CLIMATIC AND TOPOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001500270008-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
PLACE ACQUIRED
24 June 1953
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.
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Horse-
y wn sleds crossed the Danube in n e ISince n era were very
severe in the Danube region a ce would robably be thick
enough to permit the crossing o ve c es. the port cities
on the Danube probably engaged in cutting ice w c was s ore for summer use.
bluffs, approximately six meters
high, on the east bank only of the Siret River. These bluffs extended 10 km.
north and 10 km. south of the 460 latitude, the remainder of
the Siret River had low banks.
Climatic and Topographical Information
Dams along a 0 e length of the
of the river.
the eas
river were 30 to 80 one, above the level
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3. Flying conditions were very much better in the Danube lowlands than in the Siret-
Prut area. The prevailing winds in Rumania were east to west and the Danube
lowlands were rapidly cleared from an overcast. In the Siret-Prot area, the hills
and the valleys ran from north to south, trapping the clouds and tending to
localize many of the overcasts. During the winter in the Danube lowlands, there
were few fogs but many severe west winds and extreme cold. The prevailing winds
,during the winter were from 18 to 20 kph, east to west.
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