(Sanitized) 3032 - SUPPLEMENT 1 AIRFIELDS

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CIA-RDP78T05164A000100040008-4
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December 28, 2016
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October 1, 2001
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8
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April 13, 1961
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 AIRFIELDS TOP SECRET NOFORN GUAMA, LANDING STRIP U/C 1956N 07648W 0647 NORTH EDGE OF GUAMA. 2,700 X 100 FT E/W DIRT RUNWAY. RUNWAY RECENTLY GRADED. NOT LISTED IN ASSOTW. AIRCRAFT -- NONE. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT - ONE AUTO ON RUNWAY. I3ARACOA AIRFIELD 3.5 NM SSE OF 8ARACOA, ESTIMATED 3,600 X 50 FT NNW/SSE GRADED EARTH RUNWAY (INCOMPLETE INFORMATION). HANGAR AT SOUTH END OF RUNWAY. LISTED IN ASSOTWW, VOL 69 JUL 59. AIRCRAFT - ONE LIAISON-TYPE (INCOMPLETE INFORMATION). PLAYA GIRON, AIRFIELD IMMEDIATELY NW OF PLAYA GIRON. 4,50" X 200 FT N/S CRUSHED STONE RUNWAY, NOT SERVICEABLE. PILES OF CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL STREWN OVER LENGTH OF RUNWAY. CONSTRUCTION APPARENTLY HALTED. AIRCRAFT --W- NONE. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT - NONE. SOPLIL.LAR, LANDING STRIP NW EDGE OF SOPLILLAR, 3,000 X 55 FT NE/SW CRUSHED STONE RUNWAY, PRELIMINARY GRADING ONLY HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND CONSTRUCTION APPARENTLY HAS BEEN HALTED. RUNWAY POSSIBLY SERVICEABLE FOR EMERGENCY LANDING, NOT LISTED IN ASSOTW. AIRCRAFT - NONE. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT - NONE. 2017N 07428W 0585 2204N 08102W .0586 2218N 08102W 0586 TOP SECRET NOFORN PAR 617./61 13 '3i1 7 Declass Review by NIMA / DoD Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 MANAGUA, AIRFIELD 2258N 08217W 0586 NE EDGE OF MANAGUA. 4,800 X 150 FT E/W RUNWAY UNDER CONSTRUCT I OP1. VERY APPARENT ASSOTW* AIRCRAFT - NONE LITTLE NOT PROGRESS LISTED I N . JOSE MART I INTERNATIONAL AIRFIELD 230ON 08224W 0586 4 NM S OF HAVANA AT 22-59-40N 82-24-10W 7,060 X 150 FT NE/SW CONCRETE & BLACKTOP RUNWAY. LISTED IN ASSOTWs VOL 6s OCT 61. AIRCRAFT 8 C-46/C-47% ONE C-46/C-47 "MINUS TAIL, 2 C-54* 2 VISCOUNT. 2 SUPER CONSTELLATION. 2 BRITANNIA, 2 LIAISON-TYPE, 3 TWIN---ENGINE. PLAYA BARACCA AIRFIELD (DOMINGO ROSILLO) 2302N 08235W 0586 3.5 NM SW OF SANTA FE. 5x400 X 150 FT NNE/SSW PROBABLE BLACKTOP RUNWAY. LISTED IN ASSOTW, VOL 6, JAN 61. AIRCRAFT - 8 HOUND* ONE C-47 TYPE. 3 LIAISON, ONE LIAISON MINUS TAILS 3 AIRCRAFT WITH TAILS PROTRUDING FROM HANGAR (AIRCRAFT COUNT REVISED FROM SPORT 3032),* LES/EQUIPMENT - 12 FIELD ARTILLERY PIECES, 6 POSSIBLE LIGHT AA PIECES, 13 AIRCRAFT SHIPPING CRATES* APPROXIMATELY 50 VEHICLES (COUNT REVISED FROM REPORT 3032). SANTA FE AIRFIELD 6 NM WSW OF HAVANA. 