SEARCH FOR GM ACTIVITY ON KEYHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000200180130-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Sequence Number: 130
• Content Type: MEMO

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NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER
POST OFFICE BOX 2821
WASHINGTON 13, D. C.
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18 August 1961
NPIC/IM-12/61
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, U.S. Army
THROUGH:
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES:
1. This memorandum is in response to Requirement TK/SRI-1-8-61
requesting a search of KEYHOLE photography for evidence of guided
missile activity within a 150-nautical-mile radius of Alma-Ata (43-15N
76-57E), Kulja (43-55N 81-18E), and Urumchi (43-48N 87-35E).
Search for GM activity on KEYHOLE photography
(a) Requirement TK/SRI-1-8-61
(b) NPIC Project JN-147/61
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tivity in the cloud-free areas.
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NPIC/IM-13/61
MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence, U.S. Army
THROUGH:
ATTENTION:
SUBJECT:
TOP SECRET
Suspect Missile-
REFERENCES: (a) Requirement TK-SRI-3-1-61
(b) NPIC Project JN-211/61
1- This memorandum is in response to a request for a search of an
area within a 50-nautical-mile radius of Markovo, USSR (64-40N 170-25E),
for evidence of construction related to missile deployment
2. An area exceeding that stated in the requirement was searched.
14owever, approximately 95 percent of the total area, including all of the
town of Markovo, was cloud-covered. There was no construction or unu-
sual activity evident in the cloud-free areas. Only natural land forms were
visible. Therefore, the suspected activity cannot be verified.
NPIC /PAG: I(14 August 1961)
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NPIC /IM- 14/ 61
MEMORANDUM FOR : Assistant Director for Scientific Intelligence
(CIA/OSI)
THROUGH
ATTENTION
SUBJECT
Search of the Area East of Krasnovodsk, USSR,
for Guided Missile Activity
REFERENCES . (a) Requirement CIA/OSI/R-86/61
(b) NPIC Project JN-168/61
1. This memorandum is in response to a request for a search of the
Krasnovodsk area, USSR, east of 40-OON 53-00E for guided missile
activity.
2. A scan of the area for over 50 nautical miles east of Krasnovodsk
revealed no activity that might be associated with guided missiles. Approx-
imately 50 percent of this area was cloud covered on the photography
Operations Officer
August 1961)
TOP SECRET
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