DANUBE RIVER PORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007300540002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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to that aqpOrimeod on provio'D tripod. The dip me all1od to dopart in
the GVM1XM but mo :?wood by fog and dog ooo to anoho43 for the niaht
at the fifiq-firot mile, The chip o?ntinLd upotroam the 2?ll@wis3 mornis3e
6 Fo a At Rog, t'o Sovio ~ shipo Ml@9diM iron
2a G latig, Tao Roman patrol baits were coon at Galati* The ehiprtrds, at25X1
U we ^o anti o' ' Mootrie welding and air h oro word boing mod in
conotructione River bavgoo with th o or fow holds mid 1 tinboato
wore on the we ro Ga ora1 lighkro in tho otooko worn being ohookodo
Botwoon 04ati and Braila another Rt aian patrol beat wee soon hoading 25X1
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3. Braila t The chip amivod in Rrdil a of 1600 hours on 6 Fobr o Following,
the. e trots which sae otrictor "thin that of a pre ioue visits the ship25X1
moorod alongside the qua N o o n e ' a? al.lcrod off the ship the firot
nights The folio de*s in accordance with igaetruotioa o from the
custom offioors the ship 8 s captain and one-third of the e o was all wed
off the ships Te crew-was per%iitted chore from 1400 to 1800 ho'sg 25X1
ships office : could be asho re 'fr m 1900' to 2000 hot o onlyo
There we're five cranes of .3-ton capaai* moving on raffle for a distane of
150 motors along ?ai.les" wharf in front of the trenoit.warehouses and
the large gain elevator., These ekaneo treneport goods from the ware- 25X1
houses and load them on the ship s; th r were operated-by both men and
women., Mobile tractor cranes with Cseehoalovakian Teo rq trademarks were
uaed to oarx7 goods from distant' s arehouses to the q ? where other means
were used to load the goods aboard ship,* The were one or two floating 25X1
grain elevators, sheet iron lighterss'from which grain was transferred to
the ships by means of a vacuum system. To t boats were observed at work
in that portion of the harbor fronting on the 'grain elovatoroo
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5. Since Braila is within the Soviet occupation zones Soviet ships in
passenger service on the Danube" launches" and other vessels use a separate
pier at which passengers and crew can embark and debark without being sub-
Jost to controls
6. There were six Rumanian s eedboats docked at the quay. Thew were of about
30 tons displacements tank and air force insignia on the 25X1
uniforms of the Soviet officers and soldiers seen in Braila. On Sunday
the Soviet officers and soldiers organize excursions on the Danube River.
Two jet planes were seen flying northward during the three day the ship
was in the harbors
7. Rumanian boats sail twice a week between Braila and Sulina. There is boat
service four or five times daily between Braila and Galati. There are
also boats from Braila to Macho about two miles distant,
8e ship loaded cement at Braila. The loading started one hour
after the. ship moored alongside the quapr and continued day and night.
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