1. PORTS OF IGARKA AND DUDINKA 2. AIR ACTIVITY IN IGARKA AREA

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 24, 1955
• 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 Espionage laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Sew. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorised person !s prohibited
by law.
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SECRET - US OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
SUBJECT 1. Ports of Igarka and Dudinka
2. Air Activity in Igarka Area
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TN! SOUSCE SYMUAflONS IN D W WPM Al OSPINITIVE.
TNS APMAISM OF CON/1MR IS ?WTAflVE,
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p was enroute.to Igarka (N 67-28, E 86-35)
one pilot for the Kara Sea came aboard in M Only
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permitted free use of the maps he had with him. nsThe ri~er pilot a N 71-44) E shi- 82five
or six miles inside of Oshmarino Point (N 71-44) E 82-58); he had an apprentice
pilot with him. The pilot did not use a map but the apprentice followed the sail-
ing route on the map-sketches, which were printed or drawn on white paper and bound
in a loose-leaf binder. The ship's officers were not all.owe'i to use these sketches. 25X1
2. Just outside of Igarka the harbor pilot came aboard. He took the ship alongside
the quay. He likewise took the ship out when it departed, There were two harbor
pilots in Igarka. Both of them were Leningrad pilots who were in Igarka for the
shipping season.
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that there was a new canteen un r construction on
the upper end of the quay. The old canteen was stilwar, 11-
l in use.ng pier situated at
4. On 31 July there was a large fire in the city. The site of the fire was above anti
to the right of the qua about
the over lent Is shown on the
of the harbor
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down. the city's only bakery had burned
6. In Igarka there were four twin-engined hydroplanes at anchor ust a s
below the lumber quay. hey resembled Catalina fl i.n boats.
7. The airfield at Igarskiy Island was used by some antiquated
single-engined biplanes which were probably training engined passenger aircraft which were probably Dou gl.ases,. Passenger and
aircraft t
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arrived in Igarka every day and often several times a day.
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from the southeast, flew over the city, and came ' over They y always
on a northwest-southeast bearing. On two oc
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casions jet
aircraft were
eep a
UNCODED harbor. They had very hi
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ail assemblies, and
I-a wings had an upward break.
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8. At Dudinka (N 69-25, E 86-09) there were fifteen or twenty oil t
river's edge as well as a Pipeline anks on the
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`towed the enisey~r. Each f~' new river boats which were being
large superstructure oat van Sn t 100 feet long and each had a 25X1
There were large hate they were padd]s-wheel boats.
'Iwo arourM the
board the boats. entire midship area. No persons were seen on
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The coaling station was
above the oil instal to be a considerable
coal stored there. No boats were obserrveddin the vicinit amount of
pier at Dudiaka there were three or four c y. ? Moored at the city
argo vessels of about 2,000 tons each.
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