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MORI DocID: 895437 Mc EO 12958 3.4(b)((1)>25Yrs TOP SECRET (S) SC-02039/59 Copy I 31 March 1959 ICBM -- TYURA TAM A critical target area bearing on the missile question is TYURA TAM, coverage of which is now twenty months old. Today the suspected second launch site there with its hooked rail line is probably complete with telltale appurtenances which may suggest deployment schemes. Training may well be going on in preparation for deployment. The out-sized launch pad exceeds the requirements for launch of any ICBM or earth satellite vehicles extant. Coverage of the rangehead could give us valuable leads or outright evidence of their plans and capabilities in the ICBM field, Coverage of instrumentation points in the down-range area could be extremely valuable. EO 12958 3.4(b)(1)>25Yrs (S) EO 12958 3.4(b)(1)>25Yrs TOP (S)

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This item focuses on the vulnerability of the U-2 spy plane to Soviet interception, the production and deployment of Soviet Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs), the risks of intelligence operations, and information gained from intelligence operations.

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