SOVIET CRUISER IN THE BALTIC SEA

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CIA-RDP80-00810A001700630007-7
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 14, 2016
Document Release Date: 
January 7, 2002
Sequence Number: 
7
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Publication Date: 
August 26, 1953
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Approved For Release 2002/07/15 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001700630007-7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT 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.B. 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. SIDCBET / C ONTRC L U,. s. 0" I C IALS ONLY ECURITY INFORM&TION COUNTRY SUBJECT 25X1A USSR (Baltic) Soviet Cruiser in the Baltic Sea 25X1A REPORT NO. DATE DISTR. 26 August 1953 NO. OF PAGES 1 REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES w 25X1X A single Soviet cruiser was observed, during poor visibility, five nautical miles 25X1 A which was about 15 nautical miles north of Kahlberg (N 54- , -27). The cruiser had a raking stern, two slanting stacks, and a massive, squat connin6bridge; its armament consisted of two gun turrets on the forediok, and two others on the after deck. There was a structure on the oonning bridge stop the range tinder (sio),whtch,-source believed, was a radar scanner. The cruiser' steered various courses at very low speed, and turned away to the east. 25X1A It cannot be determined whether the cruiser was a new OT cruiser, or the CHLU OY. Another large ship, probably a cruiser, was sighted in the same area on 17 January 1953. SRCRRT/CONTROL US aFICIALS ONLY 25X1A