SHIP RUNS AGROUND IN THE APPROACH TO SULINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007300540001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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to Oa1ati via the Minn - with of the Danube i o Tho
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The captain of this motorboat wore a. unifom similar to that of Soviet
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higher at the bow than in the sterns tea: painted a light groy Colors toad
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at both bw a2d oto=o
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aid of a o(~bvog t"mat o .0 no : i vrd on the evening of the f olio .
dim and freed the ship . in about'om-half howo ? ag the tip that the
ship was aground Ono-02 the eaatomi, gwrd boato otayed in the vioinityo 25X1
After the salvage one of these boats follo'od the ship into Salina
A middle= god man by tho name of Al?koonder Vasil,iyevioh was captain 'of
the sao1.vage tugo The t n was about 40 meters longs slightly'higher at
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the bow than I' the stern, and painted a light gray color. There was a
sheet metal btubr rk, 60 cm high, around the d eck3 it had scuppers at the
base for clearing water. The turn had radio direction finding treats
It had no armament.
During the salvage operations a Soviet plane coming from the direction
of Odessa flew very high over the ship.
7. Control and Security Measures at Sulina: The crew was assembled in the
main ca and the Ship sear . e monepr and cigarettes, with the
exception of a daily ration of ten cigarettes per man, were put in a
cabinet which was then sealed. At Galati the ship and crew were subjected
to the same formalities,
8. ~ sailing on the Danube River a red colored
ore was being transported to the Soviet on in lighters towed by Soviet
tugboats e
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