1. PORT AND INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION ON TALLINN 2. RADIO LISTENING BY TALLINN RESIDENT

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• Publication Date: June 13, 1958
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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION 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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USSR (Estonian SSR) REPORT
SUBJECT
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. Port and Industrial Infctrmation DATE DISTR.
on Tallinn
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Radio Listening by Tallinn ResidentagI RAGES 4
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
REFERENCES
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. The port of Tallinn had three harbors: the Commercial Harbor fOid HarboE71
the Fishing Harbor, and the New Harbor. The northern pier of the Old Harbor was
used as a mooring place for four cruisers in the wintertime. The cruisers were
tied up two by two. In the summer, cruisers were tied up at this place when
there were more than three in the port at one time. The first three cruisers
would lie anchored in the roadstead with at least six destroyers always around
them. The inner part of the harbor was used as a mooring place for destroyers
and smaller warships in both winter and summer. Twelve was the largest number
of destroyers observed at any one time. In the past few years a submarine salvage
vessel (KOMMUNA?) had been observed at the northern end of the north pier.1
The eastern basin of the Old Harbor was the only part of the port of Tallinn
which was used by commercial vessels. The only ships observed in this part of
the harbor were Soviet and satellite commercial vessels. The eastern basin
was equipped. with about ten cranes, of which five had a ten-ton capacity and
five a capacity of 14 to three tons. In additionathere was a 60-ton floating
crane located in the basin. The southern breakwater had been dredged away.
No dredging activity had been L'".ecently17 observed, but divers regularly cleared
the harbor,
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The Fishing Harbor waS used only by rather small trawlers. The New Harbor
consisted of the Seaplane Harbor, the Shipyard Basin, and the Naval Harbor
There was a rather large battery of heavy antiaircraft artillery by the
Seaplane Harbor in the eastern part of the New Harbor. In 1956jthe number
of pieces was estimated at 50. The pieces were camouflaged in green. A 50X1 -HUM
landing vessel of the MFP type was observed on a slip in this part of the harbor.
it was undergoing reconstruction as a
Subchaser. To the vest of the antiaircraft battery was located the Tallinn Naval
Shipyard (Factory No. 7). The shipyard had four building ways. Two rather
large landing vessels were being constructed on each way. In the three years
prior to 1957 source, who often visited the yard, had not observed any type of
vetsel here other than landing vessels. The length of these was estimated at
50 meters and the height at three meters. They resembled the MFP type. The
Naval Harbor at the western end of the New Harbor was used mainly as a base for
small warships. On several occaoions groups of about 16 MTBs were observed
entering and leaving this harbor.
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3. There was a naval shipyard at the tip of Kopli Peninsula.2 The yard was used
for the repair of small naval vessels, but commercial vessels had also been
observed undergoing repairs here. Possibly small naval vesSels were also
constructed there. On several occasions submarines had been observed entering
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harbor was used as a submarine base. Submarines had not been observed elsewhere
in the port of Tallinn and no newly constructed vessels had been observed
coming from the Becker Shipyard.
4. The-old Volta Ilmarinen factory had become Machine Factory No. 1 and produced)
among other- thingslcranes.3 The factory was directly subordinate to Moscow.
Directly west of the New Harbor was a factory for the production -of acetylene.
Northwest of the- civilian airfield and directly north of the railroad was
a-factory which was surrounded with the greatest secrecy and was strongly
guarded.
4 Within the submarine base (Becker Shipyard) was a rubber
factory which produced boots and other rubber products and which employed
about 300 men.5
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5. There was a rather large naval oil storage depot in a large concrete shed
measuring about.75 by 35 meters.6 The oil was transported to the shed by
railroad. On the east side of the eastern basin in the Old Harbor there were
several rather small oil tanks for civilian use. At Merivalja 59-29, E 24-5072
14 kilometers from the beach, there were eight to ten large oil tanks partially
hidden from the sea by oak trees. Beyond these tanks in the sea, divers had
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6. A submarine net extended from the east side of Paljassaar Peninsula to the
promontory north of Miiduranna .57 59-30.* E 24-427. The net lay on the surface
of the water and was held up by buoys. The net opening was on a line with the
Tallinn lighthouses on a bearing of 339.10 from the lighthouses. A guard vessel was
stationed directly north of the opening. A second net lay between the southern
end of Baissaar Island and the promontory at Kakumae Lk- 59-280 E 24-3.117. This
net was submerged about two meters below the surface. The opening in the net
was on a bearing of 66.6? from the Suurupi lighthouse Zi\T 59-280 E 24-227.
A guard vessel was stationed directly east of this opening.
7. A degaussing station for warships was located at Pringi ffl 59-31, E 24-47.
Destroyers had been observed passing through the station.
8. A frame of aluminum piping eight meters high and 40 meters long in the form
of lattice work with squares of about one-half square meter was observed at
Merivalja. The frame was placed 50 to 100 meters from the beach and was completely
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The inhabitants of Tallinn generally listened to the Finnish radio. There-
were several jamming stations to prevent this-0 but they could not interfere
with broadcasts from He1sink4among other places.
Comments:
1. The salvage vessel KOMMUNA was formerly stationed in Liepaja
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2. This is the Russian Baltic Shipyard No. 890,
3. The A.S. Ilmarine Factory is a machine manufacturing plant and the Volta
plant which is located nearby produces electrical equipment.
4. According to the location of this plant (No. 15)on the sketch, it is in the
same area as the Kingissepp Cellulose-Paper Plant.
5. This is probably the Pohjala Rubber Products Plant.
6. This depot is probably]ocated just to the west of the naval harbor.
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Legend to. Sketch of Tallinn
1. Commercial Harbor (Old Harbor)
2. Fishing Harbor
3. New Harbor
4. Baltic Shipyard
5. Submarine Base (Becker Shipyard)
6. Dredged away breakwaters.
7. Base for submarine salvage vessel (KOMMUNA?)
8. Mooring place for cruisers.
9. Mooring place for destroyers and small warships.
10. Harbor for commercial vessels.
11. Battery of,antiaircraft artillery.
12. Shipyard for construction of landing vessels (Factory No. 7 Tallinn Naval
Shipyard).
13. Base for motor torpedo boats and other small naval vessels.
14. Machinery Factory No. 1.
15. Secret factory guarded by the military.
16. Rubber factory.
17. Naval oil storage.
18. Oil storage for civilian use.
19. Eight to ten oil-storage tanks.
20. Submarine net on the,water surface to the point north Mliduranna.
21. Antiaircraft batteries in groups.
22. Approximate locations of four radar installations.
23. Newly built railway to Jarve.
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