SHIP MOVEMENTS TO AND FROM ALBANIAN PORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600030009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2005
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL IN-TEILIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
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PLACE ACQUIRED
Ship Movements to and from
Albanian Ports
Gdynia to load 30 tons of
wool for Lodz.
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Vessel
SS CHIATURY
(Soviet)
SS ELBLAG
(Polish)
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SS J ISTO SMIRNENSKI
(Bulgarian)
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tionai Defense of the $nitgd Btatec within the mean-
ing of Title :18. Sections and 794. of the V.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
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DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT NO.
REFERENCES
Activity
19 September 1953 Arrived at Durres from
Odessa for cargo operations.
Early October. 1953 Expected at Durres from
Early Octob r"li9 3
Expected at Durres
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At Durres.
she will load 2,002 tons of
chrome for consignment to
Metalimpex, Budapest.
25X1 MS STAlll 11 September. 1953 Left Durres to dis-
(Albanian) embark 6 passengers. Left
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same day with 7 -
passengers
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STATE X ARMY I X NAVY X AIR X FBI AEC
Left Durres
4 passenger'
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15 October 1953
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SS TRANSYLVANIA
(Rumanian)
SS VOROSHILOV
(Soviet)
Comments:
(This vessel is probab%. being used as a diplomatic courier
replace the MS AZIM ZENELI
the M5 ?K j STAFA has a gross tonnage of 143 tons., a net tonnage of 101
tons, and cargo capacity of 257 tons. She has a Doutz Werke engine of 200 HP~
500 cycles and a speed of six miles per hour. She has a crew of ten men and
cabin space for 8 passengers.
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25X1 2. this vessel was expected at Durres in early September
with 499 tons of gasoline..
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This item is probably part of the 3,5L4 tons of general cargo
which thp
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10 August 1953
23 August 1953
27 August 1953
5 September 1953
Disembarke4 162 passengers
at Durres.
Disembarke j !i21 passengers
at Durres.
Left Durres with 249 tons
of naphtha.
Left Varna for Durres with
passengers and cargo. Ex-
pected at Durres on 10 Sept 53.
10 September 1953 Arrived at Durres from Constaxnta
to unload passengers and cargo
consisting of 2 cases of driv-
ing belts and'6 cases (about
1 ton) of laboratory porcelain.
At Durres this vessel will
load 252 tons of asphalt for
Chemo].impex in Budapest.
12 September 1953 Left Durres with 2L9 tons of
asphalt and 16 tons of copper.
The number of passengers em-
barking
and disembarking is
not known.
31 August 1953 Unloaded approximately 50,
tons of cement at Durres/5
3 September 1953 Left Vlone for Novorossisk
With 1j.700 tons of bitumen
and 139 tons of wool.
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