SOVIET NAVAL VESELS OBSERVED IN VENTSPILS HARBOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800910010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
This material ooptaisu tnformation affecting the lfa-
tlanel D. nee of the United States within the mean-
fag of the >tlpion,ge laws, This 18. U.B.O. sees. 784
and 7M, the ttaaemfssb' cc revelation of which in
any manner to an nnautbart.ed person is prohibited
by law.
SECRET - US OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY USSR (Latvian SSR)
SUBJECT Soviet Naval Vessels Observed in
Ventspils Harbor
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUEREAAENT NO.
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS WORT AK DWINITWE.
THE AMRAISAI OF CONTUIT IS TETITATIVE.
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From 12 to 23 July 1954, the following vessels were observed in Ventspils harbor:
Vessel
Two minesweepers
Five or six small vessels
12 MTBs
1 medium vessels
Soviet Naval Vessels Observed in
Ventspils Harbor
1.
Ex-German type, old vessels.
Equipped with AA guns.
112 feet in length.
projections in which
25X1
Of two types, both armed: one 40 25X1
meters long (see sketch 1), and the
other 50 meters long (see sketch 2).
About 55 meters long with guns (probably 44(sic)
millimeter caliber) fore and aft. Also
fore and aft of the tower, there were sloping
barrel-like objects
See sketch 3.)
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