PROBABLE MISSILE-RELATED ACTIVITY IN CARPATHIAN MILITARY DISTRICT, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200080052-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 52
• Content Type: REPORT

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 PROBABLE MISSILE-RELATED ACTIVITY
IN CARPATHIAN MILITARY DISTRIG T , USSR
25X1 D Photography of reveals the expansion ofOa road and
rail-served artillery garrison in Uzhgo-rod, USSR (48-38N ZZ-17E). This
expansion (see Figure 1, item 1) probably began about _ -since the 25X1 D
area was reported to contain new barracks at that time. 1 / Additional
construction appeared to be in progress in the area at the time of the p
photography. Another garrison on the north side of Uzhgorod (item 2)
-Q f1GURE 7. UZHGOROD AREA. The red overprlnf on this 1944 Germon photograph shows the exponslon of mlll-
r ta~ facl-Jfles slnee then,
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FIGURE 2. MANEUVER AREA 6NM EAST OF UZHGOROD. This area was active at the time of the photography
has been expanded since 1944 German photography. In addition to the two
garrisons, a tank unit, a mechanized unit, and a signal unit are reported
to be located in Uzhgorod. 1 /
' ~ An explosives-storage area 3 nm southeast of Uzhgorod (see Figure
1, item 3) has been expanded since the 1944 photography, and additional
security has been provided for in the form of forest clearings around the
perimeter of the area. A large maneuver area 6 nm east of the town is
active (see Figure 2). _
There have been numerous reports of liquid-oxygen (LOX) rail cars
in the Uzhgorod-Svalyava-Mukachevo area. LOX cars were observed on
eight occasions and photographed from the ground in 1960 on a rail spur
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FIGURE 3. RAIL SPUR 6 KM EAST OF MUKACHEVO. The spur Fs new since the German World War ll photog-
raphy, used here as a base.
FIGURE 4. LOX CARS ON SPUR NEAR MUKACHEVO (]960).
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near Mukachevo,l 20 nm southeast of Uzhgorod (see Figures 3 and 1). L/,
3/ (In _no r it spur or activity was present. The Mukachevo area is
25X1 D under heavy clou~s on the -photography.)
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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REFERENCES
Mission Date Pass/Camera Frame Classification
MAPS or CHARTS
ACIC.
WAC 232 (U) ,
~ SAC.
US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0232-24A, 1st ed,
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Dec 57, scale 1:200, 000 (S)
j AMS.
Series M508, Sheet R49, 2d ed, Feb 54,
scale 1:250, 000 (U)
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1.
CIA
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3/691, 883;. 12 Jan 60 (S/Noforn/Continued Control)
2.
Air.
ACSI.
SIRAB, Issue No 22, 2 Feb 61 (S/Noforn)
3.
CIA.
RR EM 61-4, 10 Feb 61 (S)
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