1. SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS SIGHTED IN THE ARCTIC 2. PORT OF ARKHANGELSK

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Attachment 3: Chart of Arkhangelsk area
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COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
SUBJECT 1. Soviet Naval Vessels Sighted
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2. Port of Arkhangelsk.
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ship proceeded along the coast
vessels were sighted regularly at intervals of about 20 nautical miles.
Although ostensibly engaged'in fishing operations, it was evident that
they were watching the coast and all coastal traffic. Several of them
case up to ship and surveyed it with binoculars.
of the Kolskiy Peninsula and approached Arkhangelsk, Soviet fishing
ship reached Syevero and,after the
service, and another women who inspected the radio transmitter. The control
where it dropped anchor The control commission included two
police officers, three customs officers in uniform, a woman of the health
pilot came aboard. proceeded without aid of tugs to the control station,
maximum permissible draft in the channel was 24 feet.
without interruption in two daily shifts
Loading operations began as soon as the ship berthed and continued
Lumber was loaded directly from
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motor vehicles to the ship's hold by means of slings and small American-
type fork hoists of Soviet manufacture. All the stevedores were men,
who looked well-dressed. They asked for drinking water but refused offers
of food.
ship left the berth with the help of a tugboat
and proceeded down the channel with the pilot aboard.
5. Along the east coast of the channel across from the control station (1 on
chart 1), there were about 20 towed, targets twenty-five meters long: which
were apparently under construction. From Fort Mkomomiya
therewas a continous succession of sawmills and lumber processing plants.
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Most of the workers in these plants appeared to be women. Even the handling
of logs on the quays was performed by women 20 to 25 years old. There
were large quantities of logs and other lumber, including piles of barrels,
everywhere. According to the pilot, all the quays of Arkhangelsk were of
wood. He said they extended about 32 kilometers. The houses along
the entire channel and in the section of Arkhangelsk seen by informant A
were of wood, the majority of one story, but swore of two stories with wooden
frames covered with plaster. Wood was also used as fuel by the local
tugboats, steamers, ferries, and other small craft.
6. The streets in the center of Arkhangelsk were paved with cobblestones
and asphalt and had sidewalks, Those connecting the city with the
suburbs were paved with lumber. In the middle of the city, there was a
large masonry building which was to house a cinema. Recent Italian films
were being shown in the city. The Italian film "Two Pennies of Hope"
had been well received. A considerable number of navy personnel, including
enlisted men, petty officers, and officers,, were seen in the city.
7. In the channel between Solombala and Arkhangelsk, a bridge (9 on chart 2)
resting on masonry piers was under construction.
8. two or three jet planes of the MIG t and 25X1
several dark-green transport planes were observed A nearly 25X1
every morning over Arkhangelsk. They flew from naa\ ease o southwest.
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naval vessels engaged in maneuvers in the area between Rybachiy Peninsula
and the mouth of the Teriberka River. The vessels included a cruiser, 25X1
and two smaller vessels, probably light cruisers 25X1
firing salvos at a distance of 2.3 to three miles 25X1
against a target by a tugboat. After firing from the forward turret,
the cruiser passed the target, wade a 180 degree turn, and fired at the
target from the after turret. The speed of the cruiser was estimated to
be 22 to 05 knots The two vessel fall grea the 25X1
maneuvers but did not fire on the taript. ee sketch 1,) 25X1
10. Samswhat later in the same area, four subssmrines said a 25X1
support vessel of medium tonnage, which, with the exec tion of one
submarine, joined the three vessels to farm a circle 25X1
with a five mile radius around ship. See sketch 2.) Three 25X1
of the submarines were medium-sized with a forward gun and toners as in
the following sketcht
The fourth saW arine was of the ATLANTIC type(:ii~).
the pilot, who vote a blue uniform in rather poor 25X1
eo ow, came a at Syevero from a fast modern pilot boat. $e stated
that there were 19 pilots in Arkhangelsk. The fairway from Syevero to the
control station was Indicated by a double line of buoys and brooms in
alternating order., red on the left side and green on the right. Sate of
them were missing, probably carried away by ice dining the winter. The
buoys were about we mile apart. (See sketch 3.) ltaxiaam permissible
draft in the channel was 24 feet, since that w the limiting factor of
the bar. (See chart 3.) The channel itself would have permitted a draft
up to 30 feet.
a captain, a lieutenant, four enlisted men, a civilian doctor, a c ief
customs officer, one females and three male customs inspectors, and a woman
who inspected the radio transmitter, came aboard. The two officers and the
enlisted men ware the green uniform of the maritime police with gold'shoulder
boards. The shoulder boards of the captain and the lieutenant were "
distinguished by a green stripe and three and two stars, respectively.
