SEA HYDROGRAPHICAL SERVICE SURVEYING PLAN FOR 1955

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• Publication Date: April 4, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Sea Hydrographical Service Surveying Plan
for 1955
CD NO.
DATE DISTR. 4 April 1955
NO. OF PAGES ~..
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 16, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1+. u-itl' e s1ryeyin; vroup 1: Curve of ' isi.iar i3a , ucale
u ve in ; ve., s e l : liv, )RO .i 3.iP.1
i,1 rit a'J_rJ n droup? 2: au.rvey Ol tii coast] the cet'a,een
arl ei...leY1:3e and 'iisi.ar, chart scale 1:10,,x'%0. ~ulvev li
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a de crir,tion of t1e entire 2 st Jer.t.an coastline :rovisionally
1)rej)ared in l)54. Oor fete iJiloto-panoraadc surrey of the entire coast
ya on fro::: se,~ rard, and description o l' the to jjoral;liy, econoi:ry and
rr_~lTic routes 1 i the coastal area. : orl. vessel: 1~~it1G 1'ILF.
i:.aritiine Surveyin.: urour 4: HiJh-seas earvey of the sea area north
of _fuo6en Island as far as tIle iwedis i territorial .,aters in
addition to unidentified sfecial tasks. :~i rVej'ln ''deSsel: I IU'J.J.
L, t o.o teasn i9 5: Coast s?,rveys
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~_L'ti~'.1UeY1Qe .`,~,ii:~ .Y:T1Si:ic`a.rj il.'Le level1:1c-1- Ol.er=?~l. ~lYS fro.,,
2. 3urvc~ ]w g vessel 1.71 Ua6 will .,e e,duil,r;ed with a 11.~Y~ -rl"~J101i ~'i ~i rJ_ 1 acs
and a second echo sounder.
Ob rlaatnant Hinz (fnu) is at resent rrei,srin the "Va.rues lin shaYidbuc11
(aurveyink Manual) for a new East Ger:aan edition. rile inaahual will be
" deiuiilitarized')I, that is, all terns, such as "0ber'_,coi:.::.ando der
rie siriarine" Naval 'J'o1iiiand), etc., will be olil:l]_ii te(I. 1
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l~OiiL__eYit. Oberlel:.tiiai"it Hinz is nea.u of which is
`eYleraily asci ned sjJecial tas s. 1'Y:', "ITOr_".?e; un 'St13'1"1vUCYl" on in311y
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COUNTRY East Gor=W
SUBJECT Sea Ilydrographical Service Swirvyriig PJAw
tsr 1910
PLACE
ACQUIRED
CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL iNT RT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
DATE OF
INFO.
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OP nil INITID STAN L ^ITIIIM TM[ N[ANINS W null is. f[cTiohl 70S
AIOIO7N, Of 7M[ D. f. COD[, Af AM[MO[D. ITS TRAMSNIfSION 0R RSTSL-
ATM OP ITS COMT[ITf TO OR j[CCIPT /T AN ONAOTNOSIZID PIN*OR
IS PRONIIITID IT LAQ TNf [CPRODOCTION OP TYOI TORN IS P11ONIDITDO.
DATE DISTR.
4 April 1;55
NO. OF PAGES
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1. The 1955 surveying plan of the Seehydrographischer Dienst der See
Polizci (Sca lice cphi^a..- l Sergi ce) (sli_D) inel?ided
a M.4.?a .r ~I l4l V ...L v ~ -+- ~ -
following missions:
i..aritime Surveyin ; Group 1: Survey of '..ismar Bay, scale 1:5,000.
Surveying vessel: HYD0GRiPH.
Liaritime Surveynn Gro}xp 2: Survey of tae coastline between
.'arnemuende and Wismar, chart scale 1:10,000. Surveying
vessel: JORDAN.
sari time Survevin,- uO p 3_s Elaboration, in 1955 and 1956, of
a description of the entire East German coastline provisionally
prepared in 1954. Complete photo-panoramic survey of the entire coast
as seen from seaward, and description of the topography, ecariow and
traffic routes in the coastal area. ,ork vessel: FLAGGTIEV.
1aritime Surveying Group 4: High-seas s11:-Vey of the sea area north
of Ruegen Island as far as the Swedish territorial waters in
addition to unidentified special tasks. Surveying vessel: GAU,~ .
S7:0z0 Survevinfc Group: ",-~'orkina in two teams in 15-55: Coast surveys
2.
between '.,arnemuende and Wismar; fine leveling operations from Pasewalk
to Stralsund.
Surveying; vessel GAUSS will be equipped with a new Gyroscopic co pass
3.
and a second echo sounder.
Oberlautnant Hinz (fnu) is at present preparing the "Verriessungshandbuch"
(Surveying 1 anual) for a new East German edition. The manual ~r ll be
"demilitarized", that is, all terms, such as "Oberkommando der
i.rieg;smarine" (High Naval Command), etc., will be eliminated. 1.
1.
. Oberleutnant Hinz to head of ~urveyin? Group 4, which is
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generally assigned special tasks. Tfte "Vermes4ungshandbuch" originally
was issued by Oberkowlmz:4o for i ri4gs+:larix;e rnd is now publisned by the
:West German i)euteches ilydrographisches Institut (German Itydro;raphical Institute)
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