MILITARY INFORMATION, MANGALIA AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001600410010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains W 1=to Na
tional Defense of the United i at , ean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 798 and 794, of the D.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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26 June 1953
SUBJECT Military Information, Mangalia Area
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1. Members of the Soviet military mission in Mangalia are quartered in the hotels
formerly called Regina Maria, Imparatul Traian, Imperial, and Regale Ferdinand.
2. In early 1953 .there were 18 concrete submarine shelters between Ilanlac and
Mangalia. Ten others were under construction. Between Ilanlac and Ilie Pintilie
there are torpedo tubes protected by concrete shelters at sea level. There
are also ramps for self-propelled missiles on the slopes.
3e In the fall'of 1952 work was started on the construction of "floating batteries"
at the entrance to the port of Mangalia.
Approximately 1,500 meters north of Mangalia and to the west of the galia-
.Constantaeroad there is an airfield with a concrete runway. This field was
improved durin g'the summer of 1952. There are vast underground reservoirs here
with an approximate capacity of 5,000 tank cars.
Other airfields without concrete runways are located at the following towns:
Chiragit about 20 kilometers west of Mangalia
Azaplar, about 20 kilometers northwest of Mangalia
Gherengec,.about 17 kilometers north-northweat'of Mangalia
There is a Soviet pursuit unit stationed at each of these fields. Twelve Soviet
seaplanes are stationed about two kilometers southwest of Mangalia. .
6, There is a radar station near Checige (sic) about two kilometers southwest of
Mangalia.
7. During February 1953 three Soviet battleships of the LENINGRAD class were seen
at Mangalia.
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