The chief customs officer wore a greenish civilian suit with a gold laurel
branch on the lapel of the coat, and the doctor and the female radio
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technician were also in civilian clothes. The four customs inspectors wore
dark blue uniforms with a wall eagle on the shoulder.
13. The control visit was brief and perfunctory. Contrary to earlier practice,
its purpose appeared to be to check possession of arms, contras., and
binoculars, rather than to look for newspapers and periodicals. An
argument developed between the pilot and the leader of the commission,
because the former insisted that one pair of binoculars should not be
placed under seal. This was evidently provided for by a new regulation as
a navigational necessity.
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tugboats, some of which were on the building ways. (See photograph !;)
A large member of tugboats were also in the channel, towing lighters
with railroad freight cars aboard.
16. The entire left bank of the channel was covered with sawmills and
lumberyards. On the right bank near the point where ship 25X1
17. On the quay there was a large sign 25X1
with the words "Fire-FightingEquipmenon it. tag on the sign were
some shovels, pails, and axes.
18. The city of Arkbongel.sk was serviced in the Soloabala district by a
single-track streetcar line, terminating near the pontoon bridge, and
in the city proper by a bus line with a terminus now the pontoon bridge.
The streetdars, were old and poorly kept and had wooden seats. The busses
were modern and well kept. There were conductors on both busses and street-
oars, and snaking was prohibited on both.
turned to approach its berth, there was a modern industrial DOMPIex
(3 on chart N, photographs 3 and 4). Just south of this o?mplex, there
was a large modern sawmill easily identified by a tall ohiataey (Photograph 5).
Another modern sawmill, in which prefabricated parts for houses *sre
in built, was located about 800 meters inland from the berth of .
s1iip. in the area near the berth, there were Sall 25X1
one-s any u dings and a few two-story buildings (photograph 6 Along
the banks, there was little except large lumber piles (phut fs 7 and
8).
19. Army and navy personnel were observed in the city, although their number
aid not create the impression that there was a large concentration of
tropps in the area. The soldiers wore grey-green or 1 t brown uniforms
with shoulder boards bearing the Cyrillic letters G -V . The officers
had olive green uniforms with white shoulder boards with a lengthwise veld
stripe or green shoulder Umards with a red stripe. The sailors were blue
unigepas with the mark C .? an the shoulder and the inscription "Nflot"
on the ribbon of the cap. val officers wore a blue uniform with shoulder
board. stars indicating rank. -
100 meters, donstructed of masonry and, surrounded by alow wall._
cups of serviceman in formation coaxing out with books under their arms.
See sketch k-.) The barracks were large buildings,approximateky O W
Near the Export Club in Arkhangelsk, there were some new masonry buildings
unarmed soldiers. None of the soldiers seen walking on the street was
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soldiers engaged in construction work. The barracks were guarded by
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On the landward side of the street on which the barracks were: located,
there were=s, military installation (A on sketch 4), a building under
construction (B on sketch 4), and hospital (C on sketch.4). On the
side toward the canal, there were two barracks (D and E on sketch 4), a
large building (F on sketch 4) in $hich the Export Club and a mess hall
were housed, and two buildings under construction (a and B on sketch 4).
Also on the street on which the barracks were located, there was a build-
ing with a tower (I on sketch 4). Near this building was a crossroad
whieh,on the seaward aide,marked the edge of the naval base. The naval
base was cchpose3 of several buildings, among which was a rectangular
structure situated on an open square.
Near the ferry slip (7 on chart 2) and toward the mouth of the river,
there were four cranes (8 on chart 2) with a capacity of-five to seven
tons. Three cranes were old. The fourth was mobile and hm its wen
track.
A masonry bridge (9 on chart 2). with three arches and four piers approximately
20 meters high, was being constructed between Arkhsuzgclsk and. Solcasbala.
Most of the industrial installations of Arkhangelsk, which comprised
chiefly a number of modern sawmills, were located in the Solombela district.
Along the Soloabala quay, there were two floating drydocks (11 on chart 2)
for ships from 1,500 to 2,000 tons. Nearby, two submarine chasers of the
ARTII.LERIST Class (12 on chart 2) were being fitted out. 'T'here were also
three highly-sheered hulls (13 on chart 2), probably for motor torpedo
boats. They were 45 meters long with a free board of about two meters and
five portholes near the center of the freeboard.
In front of every sawmill in the S olombala area, there were sh
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loading
Across the river from Arkhangelsk in the Qlukhovskoy district, there was
a quay With seven cranes of five to seven tons capacity (6 on chart 2).
