PORT OF BATUMI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004100550007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 10, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Ithe harbor was large enough for three tankers of
about 16,000 tons each and four freighters of normal size. The piers were
ih bad condition and obviously needed repair. The piers lacked camels=
however, there were some loge between the ships and the piers. About eight
cranes were observed in the whole harbor; they were small size and were old
models. The warehouses and surrounding buildings looked dilapidated, with
broken window panes and sagging roofs. The local inhabitants were poorly
clothed, especially the women.
A small shipyard was observed in which a trawler or small patrol boat was
under construction,
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COUNTRY USSR ( Black Sea)
were seven s ng vessels, whaling
boats, with large housing amidships for a large crew. These were not
standardized types, but were of various sizes. There were only a few small
patrol boats in the harbor. No warships were sighted at sea on the trip
through the Black Sea.
Port of Batumi
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4. Three former German passenger ships were seen in the harbor.
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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 oontenys
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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DATE DISTR. 10 May 1951i.
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