(SANITIZED)PORT OF NOVORCSEIAK/INFORMATION/ENTRY AND SECURITY/DECKING FACILITIES/MERCHANT SHIPS/NAVAL ACTIVITY/WRECKS/GENERAL COMMENTS(SANITIZED)
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
DATE DISTR.
U.S. Officials Only
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Departments or
This report 1s for the use within the USA of the Intelligence components of the
Agencies indice.ted above. It is not to be transmitted overseas without the concurrence of the
ONI review(s) completed. ant Director of the Office of Collection and Dissemination, CIA.
Port of Novoraeei -try and
Seca Sty,/Dcc: ?issg Fac?_.'," t.ieo Mer=h9=t Ships/N%vai1
A~ vi.ty/Nre-:tka/General Cof9115L'5
jThe Office cf. t'_t= toi:ow sg suf. :mat. tc TA fc?w :TA.`.
d_1.seeRlDat3,or ..T ?: of NSS.ID #7,. 27]::.,9
~btainrs by D10-,311D exd vac fe:,r'.rarded qs O9_ report 62--c-53J]
tt a 4 N .o ' 32' E~..rbLFS becTp~ds by rudlo to bc=dars.:Wh._ tat pill e,
had hee=ded, the ?bip w d: _ _ ted tc radi.c the port of the fa-t, a:.d tthem prcn :p .tdtd
d-tr e:c.tly to P" ..r '1`m ;.,'lots were the c _:iy pr, sons tc' boar- i prior to ac:ukdlrag. Ase
soon as she' bad do ulced, c ; the vest a :it of the pier, etarboe. d 913a c~, the pier,
a se. xlty for.::e of :1.5 D er :.rya eboe:1 The ship ',raa searab4d 1~? 2 - hcstaer
radre a ;.art:^~s ve_e =ua!es1 Ir~rln,3 the .n-sre t:. jr. FC-Xty tQ.e .'tr wse kept
?- der :e_sten' AT'e g-jzs d were e*_at,.o:..,ed along and an a.~asd
Herber raft stati.add T?jn- c"? th+ s_sthemstex= ti^ o? Pier -4.
these guards prosvn:.t.=..t-tak rs s^?sadings, from tea! . Sts e&L..n_ty the
ester a3cngal.de the, e' '.p, and from C bae_1r? g port ac _ :.7r ty tc o: h b ;Howlers. levers
the p . to me:o+ a:s the b^~rii.ng Forty and =ht r reeentet"vee o* the etate-
_ont_rol' ed shipping &Se_cy -.r-r_ ai.. ' E e=y r'' .e" to the =Zees'.
Security measur. es ipon depe~ _ a-e ve.-^ s~.m;.:sr t-C those taman on arr_v%_,y p'~.ote
;.eft the ship at the pe=: where trey hca_d?d, the ester
a :d v^_e*e-n moms of the harbor apree.re- to he good ~ior.3itl.on.
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Pier 3~eve. o:: Pier: No .Ts ea were observed o,: this pier. Fail oon "ti.cnn
now --,= abou they &-re able-tracked; the ge?age vas not
determined. the conveyor gni:.ery on this p.er
was extremely pre a l.y .he same seer there = 1,926. !:to operation was
described as very
o. Pie=- 5: Th .a tier- hn, :ee~s piete.y reconstzicted with 'oonaYete eurta:e acd
sides, and rook fill. N r-a =mead tsa.cke or --Tan--6 vex-e seen.! There were ievere2
'hogs ail pipes =%:s^=A `he ..ergtth of the pie:. A So?riet tanker +rae alongside.
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c, Other Piers: `t'he passenger pier, Oil Pler,i Pier 1 Pier 2 and Pier '4 ccntim-z
to be unus ed. with no signs of construction n: ticea.
4. Merchant Shia. NC non-3o'iet merchant ships were seen in the port. A large Sc-ri12"t I er was ailing oil at Fier 5 on the night of 19 November; two Soviet coaa%s-l
freighters of approximately 1000 gross tons were &1o side: Pier 3; four or five
Soviet merchant ship9 of ?miidentified types were obser-red anchored In the area. wrs'?
of the Coaling Pier.
5. Naval Activity: Two unideati.fi.ed Soviet destrayrra were seen at ancnnr in the =n,Lrt
zest of Pier ;cnt,tr pct:t.on of what appeared tc be srurehouse-type etrueture:5 wn ,
in progie63 on the vest oh re of the inlet that leads to the Teemes Ftlver. Or. 20
November the soir-e attemp red t. walk west on the road running eloag the vatr.rtront
He stated that 't was stopped by a man he: identified as an aria--d Se uir
past Pier 3.
sail r at a point near Fier 4, and wad turned back by two other men also Bent` ?i.e:d m:
armed Soviet sailors at s point Juot past pier 5? Th source was uwahie V. c? serve
any other signs o_ naval ttvi: ty In this area
s: Is the oWrecked3 pi .n=on of the oouroe, W) charm 4217 -.orrentl.y retlert- '?h-
+ --.V -
1oatiiz~, of wrecked ships In the sort, exc:ep. for three aldit:.o:u. Their. add
are Just off the Passenger) Ptr+ is alanenPier 2.coAhoughPe wrecks as`Thf
Indicated alongside Pit- 3 Y usable by emo3 lt
source had no ocoa.sion to rboe,rve the destrcyers reportedly submerged vest of the
Coaling Pier. No salvage Operations were underway atlthe port; one rt the pi-ct3
implied that new operat.ionu were n oontempl.ated in the immediate futur-..
I(. Harbor Deienaeat 'i?he aovxce atate.d that s:..thy 'a he '..'.a? a s*eoiai effort '.c :,.n iece
t em saw ra ing which e cou:d Identify ee harbor defenses.
8. sera) Comments on Port and Po ati
the port L c In a v
run down Condit on t a wax d,nmsee. There wa,' vr,;y ..Lttle
5 5
activity.
chi
Pita
the guneraL popu.a'ticn was ext:re:arl.y poor, existing on a bare 3 +t . i e.t.rck.e
diet. The morale of the labor working the ;nip appea' ed to be low.
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