cloud cover on the photography, it is emphasized that the
geographic positioning of this complex is only approximate at this time.
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