PORT OF LENINGRAD

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CIA-RDP80-00810A005600400003-6
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December 20, 2016
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October 23, 2007
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December 28, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005600400003-6 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT 25X1 This material contains Information affecting the N 25X1 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 prohibit- bylaw. SECRET - US OFFICIALS ONLY COUNTRY USSR (Arctic) SUBJECT Port of Leningrad PLACE ACQUIRED This is UNEVALUATED Information REPORT DATE DISTR. 28 9 C NO. OF PAGES 2 REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES THE. SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. . (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 25X1 At 1630 hours on 9 September 195~+~while (ship. was en route to Leningrad, five naval vessels were observed in the channel north of Tallinn. ~that they were mine sweepers 25X1 A cruiser-like vessel and. a .large vessel similar to a.destroyer ere:o serve a e Ram- time. -The'formation helda northerly course.at.a moderate: speed. F- 2. At 0530 hours on.10 September six minesweepers passed directly west of Sursari-25X1 Island (N'60-05.,:E'27-00) on a. westerly course. north of Tallinn. 25X1 At 0650 hours, on 10'September?a submarine passed h ship .on a. westerly course at a distance of about five nautical miles., The:ship had one gun in a turret on the foredeck; the,.turret was large.in proportion to the hullo There were also three small naval vessels with thick low stacks on the.same course as the submarine. 25X1 At 0830 hours on 10 Septembers aboutfive nautical miles west of the buoy marking the minefield entrance outside Leningrad, the OKTYABRSKAYA .REVOLYUTSIYA passed shins it was followed.by a cruiser-like vesse 25X1 A short time, later ,a large destroyer displaying) I-passed by along with 25X1 ' At Kronshtadt, a gray-painted vessel wasobservedl 25X1 The vessel was about'250 feet long and it had four large steel booths 25X1 pl across .the deck. These booths were placed in. pairs in such a.manner'that 2... d~bt N 3 and 4 Thom vessel had an opening in the bow'similar to the s . an a Ween o opening a whaling vessel has. aft. The vessel was not particularly wide, and it ;:r, had a normal freeboard. The booths were smooth.on the outside jpst as if they were covered with steel'plates -SECRET -'US OFFICIALS ONLY (NOTE: Washington distribution indicglad by "X") Field dl>fitbrllop by ':#"?1 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005600400003-6 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP80-00810A005600400003-6 SECRET'- US OFFICIALS ONLY 6. There were ten or twelve red buoys arranged in pairs in a row near a little island south of Kronshtadt. An MTB sailed-back and forth between the rows, and a tugboat lay at anchor nearby. A similar arrangement of buoys was also seen on the other side of the island. 7. Tn the onshtadt.harbor are a cruiser-like vessel as well as three large submarines, a medium sized subma , d five small su marines. A large floating dock and a'nava1 vessel painted with red-lead were observed in Kronshtadt harbor. 8. On the evening of 10'Se tember while ship was at the pier in Lenin- grad, a large submarine came through the channel. The sub- marine had a double-barreled gun forward of the turret and three antiaircraft guns built into the after end of the turret. The submarine was completely smooth on both decks, and it did not have any platforms. 9. On 11 September, a vessel with a large crane-like installation on the bow was observed. The deck of the vessel was flat with a small deckhouse on it. The vesse first held a westerly course but then turned and proceeded toward-Kronshtadt. 10. There:-=was ,a. cruiser.=like..vessel near Leningrad Lightship. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 SECRET -'US.OFFICIALS ONLY. Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP80-00810A005600400003-6 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005600400003-6 Next 7 Page(s) In Document Denied Approved For Release 2007/10/23: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005600400003-6