PORT INFORMATION ON CONSTANTA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500010166-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2007
• Sequence Number: 166
• Publication Date: September 11, 1998
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFII r TIAL
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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he Office of Naval Intelliganoe furnished the following information to CIA for
J. dissemination in accordance with paragraph 3(o) of NBOID #1
2. An overlay for H 0 Chart 4197 which in attached 5s Bnolosure inoiudea the
following reference points:
No. 5. S~cord 1:)adirg berth of the ship.
No. U. CJTG211eted loading at this berth. ~.=
No. 'I. Poli .h ship "Ko: o_.._,zko" ua:oading locomotives .
Nc. 8. "Kcsciuszko" mavefl to this berth to load. general cargo for Child.
No. 9. _, ee ~1e.;tric cranes along docks. Two were in operation.
No. 10. So:curity police located here.
No. 11. Reotracted area.
No. 12. Four destroyers al.c'~.id =f 1 ie 1 a 1 s On I
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No. 4. :isut loading berth
No. 2. Approximately 15 c?toms officials and guards boarded at thin position.
No. 3. Ship repair yard to operation.
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Port Security
3. boarded by approximately 15 customs officials and guards.
tc were secured. The
The ship was searched and the radio, binoculars, cameras, e
search lasted for approximately three hours.
4. A guard was stationed at the gangway at all times. When going ashore the crew-
members were c:aeeked for passes at three separate points at the gangway, at
reference Point No 10, and also at the customs station, which is shown on H 0
Chart 4197.
Dock and Loading Facilities
5. berthed at three different places to loam her cargo. 6hofrstel
he loaded 100 tons of sugar.
berthed at reference Point No 4, where s
then moved to Point No 5 and loaded only to a draft of 21 feet, due to the depth
of water alongside this pier. The ship completed loading at Point No 6.
6. two of the three electric cranes located at Point No -
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are in operation. one crane was use
moored here. The ship's gear was used for loading at the other berths.
7. While berthed at Points No 4 and 5, the cargo was brought slome tL3 docks in open
railway cars pulled by an old steam locomotive. While at Point No 6 the oargo was
brought to the ship in tr the cargo was brought to
his ship from a warehouse believed to a oes ed just east of Point No 10.
6. The piers were well lighted at night. The Otttoir said that the lights in the
dock axes were much better than the lights in the town proper. Loading wets oarrieQ
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the Polish vassal Kosoiuszko was berthed
nt iio 7 unloading a locomot,-vo won his vossal first berthed in uonsw,al
this locomotive to be seven or eight tons. The lCosciuazko then
shifts er, to Point No 8 and was observed loading gonoral cargo for Chins.
11. The area extending rorwara _r,,,?
berthed was described al a restricted area. his area is shown on rncloeure (A)
as Point No 11j No members of the cre were allowed in this e.rea.th t No 3 is
the ship repair facility in port.. =a 3ix usand to
:,even thousand tor, Soviet shim ,nderSoing repairs in t e 2re.t. There were two
other vessels in tni? repair ar a estimated to be three thouoani to tour thousand
tons, }.iut their natjcn:i-ty wps? nct knowr..
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rs?ber thed. ;it Point No 4, s patrol craft, aF prox: gun mo 175-200 feet
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t.ne bridge, moored at thi::, dock during the entire time the Nino Bixio was .in port .
e,-ght simli patrol craft tied up in the
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17. Oldp;e-World War II buses were used for publin transportation in the City of Conetanta.
The only private automooiles seen were a fe - o ..ov et r,.as;a. They ware be.ieveu
to be for the use of government officials.
18. The Casino which is listed on H Chart 1 '.s open on Saturday and Sunday
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dancing, and a reading room were available to the crew at this Casino.
19. The crew was issued liberty passes while in port, but only one-third of the crew
was allowed ashore at any one time. Each day the Captain sent to the customs
officials a l?ot of the. draw uawi,oru who plannea on going ashore. Eauh man going
ashore was ohecked against this list, and received a pass in exchange for his
seaman's book.
20. Liberty expired at 2300. On Now Year's Eve 1952 two members of the crew remained
ashore until midnight and were picked un by the police and ,wiled. T1vv remained
in Jail overnight, and the Captain had to go tc the police station the
next morning. His men were released with a wu. ning.
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15. Many soldiers were observed in the dock end town areas. They wore grey uniforms
with red stars on their coll.&r s and on their hats. Two, Soviet officers were
seen in the dock area. They appeared to be insp,,!cting,this area.
street. They couldr't be seen walking with the girls, but would follow at avdistance
and then go into the girl's house. Some of these girls stated that to be caught
w?lth a foreigner would mean tee years in prison.
22. The Captain offered coffee to t:-e pilot and guard when they first came aboard,
but this was refused. He did give the pilot a package of cigarettes when the
guard was not in the immediat.: vicinity.
23. Cigarettes appeared to be the o:ly item in demand on the black market. A number
of the ore. raem':crc did re11 some cigarettes while ashore, but they werer_'t asked
for any otner items.
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