MILITARY STORAGE DEPOT NEAR CAMP HUCKSTEP, EGYPT

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• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200420033-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2000
• Sequence Number: 33
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MILITARY STORAGE DEPOT NEAR CAMP HUCKSTEP, EGYPT
A large military storage depot (30-06N
31-30E) has been found in the desert approx-
imately 3 nautical miles (nm) southeast of
the center of Camp Huckstep and 13 nm east-
northeast of the center of Cairo, Egypt (Fig-
ure 1). .1/
There were
time of ^
I the last
no signs of construc-
TALENT photography
of the area. The next available aerial pho-
tography of this area is from
which provided excellent detail and showed
this unusual project in a late stage of con-
struction. KEYHOLE subse-
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and, although the photography did not disclose
details, it showed the extent of the depot.
In - small-scale photography from am
and from another KEY-
HOLE mission covered the
site, but again construction details could not
be discerned.
Camp Huckstep is a large military camp
serving the Cairo area. 2/ It has housed a
large number of Soviet troops, and there is
visible evidence of Soviet vehicles and of
weapons positions in the widespread training
The new depot is connected by road to
Camp Huckstep. The main road of the depot
extends southward 4 nm from the east side
of the camp to connect with the main Cairo-
Al Ismailiyah highway (Figure 1). The depot
is served by an elaborate high-standard black-
topped road system. The loads average 20
feet in width and intersections have extremely
long turning radii (90 feet) which would permit
the use of very long vehicles, including the
longest trailer trucks.
Ditches, apparently for pipelines, are being
excavated in the depot area. A main pipeline
ditch from Camp Huckstep parallels the main
road (Figure 2). It was only partially com-
pleted in - Other pipeline ditches lead
from each building in many building groups to
centrally located excavations (see. inset, Fig-
ure 2). These may be sewer or water drainage
lines. It is possible that pipelines supply the
warehouses with water for an evaporation sys-
tem of air-conditioning and that drainage ditches
serve to carry off excess water from this
system.
In - many of the buildings at the
depot were in various stages of construction,
some having only foundations in place. The
buildings are closely spaced in groups of four
to ten, but the building groups are widely spaced.
TYPES OF BUILDINGS
Six types of storage buildings appear
throughout the depot. The types are des-
ignated A through F in order of building size.
Dimensions and drawings of the building types
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is the largest (measuring -feet) and is
the type most frequently seen at the depot.
The Type B building is the least numerous.
All of the buildings are of single-story,
flat-roofed construction. Buildings of four types
(A-D) are set on rows of foundation posts rather
than on slabs or excavated foundations. Buildings
of Types E and F are of shed size, but have deep
foundations, and are identified as probable fuze
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Buildings not drawn to scale,
actual sizes listed below.
Type A building
Type B building
Type C building
Type D building
Type E building
Type F building (20' X 15')
Building under construction
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TYPE D BUILDING
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FIGURE 3. SIX BUILDING TYPES OBSERVED AT MILITARY STORAGE DEPOT.
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storage houses. Four of the types (A,,C, D, and E)
have ventilators.
Two types (A and C) are of the same configu-
ration and have unusual cutout sections in their
roofs. The cutout sections may serve as air-
intake ports for an evaporation system of air-
conditioning. A warehouse with a cutout section
has been seen elsewhere at only one location--a
small, highly secured chemical plant near Ta-
lien, China (this plant is annotated on the illus-
tration appearing in NPIC/R-1390/63, 3/). This
warehouse (measuring 115 by^feet) is some-
what larger than the Type A buildings at the
depot.
Available evidence allows only a general
conclusion on the use of the depot. Because
of its connection with Camp Huckstep, the
depot is classified as used for military stor-
age. The storage of explosives is suggested
by the presence of probable fuze storage houses,
but no large quantity of high explosives could
be stored at the depot because the warehouses
are close to each other and have no blast
protection between them. The absence of
visible security measures at the depot is
unusual. It is possible that security fencing
will be erected after completion of the con-
struction. Photography since the
mission is not of large enough scale to allow
observation of fences.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
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ACIC. US Air Target Mosaic, Series 50, Sheet S0477-125MA, 1st ed, , 61, Scale:1:50,000 (SECRET)
SAC. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet 0477-12 HL, 1st ed, May 62, Scale: 1:200,000 (SECRET)
DOCUMENTS
1. NPIC. R-1411,'63, Military Storage Depot U.'C Near Camp Huckstep, Egypt, Jul 63 (TOP SECRET:No Foreign Dissem)
2. Army. Project A/6673/4, Installations Handbook, Egypt, Jun 60 (SECRET)
NPIC PROJECT
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