LENINGRAD - ONEGA CANAL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R000600120011-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 26, 2012
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: June 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/26: CIA-RDP80501540R000600120011-6
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its content."
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SECRET/CONTROL US OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
USSR (Leningrad Oblast)
Leningrad - Onega Canal
REPORT
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The canal from Leningrad (N 59-55, E 30,-15) to Lake Onega (N 61-30, E 35=00)
is being dug deeper, and cement sides are being installed in places where
wood has been used. The canal eventually will be able to take vessels up to
4,000 DWT. At present, a fully loaded ship of 2,800 DWT can use the canal
between Leningrad and Petrozavodsk (N 61-49, E 34-30), and can continue
to the White Sea in ballast. When work on the canal is completed, a ship
of this size will be able to proceed from Leningrad to the White Sea with
full load.
2. The Soviet merchant ships URITSKIY and VERESAYEV are regularly used in traffic
between Leningrad and Petrozavodsk.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/09/26: CIA-RDP80501540R000600120(11-6
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