PHOTOGRAPHY(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79M00467A000100080017-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: January 24, 1976
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chairman, 40 Committee
SUBJECT Photography of Berbera, Somalia
REFERENCE General Brown's Memorandum, "U-2
Photography of Somalia"
5 December 1975 IVOI
1. This memorandum provides the attached satellite
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Soviet floating drydock to the port of Berbera, Somalia.
This photography is provided in response to General
Brown's request for possible release under certain
conditions.
Background
2. Following the series of U-2 missions
to Somalia last spring and summer and the sub-
sequent release of photographs by the Secretary of
40 Committee meeting, I proposed that a decision on this
issue be deferred until we could determine the capability
of other sources to acquire suitable photographs for
release if needed.
Defense, General Brown in the referenced memorandum
requested 40 Committee a roval of the concept of contin-
3. The recent transfer of a large Soviet drydock
from the Black Sea to the port of Berbera has provided
us with the opportunity 1) to demonstrate the extent of
Soviet involvement in this area, 2) to acquire and release
uing such operations
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7. Insofar as our intelligence requirements on
Soviet involvement in Somalia are concerned, our
photographic needs are being adequately served by our
satellite systems. If it is a question of public accept-
ance of the validity of our concern with this activity,
I believe that the release of properly sanitized KEYHOLE
photography could serve such a purpose also.
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8. It is important to note that the release of
the attached photography of Berbera would be.the first
instance of releasing photography from classified
satellite reconnaissance systems. Under present
regulation, approved by the President, photography
such as the attached must be classified no lower than
SECRET/NOFORN. One of the principal reasons for this
is to avoid official public acknowledgment of the US
satellite reconnaissance program. I believe that this
photography can be released and that official acknowl-
edgment of the satellite reconnaissance program can
be avoided if the release makes no attribution as to
the type of vehicle used to collect it. I also believe
that such release would not jeopardize the viability
of intelligence sources and methods.
Recommendation
9. I recommend that the 40 Committee continue to
defer approval of additional U-2 flights to Somalia,
that on some suitable occasion the attached photographs
be released to the public by the Secretary of Defense
or other appropriate official, and that there be no
attribution as to the means of acquiring the photography.
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W. E. Colby
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SUBJECT: Photography of Berbera, Somalia
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ATTACHMENT: Proposed Release Statement
This is a photograph of a large Soviet floating drydock
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A drydock of this size is capable of handling many
types of Soviet submarines and surface vessels up to the
size of guided missile cruisers.
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ATTACHMENT: Proposed Release Statement
depicts the Somali Port of Berbera on the Gulf of Aden.
The photographic enlargement shows a Soviet floating
drydock in the harbor with a heavy lift buoy tender at
one end. Soviet naval vessels observed at the mole
include a submarine, a guided missile destroyer, a
submarine tender, a repair ship, and a barracks ship.
A large guided missile boat and a patrol boat which the
Soviets have reportedly furnished to the Somali navy
were also present. An oiler is anchored to two POL
mooring buoys in the lower right hand corner of the
photograph.
This photograph
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ATTACHMENT: Proposed Release Statement
This photograph, an enlargement of the previous
photograph, provides an additional view of the Soviet
drydock and heavy lift vessel at Berbera, Somalia.
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