REPORT OF TDY TRIP(Sanitized)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP84-00499R000800080039-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 39
• Content Type: REPORT

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55. ,fter a general discussicn of business with i shown the
receiver nnd transmitter sites. The ...transmitter site, which 1.3 about four miles._
koirlin-:. to the routheast and off
i8 a very impressiveninstallation._
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Thc. ZitC 15 S-.-:111.1-Al-or- uo eaSfo. Of hand -iii7a -iviieded area. Ab out 100
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acres of ten sve'been-cle:ir-ed-for the antenna farti.?A-high.fonci enclosen
about 20 ncres in thecenter of the plot, within vhich in-th-e-tranemitter build.
snn the antenna feed lines plus part of the antennae. Two indigenous
nuards cover the gate and fence area constantly. A specially constructed
po,-er line about 1-1/2 miles long services the site with high voltage poter.
Moro in one building, which is a permanent one-story structure and houses the
trnnsnitters, power transformers, emergency generators, and the living quarters.
Tho posor or generator room in on one end of the building and is thoroughly venti.
late d nnn seesrated from the main part of the building by a brick partition. The
troinsmitter room is in the center of the building and has adequate space for about
a n(in,:, espansion over the present Installation of transmitters. A workshop is
adjscent to this room. On the other end of this building are the living quarters,
inn-oratory and wash room facilities, a small kitchen, and a day room. Under this
section of the building is a partial basement, which contains the heating plant.
The entire building ia very clean, in excellent condition, and presents an im.
pressive anpearance. The entire installation is a credit to the organization and
the,gen responsible for its operation and upkeep are also.
56. The receiver site is located in a rapidly expanding area within the
buildin area of Buildings have been constructed all
around the site leavinn abqolutely no room for further expansion. In addition
the 'shops have been placed directly adjacent to this site.
This is a _Larne round, glass-enclosed building, which mnkes much Use of such
noise developing machines an electric welders, in addition to the contribution of
ignition noise from the vehicles operated around the building. No more space is
now aveils1)10 at this site for antennae. The receiver building is of permanent
construction but it presently in need of considerable repairs. Recently the entire
buildinn wan rewired as the original wiring installed did not satisfy the 25X1A
14ase fire regulations. The building houses quarters for a few of the men, the re
calving room, the crypto center, the base station orrice, the entire supply function
for thel 'Operation, plus thel 'equipment (vehicles are25X1A
per'red outside). several thousand pounds of crated communications equipment is
pre:ently stored outside in the veather for lack of inside storage space. Tho
building, in spite of the crowded conditions and need for repairs, is kept in very
clean, neat condition. It is evident that a large efrort must be and is exerted
to maintain this appearance. a to be commended for his excellentad-
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headquart,ixs. Uere met nnd discussed u nos* in general with Mr.
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lArea Cciino Chief. The discussion centered around signal
plans and base scheduling and various ideas were exchanged and discussed on these
objects. I shown the headquarters offices and signal center. An agenda
was worked out whereby was to return to the following
day and discuss base scheduling with and his chief operator,
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58. On March 21 a thorough discussion of base scheduling was had with
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extrenely difficult due to t'v many miscellaneous and. non?standard signal plans
as I and others which they were required to work. None
of those plans have compatible schedules and must be fitted into an already full
soils ciulo whenever they eall0 up. Lack of a transmitter attendant also complicated
schodulirc and required that all ba.se frequencies used in the plane worked from
be sot up ahead of time on the Collins autotune transmitters at I
scheduling involved the following features which are new to headquarters'
eaa of scheduling;
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60, and his deputyyl I discussed with I Ithe crowdab)(1A
and undolrabie conditions at the present receivinz site mmtioned in
Para. 56). The possibility of a new- site was biought up and talked ever. A map
of thel indicatod about 50 acres would be availablo at the west end of the
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