MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY DATA ON THE KURIL ISLANDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007600240001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 18, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the ispionage taws, Title
18, V.B.C. Sees. 793 and 704, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Kuril Islands)
REPORT
SUBJECT Miscellaneous Military Data on the DATE DISTR. 18 November 1955
Muril Islands
DATE OF INFO.
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1. At Kuhivabara the following details were noted:
a. Next to 'theAashiwabara wharf there was a shipyard for the repair
of.,4ae ' 1 ships.
b. Trisoks, motorcycles, bicycles, and Jeeps were seen in the town.
Roads were in a poor state of repair. Horses provided the chief
means of transportation.
c. Two or three 700 to 1,000-ton destroyers were at anchor in the
harbor at all times. Approximately 15 Soviet fishing vessels and
3900 to 5900-ton freighters were also in the harbor.
d. A soldier was observed carrying a portable telephone (sic).
e. About 50 infantry troops were seen, mostly officers and non--
comei.ssioned officers. The eommandine officer was a colonel,
f. There seemed to be an airfield on a small hill overlooking the
harbor. On two or three occasions an airplane was seen flying
at a high altitude.
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g. About ten Koreans were seen about the town.
h. A small motor boat ran between Kashiwabara and Tensu Jima (sic).
Shibotsu Island
2. At Niehiuratomari, the following details were noted:
a. The road in Nishiuratomari was in the same condition as when the
Japanese were there. It did not seem to have been repaired since.
Horse carts were the chief means of transportation, 0ccasionaJ.i.y
small trucks were seen.
b. There were about 40 to 50 infantry personnel in Nishiuratomari.
No motorized or mechanized units were seen.
c. No cultural facilities such as schools, theaters, and hospitals were
seen.
d. There were no berthing facilities in the harbor.
Shimushiru Island
3. $.Buroton Bay, the following details were noted:
a. There was no road at Buroton harbor.
b. There were two small ships in the harbor, and anchored or sailing
just outside the harbor was a 400 to 700-ton destroyer. There were
two minesweepers in the harbor and two naval sentries.
c. On the Pacific Ocean side of the harbor there was a watchtower with
a red and white flag.
d. There were about 20 soldiers stationed at Buroton. The commanding
officer was a major. The soldiers carried small submachine guns.
Three tanks were seen.
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