JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE OAK 9013 REPORT - PRELIMINARY

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December 17, 1960
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ADDroved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 1X x O i TOP SECRET p,q. A( c? o c3 THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS CODE WORD MATERIAL 25X1 //I TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2007/06/18 :CIA-RDP78T05693A000300010008-1 Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 IIJY JCLI(CI 25X1 Y NO. 25X1 OAK 9013 - Preliminary Par No. 597-60/KH No. Pages 6 17 December 1960 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE CENTER JOINT PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE OAK REPORT ARMY- NAVY - CIA - AIR FORCE This Preliminary OAK Report precedes a series of daily OAK reports, which will start 19 December 1960, dealing with highest priority intelligence items reflected in the COMOR target listing. This report contains only preliminary photo intelligence data derived from Mission 9013, and consists primarily of a status of photographic coverage over the highest priority targets. Verkhne Neyvinskiy AE Plant - heavy clouds Nizhnyaya Tura Complex and AE Installations - cloud cover Yurya ICBM Site - cloud covered Ust Ukhta Complex - clear Obskaya Airfield - scattered clouds Polyarnyy Ural ICBM Launch Site - site not discernible through clouds; also, darkness obscures detail Northern (Komi) RR, reported ICBM Launch Area - clear in some areas, haze in other areas, heavy clouds in other areas Severodvinsk (Molotovsk) Shipyard 402 - darkness precludes identification Arkhangelsk, Kholn Airfield - clear but dark; same as in ASSOTW Severodvinsk (Molotovsk) Naval Operating Base - darkness precludes identification Chelyabinsk Complex - complete cloud cover TOP SECRETI Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 Approved For Release 2007/06/18 CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 OAK 9013 - Preliminary Par No. 597-60/KH 17 December 1960 Dolon Airfield - clear, but areas of interest near the airfield cannot be seen well for interpretation Kyshtym Complex - complete cloud cover Oktyabrskoye Airfield - clear; special weapons storage area noted Sarabuz Airfield - clear Plesetsk U/I Activity - area of activity noted at 62 45N - 40 26E Sevastopol Complex - clear, very good coverage. Two new SAM sites Balaklava - clear, very good coverage Simferopol - one new SAM site Spassk Dalniy Complex - heavy clouds Barano-Orenburgskoye GM Association - heavy clouds Khorol Airfield East - haze will hamper interpretation Tyura Tam - Four SAM sites surround the rangehead. Launch Area A is being expanded to the north. A new rail spur, which parallels the existing rail spur to the original launch point, serves the expanded area. Launch Area B appears complete and operational, and shows no significant changes. Launch Area C appears complete, and appears to contain two rail-served soft launch sites. This may be the operational ICBM launch configuration. The rail-served Construction Support Area is being expanded. The out- standing feature of this area is a double-fenced facility containing an TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78TO569 Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 I yr JCI.KC D OAK 9013 - Preliminary Par No. 597-bO/kH 17 December 1960 excavation. Within the excavation is a subsurface square area on which a circular dark object is positioned. The dark object, of undetermined nature, is estimated to be 75 feet in diameter. Artem North Airfield - heavy clouds Nikolayevka Airfield - possible SAM site Yekaterinovka (GM Association) - clear Omsk Ordnance and Ammo Depot - heavy clouds and haze Chelkar GM Site - clear Spassk Daliny Airfield East - heavy clouds Spassk Dalniy reported MRBM Area - completely cloud covered Vladimir Submarine Base - heavy clouds Semipalatinsk Mining Trust - haze Semipalatinsk Airfield - haze Plunge (Sateikiai) LCBB/MRBM - overcast Paplaka reported MRBM Site - overcast Liepaja Complex - overcast Romanovka Airfield West - scattered clouds Tartu Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Soltsy Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Leningrad Complex - heavy clouds (Tosno/Kolpino Area SE of Leningrad partially visible) TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 Approved For Release 2007/06/18 CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 I % I JL'.I\L I OAK 9013 - Preliminary Par No. 597-60/KH 17 December 1960 Berezovka Suspect Site - completely cloud covered Kapustin Yar/Vladimirovka GM Test Range - completely cloud covered Kamyshin Complex - completely cloud covered Engels Airfield and Special Weapons Storage - completely cloud covered Volsk Complex - completely cloud covered U/I Airfield Approx 52N-25E (New Target) - clear Tallinn Complex - heavy clouds with exception of Tallinn/Lasnamae and Tallinn/Vlemiste Airfields and city U/I Airfield (New Target at approximately 48N-24E) - scattered clouds Stryy Airfield - overcast Orsha SW Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Gomel/Pribytki Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Bykitov Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Bobruysk Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Minsk/Machulishche Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Kolomyzb Airfield - heavy clouds, possibly located Svalyava MRBM Area (Probable) - overcast Mukachevo Complex - overcast Mukachevo MRBM Area (Probable) - overcast Sary Shagan - clear, no clouds in any of the active areas Zhitomir/Skomorokhi Airfield - heavy clouds, not located TOP SECRET Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 Approved For Release 2007/06/18 CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 Par No. 597-60/KH 17 December 1960 Shepetovka ICBM/MRBM Site (undetermined) - heavy clouds Priluki Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Mirgorod Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Chepelevka Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Belaya Tserkov Airfield - heavy clouds, not located Belaya Tserkov (ICBM Search) - heavy clouds Anisovo Gorodishche Airfield - complete cloud cover Bezhitsa Complex - complete cloud cover Elektro Stal/Noginsk Munitions Plant 12 - complete cloud cover Moscow/Central Arty Design Bureau (N114) - complete cloud cover Moscow/Khimki GM Plant 456 - complete cloud cover Moscow/Kaliningrad GM Plant 88 - complete cloud cover Mozhaysk Ammo Depot - complete cloud cover Valday Complex - complete cloud cover Cherepovets ICBM Site - complete cloud cover Kalinin Airfield - complete cloud cover Cherepovets SAM Site B-08 - complete cloud cover Cherepovets Metallurgical Plant - complete cloud cover Cherepovets Complex - complete cloud cover Leningrad Communications installations - complete cloud cover TO P SECRET Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78TO5693A000300010008-1 Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78T05693A000300010008-1 ;ut I OAK 9013 - Preliminary Par No. 597-60/KH 17 December 1960 Leningrad Area, 40 nm inland to West German border - complete cloud cover. Leningrad Heavy Equipment Plant Krasny Putilov/Kirov 185 - complete cloud cover Novosibirsk Complex and AE Facility - clear Leningrad Optical Plant Dzerzhinskiy/Ogpu - complete cloud cover Petrozavodsk, Rail line to Pechenga - complete cloud cover Kronshtadt Naval Base and Shipyard - complete cloud cover Kronshtadt Complex - complete cloud cover Leningrad Complex - complete cloud cover Tomsk Thermal Power Plant GRES-2 - heavy clouds Dodonovo Complex - heavy clouds Krasnoyarsk Complex - heavy clouds Central Asia RR ICBM Launching Area - cloud cover heavy to scattered; no targets observed Kerch-Bagerovo Airfield - clear, portion of west end of runway cut off due to edge of frame TOP SFfRET Approved For Release 2007/06/18 : CIA-RDP78T05693A000300010008-1