Two were modern with a metal frame and gooseneck jib; the other five were
old models. Immediately behind the quay, there were five sylindrieal
fuel tanks,about 25 meters in diameter, painted light gray or aluminum.
On the small island of Xosyeyev, there was a coal bunkering station
(10 on chart 2), Coal was imported from Poland on tows.
it van possible to see about two
The towers vere 35 to 40 meters in height. They were not new.
kilometers inland two trellis-type radio antennas with q bases.
several old transport or passenger planes were observed
in the Arkhangelsk area flying from northwest to southeast at a speed of
two formations of seven call jet planes with triangular wing structures
were sighted flying at about 300 kilometers per hour.
250 to 300 kilometers per hour.
shim started loading operations
canal. After the control visit, the ship bad to wait for high tide
tugboat, developing about 600 U, which accompanied it as far as the
It was assisted from the quay by a powerful new
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probably minesweepers or submarine chasers, were sighted. The first group
(15 on chart 3), which
was following a siaicsag course. The second group (16 on chart 3),
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approaching the channel. The vessels appeared to be 40 to 50 meters in
length. They had a slightly raked smokestack aft of which was a super-
structure on which were mounted two covered machine guns. At the and of
the rear deck, there were several objects 1.5 meters high and painted
red, which resembled aerial boobs with fins. All the vessels had at their
sterns the standard type divergenta (sic). (See sketch 5.)
a group of four Soviet naval. vessels was
hted between the mou o iberka River and R Uthiy''Peninsula.
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The groum included a cruiser ted b two
vessels and a verse
which was about five miles from the cruiser and was towing a target of the
type common in naval firing exercises. The cruiser fired five consecutive
salvos at the target from the forward turret, then approached from the left
at high speed, passing the target and continuing landward for ten minutes.
It then made a 180 degree turn, resuaing its original course and firing
on the target again. The cruiser moved at about 28 .knots and'
shamed remarkable maneuverability. The two escort vessels followed the
cruiser without firing on the target. (see sketch 6.)
Attachment 1: Chart of Arkhangelsk area
Attachment 29 Chart of Arkhangelsk Area
Attachment 3: Chart of Arkhangelsk area
Attachment 4: Ten photographs of Fort of Arkhangalsk
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3. Loading operations began as soon as the shin berthed and continued
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there,,-ms a continous succession of sawmills and lumber processing plants.
ship was allowed to proceed in the channel to Ar e s , 25X1
were apparently under construction. From Port X"ico miq
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they were watching the coast and all coastal traffic. Several of them
came up to ship and surveyed it with binoculars. 25X1
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1. Soviet Naval Vessels Sighted
in the Arctic
2. Port of Arkhangelsk
ship proceeded along the coast
of the Kolskiy Peninsula and approached Arkhangelsk, Soviet fishing
vessels were sighted regularly at intervals of about 20 nautical miles.
service, and another woman who inspected the radio transmitter. The control
procedure, which was not severe, was completed in two hours. 25X1
where it dropped anchor The control commission included two 25X1
police officers, three customs officers in uniform, a woman of the health
pilot came aboard, proceeded without the aid. of tugs to the control station,
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ship reached Syevero and,after the
Maximum permissible draft in the channel was 24 feet, 25X1
without interruption in two daily shifts) 25X1
Lumber was loaded directly from 25X1
who looked well-dre-ssed. They asked for drinking water but refused offers
of food.
motor vehicles to the ship's hol by means of slings and small American-
type fork hoists of Soviet manufacture. All the stevedores were men,
ship left the berth with the helr of a tugboat 25X1
5.. Along the east coast of the channel across from the control station (1 on
chart 1), there were about 20 towed targets twenty-five meters long, which
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Most of the workers in these plants appeared to be women. Even the handling
of logs on the quays was performed by women 20 to 25 years old. There
were large quantities of logs and other lumber, including piles of barrels,
everywhere. According to the pilot, all the quays of Arkhangelsk were of
wood. He said they extended about 32 kilometers. The houses along
the entire channel and in the section of Arkhangelsk seen by informant A
were of wood, the majority of one story, but some of two stories with wooden
frames covered with plaster. Wood was also used as fuel by the local
tugboats, steamers, ferries, and other small craft.
The streets in the center of Arkhangelsk were paved with cobblestones
and asphalt and had side~.%,1ks, Those connecting the city with the
suburbs were paved with lumber. In the middle of the city, there was a
large masonry building which was to house a cinema. Recent Italian films
were being shown in the city. The Italian film "Two Pennies of Hope"
had been well received. A considerable number of navy personnel, including
enlisted men, petty officers, and officers, were seen in the city.
