PORT OF NAKHODKA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A033700610001-0
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 5, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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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.'
COUNTRY. USSR (Far East)
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
DATE DISTR. 5 April 1957
NO. PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT
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annotated layout sketch of the port area is also
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s The depths of the harbor, at leas *at the point where the
cocked, exceed 30 ft., as the ship's draubht was 29 it. 9 inches when same
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sailed in laden. The mole where the~ shin docked, can receive -7
shios of 3.000-9.000 tons in capacity.
Light-houses and fanals: Same are shown on hand drawin,;. Their positicnc
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are apn,roxina.te ones, as tiie drawing was made out from
The dotted line on the drawing, shows the approximate course of the
shin from the -,point where same was received ~;y the pilot till anchoring sear
the point it docked at the mole.
-Tour (L) rierchanise warehouses i1ade of bricks, were seen near the dock
where thel (ship moored.
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ship docked, is served by a railroad trac':. This
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track is connected with Vladivostok on one of its directions.
1:1any cranes were seen on the mole where the 'hin docked.
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electric ones, old, most p ro::abl5' of Russian make, mo%in:; on iron rails and
turnip at least 2/3 of the circle. there must be
about forty (L0) of them there, at least ten (10) of which rust be of lj tons
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hoisting power. The rest are aialler in size.
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lour (4) tub boats - two large and two small ones - were observed. The
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ship made no use of a tug-boat; neither upon its arrival, nor upon
its departure. Ili passenger ship (ferry boat) was further observed. This makes
regular daily trips to Vladivostok.
Four (4) soviet sub-marines and two (2) coast guard vessels were oL;served
being anchored near the mole of the naval base. Details were not observed.
Upon he ship's arrival, the Captain signed ready-siade 'declarations '-ri L-h
regard to armament, ammunitions, radio sets, pigeons, etc., but no search was
carried'out.on board.the ship by,either the security or the customs, nor were
the members of the crer: going ashore subjected to any search. The ship was
guarded day and night throughout its stay in the harbor, by three (3) no1_ice-
men armed with pistols. These guards stood on the mole at the hors, the stern
and near the ladder.
The crew were free to go ashore on the basis of their seamen's booklets and
a Hass perforated into two harts. The guard at the ladder, after cheching tie-
identity of the man going ashore on the basis of the picture on his seaman's
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booklet, kept one of the two parts'of the pass, which he surrendered to
the seaman upon his return to the ship.
The area around the port, is distinguished for being very rocky. i,Iountains
and rocky hills, as well as thick green areas around the port, are shown on
the hand drawing.
The monetary unit in circulation is the ruble.
Supplyin; one's self with any articles, is quite disadvantageous. Dines
of the local populace, were observed outside of stores, to supily themselves
with food-stuffs on rations.
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1. The dock where the ship moored.
Approximate point where the ship docked.
3. i.iole used by battleships.
Li.. :Javal Base
A. Areas where labo rers w r naa ed in cleaninn un tr
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5. A small mole for ships of small draught. This was
mainly used by ferry-boats making trips to Vladivostok
B. A small island.
C. Building under construction. Probably a SILO.
D.
6. A semaphore station.
:Mountains, hills or rocky areas.
Trees.
E. Area where villas and a hospital were observed.
F. Mocks of appartments.
A factory. It is not known what same manufactures.
H. Small communities.
I. Approximate position of the seamen's recreation
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