2.600 X 120 FT ENEIWSW SOD RUNWAY. ONE LARGE AND 9 SMALL HANGARS. LISTED IN ASSOTW, VOL 6, OCT 60* AIRCRAFT -- 5 LIAISON-TYPE. 2 TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 TOP SECRET PAR 617/61 MILITARY ACTIVITY MANAGUA, MILITARY CAMP SE EDGE OF MANAGUA, CAMP CONTAINS 6 BARRACKS, 3 ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS, 4 MAINTENANCE BUILDINGS* 23 STORAGE BUILDINGS, AND APPROXIMATELY 14 SUPPORT BUILDINGS. 3 EARTH-COVERED STORAGE BUNKERS IN HILLS .5 NM SOUTH OF BARRACKS. 3 NEW POSSIBLE BUNKERS U/C ONE NM SE OF BARRACKS. 3 RIFLE RANGES IN FIELD JUST EAST OF BARRACKS. DEFENSES --- ONE 4-GUN DP POSITION ON HILL JUST NW OF BARRACKS. 3 GUNS EMPLACED. ONE 4-GUN AA POSITION U/C ON HILL 1.5 NM SE OF BARRACKS, ONE GUN EMPLACED. ONE 6-GUN DP POSITION, 6 GUNS EMPLACED. ONE 6-GUN DP POSITION I N LATE STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION (INCOMPLETE INFORMATION)* VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT - 2 PROBABLE HEAVY TANKS, ONE PROBABLE MEDIUM TANK, 42 MEDIUM/LIGHT TANKS OR SELF-PROPELLED GUNS? 13 PROBABLE ARMORED CARS, 30 TRUCKS/ARMORED CARS, 7 JEEPS, 18 PROBABLE TRUCKS. 40 ASSORTED TRUCKS, JEEPS AND PROBABLE ARMORED CARS, 6-8 U/I VEHICLES PARKED UNDER TREES. (REVISION OF REPORT 3032). HAVANA MILITARY ACADEMY 3 MM SW OF CAMPO LIBERTAD AIRFIELD AT 23-04-15N 82-28 +OW, SIX LARGE BUILDINGS AND 4 SMALLER BUILDINGS SURROUNDED BY FENCE. TRENCHES AND WEAPON POSITIONS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT AREA. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT NONE NOTED (INCOMPLETE INFORMATION). HAVANA. MILITARY CAMP (CAMPO COLUMBIA) AT 23-05-20N 82-25-45W ADJACENT TO CAMP LIBERTAD AIRFIELD. AREA CONTAINS 20 2258N 08218W 0586 2305N 08226 3 TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 TOP SECRET T-SHAPED POSSIBLE BARRACKS, 11 MAJOR ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGS, 87 BARRACKS--TYPE BUILDINGS, A MICROWAVE STATION, AND NUMEROUS ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS. DEFENSES - 2 BUILDINGS ADJACENT TO AIR- FI:ELD HAVE LIGHT AA POSITIONS ON ROOF. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT --- NONE NOTED. INCOMPLETE INFORMATION. HAVANA AREA, OFFICERS TRAINING SCHOOL 2309N 08221W 0586 NE TIP OF HARBOR ENTRANCE, AT 2319.05N 82-21-251. SCHOOL I S HOUSED IN CAST I LLO DE MORRO. NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY. HAVANA, MILITARY FORTRESS (LA CABANA) .5 NM SE OF CAST I LLO DE MORRO, FORTRESS AT ENTRANCE TO HAVANA Hr"ARBOR. NO UNUSUAL ACTIVITY, VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT -- NONE (ARTILLERY PIECES AND VEHICLES REPORTED AS BEING AT LA CABANA IN;WEPORT 3032 ARE ACTUALLY AT THE NA LISTED TRAINING CENTER. A REVISED COUNT OF THE ARTILLERY PIECES AND VEHICLES IS GIVEN IN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE NAVAL ENLISTED TRAINING CENTER). TARARA, POSSIBLE COASTAL DEFENSE POSITIONS 231ON 08212W 0586 NORTH EDGE OF TARARA. 6 POSSIBLE ARTILLERY POSITIONS IN A STAGGERED LINE ON A BEACH. OCCUPANCY UNDETERMINED. HAVANA AREA, COASTAL DEFENSES 2,5 NM EAST OF MORRO CASTLE, HAVANA. 