PORT OF NOVOROSSIYSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004500890006-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 12, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 24, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SEMT
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
ship announced its name to the semaphore station at Doob Point u on
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Port of Novorossiysk
wriuw, ana the rog.was so heavy that landmarks were not recown;-artP_
Novorossiysk was informed of the arrival on the wavelength of21.88s a kilocU" CX
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Immediately after berthing at Novorossiysk the captain of the ship was requested
to explai4 the peculiar route he followed along the coast before annhnrina-
arrival on 26 January and called for a pilot. The radio-tele hone tt' t
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personnel of the steamship company were cordial but appeared reluctant to engage in
conversation.: Crew members. were permitted to go ashore. They reported that store
window displays were meager, civilians were poorly dressed and there were few
automobiles. Military personnel seemed well-dressed.
No military or merchant vessels were encountered in the vicinity of Novorossiysk.
In the bay directly south of the port informant observed 12 ships, apparently
steel motor fishing vessels of 200 to 400 tons, with radio and direction finder
equipment. In the port itself informant saw the Soviet cargo ship AKADEMIK KRILOV,
which had reportedly just arrived from China with a cargo of seed grain. I:f~'the
wet basin there were four to six vessels of the Italian ALANO type equipped with
wireless and radio telephone. On the mastheads of these ships informant observed
a cylindrical installation 80 to 100 centimeters high completely closed and painted grey.
In the wet basin there were also 12 motor torpedo boats, small vessels of the VAS
type, all rather old. Beyond the cement maple, along the quay connecting with the
The ship's radio-telephone was only
p a y placed under seal. When the ship left port, it was accompanied by a
patrol vessel as far as the limit of territorial water. Port authorities and the
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This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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tons, were reir A ~mallia teas berthed at the cement mole
4. 0n,,~he coal mole a two-story shed is used for grain storage. The shed is at the
foot of the mole, extending about three-fourths of its length. Grain is stored
on the second floor. The head of.tbe mole is almost completely covered with large
piles of coal wl#ch extend on the y~est toward the railroad tracks. Electric portal
cranes operate MI-tracks on bothides of the mole, four on the east and four on
the west. Railway tracks run beneath the cranes. Behind the coal mole, the large
thermal electric power plant stands on the quay. East of the power plant is the
cement plant which is connected by rail with the cement loading pier.
5. South of Novorossiysk two tall frar_ie structures painted green
and toyed by small housings. No radio mast was visible. The two touers stood
about ten miles apart and a shortdistance inland. (See sketch on page 3
*t4 s, one of 2,000 tons, the other of 1,000
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Sketch of Novoroseiyek Ares
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