OBSERVATIONS IN THE PORT OF SIBENIK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007400680001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 18, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Yugoslavia
Observations in the Port
of Sibenik
DATE OF INFO.
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DATE ACQUIRED
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DATE DISTR. 18 July 1955
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OUNCE ^V LUATION1S ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
1. while navigating in S. Antonio canal leading into Sibenik harbor, it was
noticed that the sea enters into three caves excavated in the rock on
the right side of the channel going into the port proper. The estimated
draught at the entrance of these caves is about two meters. Each cave
or tunnel, immediately after the entrance, has a sidewalk running
laterally to it which is about one meter wide and the three caves commu-
nicate with each other.,
2. Outside the first cave on the right side, on a small open clearing, there
was the following equipment:
a. One compressor for the operation of pneumatic drills;
b. One generating unit to provide lighting power for the cave; and
c'. One beat with diving equipment.
All this equipment was guarded by an armed soldier.
3- Wooden barracks may be seen among the trees on the right side of the
port. These are also guarded by armed soldiers.
4. The following naval craft were observed in port in the La Maddalena
military zone:
a. One MAS armed with a 40 mm machine gun and two torpedo launching
tubes;
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b. Two motorships for military transports armed each with two heavy and
several light machine guns. The D.W. of said ships is estimated
about 600 tons. The Yugoslav Navy has a total of twelve similar
ships which have been built in Yugoslav shipyards.
c. One stall motor tanker (about 600 tons D.W.) armed with heavy and
light machine guns.
Both on arrival and departure, the local police checked the ship's paper
and those of the crew. While in port the ship waslkept under surveillance
by an armed soldier.
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