CABLE TO AFSSO USAF FROM OPCEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04558A001100120028-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: December 18, 1964
• Content Type: CABLE

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FOLLOWING IS FROM THE CIA/PHOTOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE DIVISION.
CITE CIA-P 029.
A MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT BASE, NEWLY IDENTIFIED FROM
IS LOCATED 7 NAUTICAL MILES NORTH OF POTI, USSR,
AT 42-16N 41-41E. THE BASE IS ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE KHOBI RIVER
NEAR THE VILLAGE OF KULEVI, 2 NAUTICAL MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE
BLACK SEA. VESSELS IDENTIFIED CONSIST OF 8 P-6 HULLS AND 4 P-4
HULLS NESTED AT QUAY-SIDE, AND A FLOATING DOCK IN MID-STREAM.
THE BASE IS SECURED AND CONSISTS OF ELEVEN LARGE BUILDINGS,
FIFTEEN SMALL STRUCTURES, A REVETTED FUEL STORAGE AREA CONTAINING
SIX HORIZONTAL TANKS, A LARGE EARTH-COVERED BUNKER, AND A SMALL
EARTH-COVERED BUNKER. THE BASE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OF RECENT
CONSTRUCTION.
KOMAR CLASS PTGS' UTILIZE P-6 HULLS. BOTH TYPES OF VESSELS
HAVE BEEN OBSERVED ON GROUND PHOTOGRAPHY AT POTI HARBOR, FEBRUARY
1964. NO KOMAR CLASS VESSELS WERE IDENTIFIED AT POTI HARBOR FROM
THE KULEVI MTB BASE IS SUSPECT FOR SUPPORTING THE
KOMAR CLASS VESSELS.
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