COMMUNICATIONS IN LEPAYA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001000910001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET/CONTROL - U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
COUNTRY USSR (Latvian SSR)
SUBJECT Communications in Lepaya
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE - ACQUIRED
This is UNEVALUATED Information
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DATE DISTR. 30 April 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. There were no overhead wires leading from the'Lepaya telephone exchange, which
was located on Pasta iela. No overhead wires led to public telephones in
Lepaya, and it was therefore assumed that they were connected by underground
cable. Overhead wires have been observed elsewhere in Lepaya, but their exact
location is not known.'
2. In 1952, it took 17 hours to send an, ordinary telegram from Riga to Lepaya.
3. The appearance of the radio station on Karla Marksa iela was as follows:
number of wires
crown
30-40 m
25 YEAR RE-REVIEW
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