PORTS OF ARKHANGELSK AND MEZEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006200580001-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 14, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 22, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
SUBJECT Ports of Arkhangelsk and Mezen
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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coast of the Kola Peninsula, there was, a large number of trawlers most of
which were large and modern, about 500 to 600 tons.
the trawlers were doing-coast guard dutyF_
ship was en route to Arkhangelsk along the
their telescopes qu a ac ve y.
a e vesse s were using
2. On 1. October, there were four small naval vessels anchored off Cape Svyatoy
Nos. Each vessel was 30 to 1.0 meters long, and it had a raked bow, a low
bridge, a single inclined stack, a low forecastle and guns on both the fo
and afterdecks. A yatoy Nos a mast was seen a short distance inland. p
it was a radio mast and there was a small radio
station there.
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3. At 1030 hours on 10 October, a large naval vessel was seen off Kerets Point. 25X1
It had a raked bow; two gun turrets, one behind the other,'on the foredeck,with
two or three guns in each turret; a high tower 'with a mast; two stacks; three
gun turrets aft; and a forecastle which extended to the forward stack. The 25X1
ship was moving in a west-southwesterly direction at about 20 knots.
4. Just inside the control station near Port Ekonomiya many small naval vessels
were seen; they were similar to those at Svyatoy Nos. 25X1
On 17 October many small naval vessels of the same type as those observed
at Svyatoy Nos were seen at Solombala.
5. On the airfield at Keg Island) two heavy transport aircraft come
in and land. The mud splashed high when they landed from the east toward
the west. The aircraft had straight wines and two propellers. A et air-
craft was seen flying low over the field
The aircraft had sharply swept-back
wings and a double tail assembly that was very high.
tail assembly to an upside-down boat rudder. On the field
similar-plane but without the double tail assembly.
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In Mezen
tugboats going upriver loaded with soldiers. The harbor workers in Mezen were
transported to and from the qua in truck
There were no cranes on the quay.
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