PORT OF NOVOROSSIYSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007600800009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 12, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT I NFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law
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COUNTRY U& W (Krassoda.t.? Kral' )
SUBJECT Port of Novoross.iysk
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there were a small wooden sloop
ship was in No,vorossi -sk earl-. ; a t' ril 1955
and a ' r, v large uE: boa
In the port
an icebreaker
2. After having rounded the outside of tie red- b1 xLker buoy in. the position. 25X1
N 44-40, E 37-50,at a distance of about one.-half nautical mile, the ship
is steered toward the harbor entrarre o?; id a range markers. The range
markers are two green lights, of,~jrhich the outer is an intermittent 25X1
light on the end. of the eastern:,obie.. The pilot comer aboard about
one and one-half nautical miles from the harbor entrance.
3. Dage from the lost war is still vixsi.ble iu Novcrossi.ysk. There are.
several apparently new public buildings in t,,p city art d on the out-
skirts, a large number of sail. buildings have been ereetec,... The
remaltnls of several piers were observed, some old wrecked ships had
been hauled up on land, and ter. old ship boilers were moored to buoyE
in the harbor. Grain was being l_oades . from a concrete pier about 80C
Peet long. There was one two-story building along the entire length
of the pier. Into this bu_l.1ding runs a conveyor belt which transports
the grain from the mill to three loading chutes on the. quay. These
chutes are movable and can be used anywhere along practically the
entire length of the pier. Two f:ioating cranes were in the port,,
each with an estirted hoisting capac.ty of 30 tons,.
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COUNTRY LS+ ti (i r x, .tsj'aCl~'_Y' .ti? ay)
SUBJECT 1"cr=_ t or . ovoros3i. Tsk
s. Aug"t 1955
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rl~i} a in tovorossi ak early in Apr ti.19` 7 a_rl t'r1e port
tnere wer? ~? ;nu1:.l ! woi,c7.~ n sloop
and a fairly large tugboat
2. After hnvt g a:oue.^aed the outside of the red blinker burn, :_i -Position
N 44-1+0, i ;?'(-..5) ;,t a distance of about tug-half na'uticl. 'a xk11a, the ship
its s tees t d t.c:rwra.;_ iii the harbor entrnnee on the range The ru. nge
markers a.r : two ights,oZ~(tich the outer is as .intt? t~.t t t: eu t
light on t.:b: 1 :. the easterai ie. The pilot comes aboard about
one and ore' a aut.i ea-11 miles from the harbor entrauct
3. Damage from the i.ti,t wax, is still visible in No yax-ossj_y h : `i`h : i'c arc
several appa rer.t !. ci new public buildings in the city awl o l Ale oi t?-
skirts, a 1.a. L_ ge ti ber? of small buildings have been ere u; ti .. The
r e m m i s e of aevsr .:l. piers were o b r s e r v e d , some old wrecked t~hip : had
been hauled up or,. loud, and ten old ship boilers were moo::?ed to buoyts
in the ha.rtbur. . + e'u tc w4" a being loaded frog a concrete pier about 8o0
feet longs There wat3 one two-story building along the entire :Length
of the pier ''.vto !-'1,i3 building mans s. conveyor belt wl3i.u:t t ?rarz.`cport.?+
the grain f a1,;-, i11 t. three loading chutes on the quay. `lhecr?
chutes are moyi,.'ble and can be used anyrthere along pri c it.t cal Ly thc;
entire length of the pier. Two floating cranes were ia the puntp
each with an est. ;tt A:i hoisting capacity of 30 ton".
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