SOVIET FISHING BOAT MARKINGS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900830005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/07/16: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004900830005-5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
.INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the united states within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18; U:8.C. Sees. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation, of which in
any manner to an unauthorized.persdii'Isprohibited
by law.
SECRftET - US OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE ACQUIRED
USSR (Baltic) (Arctic)
Soviet Fishing Boat 'Markings
This is UNEVALUATED
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 1 December 1954
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT NO. RD .
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.'
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT' IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE).
Up to' July 1954, the--markings M, B, K,, F, R. and N were observed on fishing
boats of the SRT"type'belonging to various fishing--boat organizations in
the Baltic and Arctic areas. These markings are abbreviations for the
following- -organizations :
Marking
Organization
MURMANSELD (Murmansk Herring Trust)
BALTGOSRYBTREST (Baltic State Fishery Trust)
Lithuanian MINRYBPROM (Lithuanian Ministry of Fish Industry)
Karelo-Finnish MINRYBPROM (Karelo-Finnish Ministry of
Fish Industry)
Latvian MINRYBPROM-(Latvian Ministry of Fish Industry)
LENRYBATREST (Leningrad Fishery Trust) (sic; LENRYBTRFST ?)
SECRET - US OFFICIALS ONLY
(NOWashin distribution indicated by ")r; Field distribution by V".)
Approved For Release 2007/07/16: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004900830005-5