SOVIET VESSEL TUAPSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004800560006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 7, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

REPOR
DATE DISTR. 7 September 1954
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1.1 the engines on the TUAPSE were overhauled every
three months, but the ship has never been in drydock.
2. The crew mernberc of thr TUAPSr were not told wiiub ac:t.:i.on to takc in the
event the ship was intercepted. No.Soviet merchant ships are armed.
3. On its last voyage the TUAPSE loaded kerosene at Constanta, Rumania. No
other cargo was taken on at any other port.
4. When the TUAPSE entered Satellite ports, a guard was placed on the gang-
way to check passports. No one was permitted ashore without a passport,
and the deck area was constantly watched and checked. Crews were per-
mitted ashore in groups only.
5. The captain and the political officer of the TUAPSE read lectures on
political subjects to the crew. First Mate Dmitrly Kuznetsov is the
chief political officer on the ship, and the electrician Mikhail Zakurdarev
is the first assistant political officer.
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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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Approved For Release 2007/07/24: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800560006-5
Approved For Release 2007/07/24: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004800560006-5