REQUIREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL BLACK SHIELD COVERAGE OF NORTH KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B01709A001900060010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 30, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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SUBJECT-. REQUIREMENT FOR ADDITIONAL BLACK SHIELD COVERAGE OF
NORTH KOREA
THE FOLLOWING COMIREX REPORT ON THE SUBJECT IS TRANSMITTED
FOR URGENT CONSIDERATION BY THE USIB, IT IS REQUESTED THAT LUIS
MEMBERS ADVISE THE SECRETARIAT IF POSSIBLE BY NOON WEDNESDAY o
31 JANUARYO OF THEIR CONCURRENCE OR OTHER VIEWS ON THE COMIREX
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1, COREX HAS REVIEWED THE COVERAGE OBTAINED ON
THAT ACQUIRED EXCELLENT QUALITY
PHOTOGRAPHY OF MOST OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF NORTH KOREA,
INCLUDING THE DMZD AND WHICH SUCCEEDED IN LOCATING THE PUEBLO.
t)ESPITE THE OVERALL EXCELLENCE OF COVERAGEO THERE WERE CERTAIN
IMPORTANT DEFICXENCZES AND UNFILLED REQUIREMENTS AS FOLLOWS:
A. SEVEN MAJOR NORTH KOREAN JET-CAPABLE
AIRFIELDS WERE NOT PHOTOGRAPHED. of THESES FIVE WERE
WITHIN THE AREA COVERED
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OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE AMONG SIGNIFICANT
AIRFIELDS NOT COVERED, IS UL3Ut THE NORMAL OPERATING
BASE FOR MOST OF NORTH KOREA'S LL-28 BOMBERS, AS A
RESULT, ONLY 1Z OF THE 80 IL-Z8 IS CURRENTLY ESTIMATED
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IN THE NORTH KOREAN INVENTORY WERE LOCATED
B. COVERAGE WAS NOT ACQUIRED OF THE NAVAL
FACILITY AT MAYANG DO WHICH NORMALLY SERVES THE
NORTH KOREAN SUBMARI lM1C FI.EETD NOR WAS
COVERAGE OBTAINED OF SEVERAL KEY NAVAL BASES IN
NORTHEASTERN KOREAN SOME OF WHICH LIE A CONSIDERABLE
DISTANCE FROM EITHER THE CHINESE OR SOVIET FRONTIERSL
A REQUIREMENT FOR CURRENT NAVAL ORDER OF BATTLE
INFORMATION WAS EMPHASIZED BY THE DETECTION OF THREE
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ADDITIONAL KOMAR CLASS GUIDED MISSILE PATROL
BOATS ON THE RECENT MISSION, THESE BOATSA OBSERVED
AT WONSANO INCREASED OUR ORDER OF BATTLE ESTIMATE
TO SEVEN, IMMEDIATE COVERAGE OF THE IMPORTANT NAVAL
BASES FURTHER NORTH ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN COAST IS
REQUIRED TO INSURE AWARENESS OF ANY IMPORTANT CHANGES
TO NORTH KOREAN NAVAL ORDER OF BATTLE IN THAT AREA.
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IN ADDITION TO THE IDIATE
NEED FOR OBTAINING THE BASELINE COVERAGE E SCUSSED ABOVE9
WE ENVISAGE A REQUIREMENT FOR RECOVERAGE OF THE INSTAL-
LATIONS PHOTOGRAPHED
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AREA OF THE DMZ Q TO DETERMINE IF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO
ORDER OF BATTLE HAVE OCCURED.
2. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT USIB!
A. APPROVE REQUIREMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL BX
MISSIONS AS FOLLOWS;
(1) A SON TO BE FLOWN AS SOON
AS POLITICAL AND OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
PERMIT TO OBTAIN COVERAGE OF TARGETS MESSED
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OBTAIN RECOVERAGE OF SOUTHERN AREAS&
PARTICULARLY ALONG THE ,DMZ, WHICH CAN BE
USED TO DETERMINE IF SIG* FICANT CHANGES HAVE
OCCURRED; AND
B. NOTE THAT COMIREX WILL ASSURE THAT FUTURE
SATELLITE RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS .,ARE PROGRAMMED TO
SUPPLEMENT BLACK SHIELD COVERAGE TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT POSSIBLE.
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