195 NM STRETCH OF BEACH CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 20 GUN POSITIONS* 10 OF WHICH ARE OCCUPIED* GUANABO AREA, MILITARY TRAINING SITE 4 NM EAST OF GUANA809 3,000 FT SOUTH OF ROUTE 2.53. UNOCCUPIED FOXHOLES AND ZIG-ZAG TRENCHES AROUND A ROAD CONNECTING 2 2310N 08219W 0586 231IN 08203W 0586 25X1A 1 4 TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 TOP SECRET PAR 6.17161 CLEARED AREAS. 5 SMALL BUILDINGS ALONGSIDE ONE OF THE CLEARED AREAS* INCOMPLETE INFORMATION* BOQUERON r PORT FACILITY .2 NM SW OF BOQUERON. ONE PIER AND 4 WAREHOUSES. RAIL SERVED. VESSELS - NONE. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT - 35 RAIL CARS. 1959N 07507W 0647 2002N 07452W 0585 2021N 07430W 0585 2002N 07'738W 05B6 BAITIQUIRI AREA, PORT FACILITIES 1.3 NM NE OF c AITIQUIRI. ONE PIER. ROAD SERVED. ONE WAREHOUSE. VESSELS ONE PROBABLE PATROL CRAFT, 160 FT. MOORED ALONG PIER. 2 SMALL CRAFT, BARACOA. PORT FACILITIES NW SIDE OF BARACOA.. ONE P I ER x ROAD SERVED. VESSELS - 10 SMALL PROBABLE FISHING CRAFT (INCOMPLETE INFORMATION). NIQUERO AREA, PORT FACILITY 2.6 NM SW OF NIQUERO ON PUNTA COLORADITAS.. RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED OIL PIER. ROAD AND NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAY RUN DIRECT FROM PIER TO SUGAR REFINERY AT NIQUERO. VESSELS - NONE. VCHICLES/EQUIPMENT - 11 POSSIBLE RAIL CARS ON PIER. NIQUEROi PORT FACILITIES WEST SIDE OF NIQUERO. 2 MAJOR PIERS, 9 MINOR PIERS, 2 WAREHOUSES# 2 POL, TANKS, 3 PROBABLE MOLASSES TANKS, RAIL SERVED, VESSELS ONE POSSIBLE PATROL BOAT 3 BARGEES, NUMEROUS SMALL CRAFT. VEHICLESIEQUIPMENT ONE GONDOLA CAR.. 2005N 07?7`35W 0586 25X1A I' 25X1A 1 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 TOP SECRET PAR 617/61 CIENFUEGOS* PORT FACILITIES PORT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 4,000 FEET OF PRINCIPAL WHARFAGE, ALONGSIDE BERTHING FACILITIES AND PIERS. MOST OF THESE ARE SITUATED WITHIN ENSENADA MARSIL.LAN ON WEST SIDE OF CIENFUEGOS. ONE LARGE RAILROAD PIER AND ONE PIPELINE PIER ARE ON THE NW SIDE OF THE PORT* SMALL NAVAL BASE WITH TWO PIERS ON CAYO LOCO. THE PORT AREA HAS ADEQUATE STORAGE FACILITIES, INCLUDING PETROLEUM AND MOLASSES TANKS. RAILROAD YARD SERVING AREA IS IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE PENINSULA. REPAIR FACILITIES ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND INCLUDE SEVERAL MARINE RAILWAYS AND CAREENING AREAS. VESSELS - ONE CARGO SHIP (INCOMPLETE INFORMATION). VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT.- INCOMPLETE INFORMATION* SURGIDERO DE BATABANO* PORT FACILITIES SOUTH EDGE OF SURGIDERO DE BATABANO, 2.2 NM SOUTH OF BATABANO. ONE LARGE PIER, ONE RAIL-SERVED PIERS ONE BREAKWATER/PIER, SEVERAL WAREHOUSES* VESSELS ONE SMALL CRAFT DOCKED AT RAIL-SERVED PIER* VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT - NONE* PLAYA DEL CAJ I O ,, PORT FACILITIES SOUTH SIDE OF PLAYA DEL CAJIO. 4 PIERS, ROAD SERVED.. VESSELS SEVERAL SMALL CRAFT IN AREA. SANTA CRUZ DEL NORTE, PORT FACILITIES EAST SIDE OF SANTA CRUZ DEL NORTE. 