ATOM PLANTS AND BASES IN THE USSR

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 1999
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: March 8, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT 25X1A
SUBJECT Atom Plants and Bases in the USSR
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1, Atomic research stations in Central Asia are, from West to East:
a> In the Turkistan Soviet Republic - "Expeditsia" at Syernyizavod near Ashkabad;
about 380 11, 580e=! ~t of Greenwich.
b. In the Uzbegistan Soviet Republic - "Expeditsia", at Andizhan, Fergana-Tal,
about 410, 730 E. of Greenwich.
c. In the Kazakstan Soviet Republic - "Expeditsia'" near Alma-Ata, about 43,50 N,
77? E. of Greenwich.
d, In the Khirgiz Soviet Republic - "Expeditsia" Przevlavsk on Issyk-Kul Lake,
about 430 N, 790 E of Greenwich.
e. In the .:Altai Mountains - "Expeditsia Gorno i?ilta-ysk and Parnaul, about 4 ?or
53? N (uncertain), 82? E of Greenwich. 9
2. The Alma-Ata plant has several research stations. Near Alma-Ata are three other
stations: Tekeli, Talgar and in the Zhungarski Ala-tau Mountains. The objective
of these stations is researches in the upper levels of the atmosphere and in
mountain water bases in connection with the atomic process and cosmic rays. Also
information. about atomic explosions in the USSR and other countries.
3. The Alma-Ata astrophysical laboratory has an atomic reconnaissance station, probably
the only one in Central Asia. This station determines direction, distance, kind and
strength of atomic explosions. Since March 1953 this station has also undertaken
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25X1X research to determine whether atomic materials are being carried in airplanes
or special holders. C,01 TENT: A kind of atomic radar.)
4. The radio station of the Alma-A.ta installation is served by army technicians who
use secret, keys, not even known to the scientists; L'erdidski, Kozakov and Sobotin.
Machines, equipment and research material are shipped from Moscow, raw materials
from Yoshkarals, Tiflis and Karaganda. All come by air, with the planes under
fighter escort. The Alma-Ata base has eight transport planes for connections with
Moscow and the installations in Aktai, Usbegistan, the Caucasus and Turkistan, as
well as smaller planes for short hauls.
5. The installations mentioned above are connected with the military stations at
Eupatoria in theQrimea, Krassnodar and Tiflis, The stations are served by special
groups of scientists from the Institute for Mathematics and Physics and, the
Institute for Astrophysics.
There are also stations at Novosibirsk, about 550 N, 830 E of Greenwich, and
Irkutsk, about 52.5? No 104.50 E of Greenwich, but nothing further is known about
them.
7. , Th6,r? Kuld y~;(4hma-Ata pa id Przevalsk stations belong to a single complex, The plants
at TuJa MuJun and A.ndizhan form a complex. So do the plants it"Leninakan,and
Tiflis. It is possible that Tannu-Tuva, Sludyanka and Irkutsk also form a ?omplex.
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