SEARCH FOR ANGARSK-TYPE LINEAR EXCAVATIONS AT KOMSCMOLSK (50-35N 137-00E) AND ASTRAKHAN (46-20N 48-00E), USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000300320018-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: May 27, 1964
• Content Type: MEMO

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:.~.ORA?~t~i rOR: Chief, Defensive Systems Division, OSI
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Th-ROU~Fi: Chief, Requirements Branch, Recornaissarce Group, CC-S
PRC?:?i: Chief, CIA~P~ (iii IC)
SL~r.C'2': _, Search for Ar_garsk-T~~pe Linear Excavations at Kcroscmolsk
(50-37'1 137-OOE) and Astrachan (~+-6-20i~T ~-8-OOE), USSR
~.,;?_.FiE._~CE: (a) Requirement C-Si-~+-81,1+3
(b) CIA~PID Project C x+67-6~+
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1. iris memorandums is in response to your. reauire~ent da-~eei 5 i.arch 195
- ~nicll requests a search withir. 10 rte-. of rail. and road transportation lines for
a radices of 150 ri^i of i{omsomolsk (50-371`7 137-OOE) ar_d Astrakhan (1+6-20IV ~-8-OOE),
~SSR for a_n-~.sas1 linear excavations similar to these fow.d at Angarsk and Sary
S aoa ., USSR as described in I~~PIC~R-125~6~. _
2. Ine area within 300 n_~ of both Astra':~har: 'and Komsomolsk, USSR were
searched for urusas.l 1i?year excavations t,rith ne6ative results. The search of
the ~_strak::lan area was 'rla,'npered by cloud cover and haze on later missions and
t__cre~Gre Can.'70t be ccu.pletely negated at this time. The following missions
were ased i~~ the search of Astrakhan:
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The following missions were used in the Rcroscmolsk search:
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Declassification Review by NIMA/DOD
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