TAPASTE COMSAT GROUND STATION TAPASTE, CUBA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-01074R000300140002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 27, 1972
• Content Type: MISC

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TAPASTE COMSAT GROUND STATION
TAPASTE, CUBA
23-02N 82-04W
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC,
INTERPRETATION CENTER f?.-, ?
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Attachment to N- 8272 (12/72)
27 December 1972
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REFERENCE TO: I (MISSION G-407
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
3. COLLATERAL:
15.
TAPASTE COMSAT GROUND STATION
TAPASTE, COX-
THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED COMSAT GROUND
STATION NEAR TAPASTE, CUBA IS THE
FIRST SOVIET COMSAT FACILITY IDEN-
TIFIED OUTSIDE THE SOVIET UNION
AND THE MONGOLIAN REPUBLIC.
THE COMSAT FACILITY IS 16 NAUTICAL
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAVANA, 3.0
NAUTICAL MILES ENE OF TAPASTE, AND
3.5 NAUTICAL MILES WEST OF JARUCO
AT 23-02-14N 082-04-45W.
A CUBA-USSR SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
AGREEMENT WAS REPORTEDLY SIGNED 8
JANUARY 1970. THE AGREEMENT PROVIDED
CUBA WITH SOVIET TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LANDBASED
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 boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
WARNING NOTICE
Sensitive Intelligence Sources
and Methods Involved.
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3. COLLATERAL: SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVING
AND TRANSMITTING STATION. ACCORDING
TO THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT CON-
TRACTS WOULD LATER BE SIGNED FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION IN CUBA OF A GROUND
STATION FOR MULTI-CHANNEL TELEPHONE,
TELEGRAPH AND RADIO COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN HAVANA AND MOSCOW AND FOR
THE EXCHANGE OF RADIO AND TELEVISION
PROGRAMS. (FBIS DAILY REPORT 12
JANUARY 1970 UNCLASSIFIED: BOHEMIA
16 JANUARY 1970 UNCLASSIFIED).
4. NEGATION: 25X1
5. MISSION READOUT: THE NEWLY IDENTIFIED SOVIET COMSAT
GROUND STATION OBSERVED IN MID STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION NEAR
TAPASTE, CUBA CONTAINED A CIRCULAR CONTROL BUILDING
PARTIALLY INSET NEAR ONE END OF A LARGE L-SHAPED B DING
IN*
4
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 boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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(c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
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ENLARGEMENT FACTOR: 50X
IEG/SGD
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 boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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