PORT OF BATUMI

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CIA-RDP80-00810A003900220010-4
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December 22, 2016
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January 15, 2010
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10
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July 14, 1954
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/15: CIA-RDP80-0081OA003900220010-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT a, A 2,000-ton ship moored in front of the crane SECRET/CONTROL-US OFFICIALS ONLY COUNTRY USSR (Black Sea) SUBJECT Port of Batumi DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED This is UNEVALUATED 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.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. REPORT DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT N REFERENCES 14 July 1954 Ir THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) and unloaded a cargo of cast c, Two MIG-type jet aircraft and one twin-engined aircraft flew independently over the port, iron ingots, b. The Soviet steamship POBEDA d. A 12,000-ton tanker equipped with PPI radar entered port empty, loaded, and departed. e. A very old twin-engined aircraft, a twin-erigined military transport aircraft, and a formation of five MIGs flew over the harbor area. and cast iron. Two small steamers, each of which displaced between and 1,100 tons moored in front of the cranes and unloaded salt g. A landing craft entered port and docked he A 700-ton steamer loaded with lumber berthed near the crane SEC' R ,T/CONTROL-US OFFICIALS ONLY NAVY IV X lAIR ?;__I FBI AEC (Notes Washington Distribution Indicated By "X"1 Field Distribution By Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/15: CIA-RDP80-0081OA003900220010-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/15: CIA-RDP80-0081OA003900220010-4 SI RLT/CONTROL-US OFFICIALS ONLY i. A 1,000-ton passenger ship entered port. J. A. loaded 10,000-ton tanker came into port ; and left in the evening. k. A twin-engined aircraft landed about five kilometers south of the park Two MIGs, a modern twin-engined aircraft , and an old biplane flew over the port. 1. A 6,000 ton tanker arrived empty and departed with a full cargo. m. The Soviet merchant ship ARGUN arrived for bunkering. n. Two MIGs flew over the port. A 2,000-ton vessel with a cargo of iron and cast iron berthed in front of p. A 10,000-ton tanker came into port PPI radar. empty. The tanker was equipped with 2. The auxiliary cruiser_moored 25X1 and departed. the following evening vessel had air search radar of the with Brit about sailors on board,' This ish 291 type. There were two direction, finder antennas under the mastheads. T wo single 80 mm guns were mounted forward. 3. On 12 October and 13 October, at 1630 h ours weather balloons were released from the lighthouse in the naval and 25X1 4. Near the cranes (there was a storage lot in which 25X1 there were abou t 82 trucks. At the rea r of the transit sheds there were about 28 trucks. On 8 25X1 October, ten trucks were loaded on a freight train for shipment inland. On 9 October, 15 trucks were shipped out of the port by train. 'ive freight cars which were loaded with wooden poles five or six meters long. Each pole had a diameter of between 15 and 20 centimeters. 5. About 150 tar blocks shaped like gasoline drums and covered with thick layers of paper were stored in the shed in the shed five iron frames for reinforced concrete poles ten meters long and 25 centimeters wide. The frames consisted of eight longitudinal rods, each with a diameter of 35 millimeters. The rods were covered with iron wire seven or eight millimeters thick. At the ends of the rods 15 or 20 wires were visible, and the wiring was seven or eight millimeters thick. SECRET/CONTROL-US OFFICIALS ONLY 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/15: CIA-RDP80-0081OA003900220010-4 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/15: CIA-RDP80-0081OA003900220010-4 Iq Next 2 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/01/15: CIA-RDP80-0081OA003900220010-4