GUIDED MISSILE LAUNCHING SITE AT BERAT/KOCOVE AIRPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300250002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: November 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
COUNTRY Albania
SUBJECT Guided Missile Launching Site at
Berat/Kocove Airport
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
by hills which are lined with Donee}e structures are believed to be launch-
ing platforms for guided missiles.
early September 195 a large a:rport at Ura e Hasan
Beut was completed after three years' construction. It appears to be a
large complex of underground cement construction, linked by tunnels. Near-
Cmmments?
1. This is the Berat/Kocove airport.
2. There are mountains from 1,000 to 3,000 feet high near the airport,
but this is the first report received on the existence of missile
launching sites in this area.
SECRET U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
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REPORT
DATE DISTR.
3 November 1954
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