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MEMORANDUM FOR: Holders of SDWG-D-26/5 

SUBJECT: Clarification of COMIREX-D-2. 7/5 for 

British 

The TCO in London has requested that we make the 

following changes in the cable quoted in SDWG- D- 26 /5: 

a. In paragraph 1. b. (2), the second 

sentence should read IIHowever, l aunch sites or 

positions within the launch area may not repeat 

not be shown, ..•.••. ". 

b. In paragraph 1. b. (4), line 4 should read 

Ilfor weapons application repeat application purposes, ..• II. 

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25 November 1968 

MEMORANDUM FOR: Sanitization and Decontrol Working 

Group 

SUBJECT: Clarification of COMlREX-D-2. 7/5 for 

British 

1. The following pro';"ides the gist of a cable received 

from London requesting clarification of some of the instructions 

contained in COMlREX-D-2. 7/5. The TCO in London explains 

that the British are interested in providing as much information 

to operational forces as is permissible. 

a. Part II, paragraph V (SAM Facility TTl's) 

indicates security considerations prohibit the portrayal of 

mos t objects les s than 15 x 15 feet. Paragraph V A. indicates 

an installation may be delimited by cartographic annotations 

if it contains 62,500 square feet or more. SAM facilities in 

Poland and the Baltic area of USSR, for which U. K. has 

production responsibility, exceed these minimum dimensions. 

Furthermore, collateral is available albeit not in sufficient 

detail to permit cartographic annotation without the use of T-KH. 

Paragraph VC~ indicates however, that only a symbol may be 

used to distinguish a SAM "site", but continues on in paragraph 

V C. 2.. to indicate that building symbols maybe uS ed to identify 

support buildings presumably within the "site" symbol. 

b. Our interpretation of the provis ions cited above 

is as follows: 

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(1) A SAM facility ITlay be outlined 

and this outline ITlay generally equa te to the 

security fence surrounding the facility, especially 

for those installations on which attache or refugee 

reports exist. 

(2) Subdivisions, such as the support/ 

adITlinis tration area and the ITlis sile launch area, if 

exceeding 62,500 square feet, ITlay also be annotated 

by a dotted line. However, launch sites or pos itions 

within the launch area ITlay be shown, but a circle 

or a Star of Dav~d design encoITlpassing the launch 

positions would be an acceptable syITlbol. 

(3) Within the support area subdivision, 

sYITlbols could also be used, with the nUITlber of 

building sYITlbols equating to the actual nUITlber of 

buildings of 15 x 15 feet diITlension or greater, as 

well as the actual location of the building. 

(4) The textual annotations could relate 

directly to the cartographic annotation and a stateITlent as to the general diITlensions of the facility and 

its subdivisions, for weapons purpos es, would be 

perITlissible as well as the data cited in paragraph 

VI 14. 

(5) In regard to TTl's produced for NATO 

release, only a sYITlbol encoITlpassing the entire SAM 

facility could be used for cartographic annotation. The 

textual annotation could include des cription by type only 

if there is no releasable collateral inforITlation available 

to suppleITlent the text. 

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(6) The following question is also 

posed: Is it permissible to indicate (a) the 

loca tion and (b) the approximate area of new 

airflelds in any Arab country, derived from T-KH, 

but for which there is no collateral support; (c) can 

major changes to existing airfields be indicated, 

such as a new runway? ~----------------------------~ 

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