DESALINIZATION FACILITIES MYS MELOVOY, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05929A000700030003-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 11, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 6, 1965
• Content Type: REPORT

6 March 1965
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DESALINIZATION FACILITIES
MYS MELOVOY, USSR
1. THIS AREA WAS FIRST COVEREDI I AND HAS SUB-
SEQUENTLY BEEN COVERED BY TWELVE KH MISSIONS. THE SECURED
RAIL SERVED FACILITY CONSISTS OF A DESALINIZATION BUILDING, A
STEAM/THERMAL POWER PLANT WITH TWO SWITCHING YARDS, AN EFFLUENT
PIPELINE, AND AN INTAKE PIPELINE TO THE CASPIAN SEA, WITH A PUMP-
ING STATION UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT THE SEA END OF THE INTAKE PIPE-
LINE.
ILITY.
3, REVEALED A SECURED RAIL SERVED AREA 2 NM EAST
IT IS BELIEVED THAT BOTH WERE MAN-MADE CHEMICAL
EXPLOSIONS CONNECTED WITH CONSTRUCTION OF THE DESALINIZATION FAC-
GESTED ITS EXTENSION BY THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES.
PIAN SEA WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. PITS AT THE END OF THE CANAL SUG-
PROBABLE WATER INTAKE CANAL BETWEEN THE SECURED AREA AND THE CAS-
OF THE PORT,
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These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the do
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4. THIS MISSION REVEALS THE PROBABLE DESALINIZATION PLANT LOCATED
1.4 NM NORTH OF THE PORT AREA IS NOW CONFIRMED. THIS SECURED,
RAIL-SERVED FACILITY CONSISTS OF A THERMAL STEAM/POWER PLANT WITH
TWO SWITCHING YARDS. THE DESALINIZATION PLANT IS AN IRREGULARLY
SHAPED STRUCTURE WITH A TALL COLUMN/STACK ON TOP OF IT, AND IS
CONNECTED TO THE THERMAL STEAM/POWER PLANT BY A LARGE DIAMETER
PIPELINE. FOUR BURIED TANKS, THREE SMALL VERTICAL TANKS, AND
APPROXIMATELY NINE ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS ARE WITHIN THE PERIMETER
FENCE. CONSTRUCTION IS STILL EVIDENT AT THE PUMPING PLANT FOR
THE WATER INTAKE PIPELINE.
A POSSIBLE DESALINIZATION PLANT ARE IN
THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION APPROXIMATELY 2 NM EAST OF THE
PORT AREA. THE SITE CONTAINS A LARGE FOUNDATION POSSIBLY FOR A
NUCLEAR REACTOR BUILDING, AND A SECOND SMALLER FOUNDATION. A
PROBABLE WATER INTAKE CANAL IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN THE
SECURED AREA AND THE CASPIAN SEA. THE CANAL HAS BEEN EXTENDED
PARENTLY BY THE USE OF EXPLOSIVES. ON
THE DEC 64 PHOTOGRAPHY, PITS PROBABLY FOR THE PLACEMENT OF EX-
PLOSIVES WERE LOCATED IN THE PATH NOW OCCUPIED BY THE CANAL EX-
TENSION. A PROBABLE WATER INTAKE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND LO-
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing boord(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue.
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CATED AT THE SHORE OF THE CASPIAN SEA, IN LINE WITH THE CANAL.
IT IS SIMILAR TO THE WATER INTAKE FOR THE DESALINIZATION PLANT
NORTH OF THE PORT.
These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed analytical work.
Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid
only for the reporting period as indicated by the date
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 DESALINIZATION FACILITIES
MYS MELOVOY, USSR
43-37N 51-10E
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