PORT INFORMATION: BATUMI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A006100190001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 30, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 20, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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This mate. al cousins iafosmafioa the
INFORMATION REPORT
Nt sorrel Defense of the United States wifhIn the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, a 18, U S.C.
PREPARED AND DISSEMINATED BY
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SUBJECT
DATE DISTRIBUTED 25X1
20 April 1959
Batumi
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SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT # 25X1
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X1
`FTC OFFICE OF NAVAL TO
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1.
2. Alphabetical Designators in connection with information contained in
this report, ecif.'ic rots of interest are 25X1
referred to herein by the following alphabetical
A. Temporary Berth
A
Berth B. ~.Yrth
C. Soviet tankers
D. Soviet tankers
E. Soviet freighter
F. Soviet tanker
G. Soviet passenger ship
H. Soviet passenger ship
1. Railroad yard
J. Path of entrance
K. Drop anchor
L. Unidentified object and activity
M. Greek Orthodox Church U ib
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The pier was contracted of cement with a
planked flooring. the waterIs depth was 31?. Two 25X
nests of approximately 20 pipes each were located one on each side of the
pier.
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Small guard shacks and storage4houses.w-ere loco ong
this area of the mole, and a narrow asphalt io6d ran the length of the
mole.
NAVY Review Completed 25X1
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personnel on short term active duty (excepting individuals who are normally full-time employees of CIA, AEC, FBI, State or Defense) unless the wri
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1. Merchant ships ~ Soviet tankers of 10
thousand tons deadweight were co?tinuous],y berthing at designators C and
D to discharge crude oil which vas piped immediately to the refinery.
Soviet
freighter berthed at designator S. a Soviet tanker
discharging at berth designated F. a Soviet
passenger ship berthed at designator G. a
large Soviet passenger ship berthed at dealpmtm H. Thi --q ship was a
farmer German ship. On board were Bast German tourists.
miscellaneous small craft, tugs, an
barges.
5. Batumi Naval Base and Shipyard ?Dr~8SHII~SRI"
presence of two PCB in subject harbor
6. Railroad Yards (freight and passenger trains
and terminating at railroad yard designated I
trains composed entirely of -ms-oll tank cars
the engines were diesel.
lights mounted on tail,, steel stilts were used to in
railroad yard.
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e. Shore activities St. Nicholas Greek
Orthodox Church located at designator M. After the Revolution this
church had been closed and then used as a warehouse. It since has been
reopened and used for a mixture of religious services.. Three priests
one speaking Greek, another Russian, and the third Gearg1an
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