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COCAET
WORKING PAPER
PROJ NO:
8909
DATE :
9-10 MAR 89
VIEWER :
110
SESSION:
001
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
A. THIS IS NOT A CARGO VESSEL. THIS SHIP IS INVOLVED WITH SCIENTIFIC
GATHERING OF INFORMATION AND RESEARCH. LAUNCHING AND RECOVERY OF
OBJECTS / VEHICLES UNDERWATER IS A PART OF ITS MISSION . ANOTHER PART
OF ITS MISSION IS INFORMATION GATHERING AND THE STUDY OF ELECTRO -
MAGNETIC FIELDS/ FORCES. THE ITEMS OF INTEREST ARE HIGHLY TECHNICAL
SCIENTIFIC PACKAGES TO AID IN GATHERING INFORMATION .
B . ACQUIRING THE NATIONALITY OF THIS SHIP IS VERY DIFFICULT . IT WOULD
BE EASY TO SAY THAT THE VESSEL IS SOVIET , BUT I GET THE IMPRESSION
THAT THERE IS A VERY STRONG ASIAN INFLUENCE . THE BEST I CAN DO FOR
NATIONALITY AT THIS TIME IS CHINESE.
C. PHONEICALLY I AM GETTING; CHA ...
CHAK-
SCHA
SCHAKA
SCHAKA-500.
. CHAKTA.
THE SOUND SEEMS TO
BE SCHAKA, OR CHAKTA
HANDLE VIA SKEET CHANNELS ONLY
SECT
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