PORT OF ARKHANGELEK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006400510009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 18, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 15, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION RE" T
s iy oint (N /5-34, E 39-30). At dawn the vessel hoisted anchor and steamed
northward The vessel had one stack.
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2. During the afternoon of 2 October, a small minesweeper carried out maneuvers
in the roadstead between Arkhangelsk and Keg Island. It maneuvered back and
forth for about one and a half hours. The vessel had a great deal of equip-
ment on deck, but none of it was used during the maneuvers. On each side of
the-bow there was a, tube which lay parallel to the bow and was connected to
something on the forecastle. The tubes did not resemble the "hemmers" used
for sweeping acoustic mines. On both sides of the deck there was a row of
objects rRmembling +.orpedons. On each side of the afterdeck there were two
egg-shaped objects about one meter long. On the pointed end of these ob-
jects there were two or more fins,and on the side there were a number of
rings.
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a large green field without runways on Keg Island. When
aircraft landed during rainy weather, the water splashed up hi?h. On the
east side of the field there were two northwest to southeast parallel rows
of lights. The west row was red and ~he east row white- The aircraft that
landed on the field resembled DC-3s. several jet aircraft
over Arkhangelsk, but they did not land at Keg Island.
a special vessel in the harbor of Arkhangelsk. It was
about 200 feet long and had some high structure forward, possibly a crane or
hoist of some type, and two stacks with blue bands around them. The vessel
was motor-powered.
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