PORT OF MURMANSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005300260001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• 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 Zoplonage Laws, Title 18, U.S.O. 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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SECRET - US OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
SUBJECT Port of Murmansk
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. On 18 June 1954,informant observed eight Soviet naval vessels entering Kola
Inlet. Two of the vessels were cruisers
Each cruiser had two large guns
:war , two arge guns and~'a stall guaaft, two towerstand two stacks. The
cruisers were followed by six destroyers in line formation. Each destroyer
had one tower and two stacks.
2. In Vayenga Bay (N 69-05, E 33-26) informant observed a light cruiser moored
to a buoy with a large destroyer. The light cruiser had two turrets or tow-
ers and two stacks.
3. All ten vessels informant observed had a common characteristic, a stern which was
blunt and vertical. The stern was vertical from the deckline to a point where
there was a large projection over the water line. The distAhce from the deck
line to the water line was one-half meter.
4. A naval shipyard was located south of Bazisnyy Point (N 69-01, E 33-04). Some
destroyers and escort vessels were undergoing repairs at the yard. A floating
drydock with a capacity of approximately 1,000 DWT was observed at the yard.
5. On the slope east of the shipyard informant observed a number of military
barracks. There were also a number of tents in the area. Heavy truck traffic
was observed on the road between Murmansk and this military installation.
6.
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e oa ng.an about 3,000 tons of apatite was loaded each day
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apatite quay in Murmansk? which had been destroyed by fires was almost completely
rebuilt. When it is completed, all shipments of apatite will take place from
this quay.
7. A large coal quay equipped with two cranes was located directly south of the
apatite quay. There was a high elevator installation for the loading of trucks
on the quay. Informant believed that the installation was also used for crushing
and sorting. There were also four or six railroad tracks along the quay.
SECRET - US OFFICIALS ONLY
STATE T x ARMY X NAVY3F.'Y AIR X FBI
AEC
(NOTE: Washington distribution indicated by "X", Field distribution by "#".)
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yard 'was. almost completely Jammed by a sender transmitting Morse Code.
and four masts in the other. All radio news
ininskiy Island (N 69-27, E 33-27). There were six masts in one group
8. Informant observed two groups of radio masts on the north side of Yekater-
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