7. In the channel between Solombala and Arkhangelsk, a bridge (9 on chart 2)
resting on masonry piers was under construction. 25X1
every morning over Arkhangelsk. They flew from northeast to southwest.
several dark-green transport planes were observed nearly
and the mouth of the Teriberka River. The vessels included a cruiser,
naval vessels engaged in maneuvers in the area between Rybachiy Peninsula
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was firing salvos at a distance of 2.5 to three miles 25X1
against a target towed by a tugboat. After firing from the forward turret,
the cruiser passed the target, made a 180 degree turn, and fired at the
target from the after turret. The speed of the cruise timated to
be 22 to 25 . knots. The two vessels followed the 25X1
maneuvers but did not fire on the target. See sketch 1,) 25X1
10. Somewhat later in the same area, four submarines. and a 25X1
support vessel of medium tonnage, which with the exce tion of one
submarine, joined the three vessels to form a circle 25X1
with a five mile radius around ship. (See sketch 2.) Three 25X1
of the submarines were medium-sized with a forward gun and towers as in
the following sketch:
The fourth submarine was of the AThANTIC type 3i-_).
condition, came aboard at Syevero from a fast modern pilot boat. He stated
that there were 19 pilots in Arkhangelsk. The fairway from Syevero to the
control station was indicated by a double line of buoys and brooms in
alternating order, red on the left side and green on the right. Some of
them were missing, probably carried. away by ice during the winter. The
buoys were about one mile apart. (See sketch 3.) Maximum permissible
draft in the channel was 24+ feet, since that was the limiting factor of
the bar. (See chart 3.) The channel itself would have permitted a draft
up to 30 feet.
the pilot, who wore a blue uniform in rather poor 25X1
12. ship arrived at the control station (1 on chart 25X1
1, photograph 1). Half-an-hour later, the control commission,composed of
a captain, a lieutenant, four enlisted men, a civilian doctor, a chief
customs officer, one female and three male customs inspectors, and a woman
who inspected the radio transmitter, came aboard. The two officers and the
enlisted men wore the green uniform of the maritime police with gold shoulder
boards. The shoulder boards of the captain and the lieutenant were distinguished by a green stripe and three and two stars, respectively.
The chief customs officer wore a greenish civilian suit with a gold laurel
branch on the lapel of the coat, and the doctor and the female radio
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technician were also in civilian clothes, The four customs inspectors wore
dark blue uniforms with a small eagle on the shoulder.
13. The control visit was brief and perfunctory. Contrary to earlier practice,
its purpose appeared to be to check possession of arms, cameras, and
binoculars, rather than to look for newspapers and periodicals. An
argument developed between the pilot and the leader of the commision,
because the former insisted that one pair of binoculars should not be
placed under seal. This was evidently provided for by a new regulation as
a navigational necessity.
being built, was located about 800 meters inland from the berth of
15. On the way to the berth,) the left side of the 25X1
channel a shipyard (2 on chart 1) for the construction of barges and small
tugboats, some of which were on the building ways. (See photograph 2;)
A large amber of tugboats were also in the channel, towing lighters
with railroad freight cars aboard.
16. The entire left bank of the channel was covered with sawmills nd
lumberyards. On the right bank near the point where ship 25X1
turned to approach its berth, there was a modern industrial complex
(3 on chart 2, photographs 3 and 4). Just south of this complex, there
was. a large modern sawmill easily identified by a tall chimney (photograph 5).
Another modern sawmill, in which prefabricated parts for houses were
In the area near the berth, there were man small 25X1
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one-story buildings and a few two-story buildings (photograph 6). Along
the banks, there was little except large lumber piles (photographs 7 and
17. On the quay) there was a large sign
with the words "Fire-Fighting Equipment" on it. Hanging on the sign were
some shovels, pails, and axes.
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The city of Arkhangelsk was serviced. in the Solombala district by a
single-track streetcar liner terminating near the pontoon bridge, and
in the city proper by a bus line with a terminus near the pontoon bridge.
The streetcars were old and poorly kept and had wooden seats. The busses
were modern and well kept. There were conductors on both busses and street-
cars, and smoking was prohibited on both.
19. Army and navy personnel were observed in the city, although their number
did not create the impression that there was a large concentration of
troops in the area. The soldiers wore grey-green or 1 t brown uniforms
with shoulder boards bearing the Cyrillic letters G - . The officers
had olive green uniforms with white shoulder boards with a lengthwise gold
stripe or green shoulder boards with a red stripe. The sailors wore blue
uniforms with the mark C NT) on the shoulder and the inscription "Inflot"
on the ribbon of the cap. vai officers wore a blue uniform with shoulder
board stars indicating rank.
