SOVIET NAVAL BASE AT STALIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300100007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 17, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 1, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the =splonade Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Sees. 793
and 791, the transmission or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law.
SECRET--U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
Bulgaria
Soviet Naval Base at Stalin
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 1 November 1954
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. A.Soviet naval base will be established at Stalin in the near future
The naval units to be stationed there will be transferred from their
present bass in the Crimea.
2. Stalin will be declared a military area to which non-residents will not
have access. With regard to the entry of non-residents, Stalin will thus
have the same status as Obzor (N 42-50, E 27-53), Nesebtx, and other
towns located between Stalin and Burgas.
3.
Recently a non-resident wishing to make a motorboat ride in the
neighlorhood of Stalin port was not allowed to do so. -Preparations are
under way for the transfer from Stalin to Burgas of recreation and
bathing facilities for non-residents.
Comment: the port of Stalin will
allegedly be organized next year as a boviet naval base.
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STATE X ARMY X NAVY AIR X Fitt AEC
(NATF? wn.hington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by
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