SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS SIGHTED IN THE STRAIT OF IRBEN AND THE GULF OF RIGA

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CIA-RDP80-00810A005800080008-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 21, 2016
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June 13, 2008
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8
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Publication Date: 
January 24, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/06/13: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005800080008-5 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY USSR (Baltic) SUBJECT Soviet Naval Vessels Sighted in the Strait of Irben and the Gulf of Riga This material contains intormatian affecting the Na- tiooai DNlmee of the United States within the mean- ing of the iplanage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the tsansmiMlon or revelation of which in may manner to an unauthaelesd person is prohibited by law. DATE DISTR. 24 January 1955 NO. Of PAM 1 W00010 NO. RD VW a10NC1[ 1 RYUA1al t W M8 MPW AN 9WR M AMNAIIM Of COWW alb ?IMIWI 1. At 1230 hours on 29 " September'l954,.Soviet patrol'ship s sighted on a southwesterly course in the' swept pbacne1,.to Daugavgriva near Kolkasrags lighthouse (N 57-46, Z 2Z-36)'. The'." essels , ear the green flag .of the border troop service. Half-An-hour,; later,.' a 'or at ou of,- five 1QONSHTADT-Class sub- marine chasers was sighted atoa di`stance' of about five wiles in position N 57..42.05, E 22-36-05`. 2. Shortly after 1730 hours on 8 October, patrol ship~_1 was observed at anchor near the appromph,'buoy at Daugavgriva.; ,The Vessel had one funnel and one mast. -Also on 8 October* a formation of three st*ll patrol ships and a large motor vessel vas.._sightid-off,;XQlkaorass',"lighthouse. The vessels ran with dimmed lights SECRET STATE ARMY NAVY AIR Ral'. ASC (NOTE! WashinglOn Al 16eSs. lelhaled by "jr, fish & 16 -a by ff*"j 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/06/13: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005800080008-5