2 SMALL PIERS AND 3 WHARF AREAS, ROAD SERVED. VESSELS - SEVERAL SMALL. CRAFT* 6 TOP SECRET 2209N 08027W 0586 2241N 08218W 0586 25X1A 0 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 TOP SECRET PAR 617161 HAVANA, PORT FACILITIES PORT FACILITIES EXTEND COMPLETELY AROUND HAVANA BAY AND CONSISTS OF APPROXIMATELY 50 PIERS AND SEVERAL QUAYS. THE LARGER ONES HAVE HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE FACILITIES. ALL PIERS AND QUAYS CAN HANDLE BOTH BULK AND LIQUID COMMODITIES. GRAVING FACILITIES ARE LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BAY AT THE NAVAL SHIPYARD (23-08-40N 82-19-55W)* MUNICIPAL PIERS AND WHARVES ARE CONCENTRATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BAY. RAIL SPURS CLEAR MOST OF THE PORT AREA. VESSELS - 2 PATROL FRIGATES, EACH 300 FT ONE COAST GUARD CUTTER, 100 FT, 2 COAST GUARD CUTTERS, EACH 80 FT* ONE TANKERt 720 FT,. 28 CARGO VESSELS, LENGTHS AS FOLLOWS - ONE 440 FT, ONE 340 FT, TWO 460 FT, 2 465 FT. ONE 300 FT, ONE 250 FT* ONE 185 FT, FOUR 145 Fit ONE 160 FT, ONE 120 FT, ONE 200 FT, TWO 240 FT, ONE 350 FT, ONE 385 FT, TWO 320 FT, ONE 470 FT, ONE 450 FT, ONE 485 FT, ONE 285 FT* ONE 235 FT, ONE 210 FT. NUMEROUS SMALL HARBOR AND NAVAL AUXILIARY CRAFT. HAVANA, NAVAL ENLISTED TRAINING CENTER 2309N 08221W 0586 .5 NM E OF CAST I LLO DE MORRO At 23-08-50N 82-20+0W. 12 T-SHAPED BUILDINGS, APPROXIMATELY 12 SUPPORT BUILDINGS, 47 MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS. APPROXIMATELY 60 REVETMENTS I N AREA. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT - 72 ARTILLERY PIECES, 12 PROBABLE LIGHT ARTILLERY PIECES, AND APPROXIMATELY 100 VEHICLES IN VEHICLE PARK. APPROXIMATELY 50 TRUCKS AND APPROXIMATELY 25 MISCELLANEOUS VEHICLES IN BARRACKS AREA (THIS IS A REVISED COUNT OF ARTILLERY PIECES AND VEHICLES REPORTED AS BEING AT LA CABANA IN REPORT 3032). 25X1A 7 TOP SECRET 25X1A 0 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4 TOP SECRET PAR 617/61 SHIPPING ACTIVITY THE FOLLOWING SHIPPING ACTIVITY WAS NOTED OFF THE COAST OF CUBA J ALL DIMENSIONS AND COORDINATES APPROXIMATE) - U/I VESSEL, LARGER THAN FISHING CRAFT, 2 NM SOUTH OF TUNAS DE ZAZA AT 21-37N 79-32W, FREIGHTER, LENGTH UNDETERMINED, HEADING SSE, 20 NM SSE OF TUNAS DE ZAZA AT 21-10N 79-20W. - COASTAL TANKER, 160 FT, PROBABLY LEAVING PORT 3 NM NORTH OF NIQUERO AT 20-07N 77-36W. * U/I SHIP v LENGTH UNDETERMINED, 1.2 NM WEST OF PUNTA C0LORAD I TAS AT 20-03N 77.37W. MANAGUA AREA, EXPLOSIVES STORAGE 3 NM SW OF MANAGUA,. FENCED AREA CONTAINING 9 REVETTED STRUCTURES AND 10 SUPPORT BUILDINGS. ROAD SERVED. VEHICLES/EQUIPMENT - NONE (INCOMPLETE INFORMATION)* HAVANA, VEHICLE STORAGE AREA SOUTH PART OF HAVANA HARBOR. APPROXIMATELY 60 TRUCKS. HAVANA, VEHICLE/EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA ADJACENT TO RAIL YARD, JUST SOUTH OF HAVANA HARBOR. OPEN STORAGE AREA CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 100 TRUCKS AND APPROXIMATELY 1200 U/I VEHICLES AND/OR PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. 2307N 08.221W 0586 TOP SECRET 8 Approved For Release 2001/11/05 : CIA-RDP78TO5164A000100040008-4