100 meters, constructed of masonry and surrounded by a low wall. 25X1
(See sketch 4.) The barracks were large buildings,approximately 50 b
and several barracks (5 on chart 2), from some of which 125X1
groups of servicemen in formation coming out with books under their arms.
Near the Export Club in Arkhangelsk, there were some new masonry buildings
they were possibly constructed by military personnel, as
soldiers engaged in construction work. The barracks were guarded by 25X1
unarmed soldiers. None of the soldiers seen walking on the street was'
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On the landward side of the street on which the barracks were;, located,
there were-,a military installation (A on sketch 4), a building under
construction (B on sketch 4), and hospital (C on sketch 4). On the
side toward the canal, there were two barracks (D and E on sketch 4), a
large building (F on sketch 4) in which the Export Club and a mesa hall
were housed., and two buildings under construction (G and H on sketch 4).
Also on the street on which the barracks were located., there was a build-
ing with a tower (I on sketch 4). Near this building was a crossroad
which,on the seaward side,marked the edge of the naval base. The naval
base was composed of several buildings, among which was a rectangular
structure situated on an open square.
22. Near the ferry slip (7 on chart 2) and toward the mouth of the river,
there were four cranes (8 on chart 2) with a capacity of"fivo to seven
tons. Three cranes were old. The fourth was mobile and had, its (own
track.
23. A masonry bridge (9 on chart 2), with three arches and four piers approximately
20 meters high, was being constructed between Arkhangelsk and Solombala.
24. Most of the industrial installations of Arkhangelsk, which comprised
chiefly a number of modern sawmills, were located in the Solombala district.
Along the Solombala quay, there were two floating ..drydocks (11 on chart 2)
for ships from 1,500 to 2,000 tons. Nearby, two submarine chasers of the
ARTILLERIST Class (12 on chart 2) were being fitted out. There were also
three highly-sheered hulls (13 on chart 2), probably for motor torpedo
boats. They were 45 meters long with a free board of about'two meters and
five portholes near the center of the freeboard.
25.
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26. Across the river from Arkhangelsk in the Glukhovskoy district, there was
a quay with seven cranes of five to seven tons capacity (6 on chart 2).
Two were modern with a metal frame and gooseneck jib; the other five were
old models. Immediately behind the quay, there were five cylindrical
fuel tanks,about 25 meters in diameter, painted light gray or aluminum.
27. On the small island of Mosyeyev, there was a coal bunkering station
(10 on chart 2). Coal was imported from Poland on tows.
28.
29.
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kilometers inland two trellis type radio antennas with quadrangular bases.
The towers were 35 to 40 meters in height. They were not new.
several old transport or passenger planes were observed 25X1
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In the Arkbangelsk area flying from northwest to southeast at a speed of
two formations of seven small jet planes with triangular wing structures
were sighted flying at about 300 kilometers per hour.
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approaching the channel. The vessels appeared to be 4+0 to 50 meters in
length. They had a slightly raked smokestack aft of which was a super-
structure on which were mounted two covered machine guns. At the end of
the rear deck, there were several objects 1.5 meters high and painted
red, which resembled aerial bombs with fins. All the vessels had at their
sterns the standard type divergents (sic). (See sketch 5.)
sighted between the mouth of
The group
included a cruiser
vessels
a group of four Soviet naval. vessels was
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escorted by two
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type common in naval firing exercises. The cruiser fired five consecutive
salvos at the target from the forward turret, then approached from the left
at high speed, passing the target and continuing landward for ten minutes.
It then made a 180 degree turn, resuming its original course and firing
on the target again. The cruiser moved at about 28 knots and*
showed remarkable maneuverability. The two escort vessels followed the
cruiser without firing an the target. (See sketch 6.)
Attachment 1: Chart of Arkhangelsk area.
Attachment 2: Chart of Arkhangelsk area
Attachment 3: Chart of Arkhangelsk area
Attachment 4: Ten photographs of part of Arkhangalsk
S-E-C-R-E-T
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Naval Base and Barracks in Arkhangelsk.
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17N USSR N. EUROPEAN RSF3R ARi:'r1ANGEL OBLAST SOLOMBALA
64 35 N 40 31 E FINNISH SHIP. LOADING LUMBER AT SAW-
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64 39 N '+O 32 E INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ON WEST CHANNEL BANK ON
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61 39 N 4O 32 E NEAR BERTHING AREA ON SOUTHERN TIP.
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