PORT INFORMATION: KHERSON

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A007000670001-0
• 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: July 30, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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ce At the anchorage, agrey, 50' surveillance boat with a "heavy machine
gun" mounted on a tripod on the bow and a crew of two to four men patrolled
the area.
___]the quay is a stone masonry structure with a two-thousand-foot face
and a width of about 1750, Two railroad tracks run the length of the quay.
b. Stevedores in gangs of 15-20 worked the usual three eight-hour shifts
around the clock. Women were used as cleaners and samplers, Work of the.
stevedores was evaluated "very good." 25X1
the women worked very hard and good."
5. Merchant Vessels
chant vessels of about 500 tons each.
new Soviet ships: "They are
2500 tons and are built in Lenin?ad.
6. Naval vessels the only naval vessels observed in subject
port were tliee to five small patrol craft which were seen entering and
departing the Kosrevaya River.
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loaded by women onto the. quay
Harbor Craft Ferry boats
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8. New Construction many quonset-type buildings
are being constructd vhiich would be used to house "soldiers-"
The three "new Russian" freighters were berthed nearby and were. apparently
offloading building material and general cargo About
ten cranes are located in this area "Lots of new 25X1
construction" was noted throughout the city- most of this
new construction to be housing.
9. Miscellaneous
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oal was brought to the quay by truck and un-
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prostitutes o I / mw people vere'valking in th $ eta',
but they. are not happy, they are poor, and 70% do not the Gists,
cks are in operation 25X1
a. Approach route via the akai River rather the usual northe= route
through the Sams Ruach
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personal articles are WXY aveo
near Russian vessels., t "ora l , and now q is t-ty,
structures" could possibly have been located In parson shipyard.
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