OBSERVATIONS OF SOVIET SHIPS IN THE BALTIC SEA AND THE GULF OF FINLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A041100170001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 14, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the IInited States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, II.S.C. Secs. 793 sad 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (
Ba
ltic
REPORT
SUBJECT Observ
at
ions oP Soviet Ships in the
DATE DISTR.
1~ March 1958
Baltic
S
ea and t}ve Gulf of Finland
NO. PAGES
1 50X1-HUM
REFERENCES
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
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Description
RI~CA?-cl,asa escort vessela~
engaged in firing prat ce.
Formation of Soviet ships including one
destroyer; two RIGA-class escort vessels;.
three KRONS~ADT-class submarine chasers.
speedboats.
Two SVERDLOV-class cruisers..and six KOTLI -
class destroyers
Those observed on were
engaged. in firing prat ce.
Three RIGA-class escort vessels
Eight submarines and two cruisers in
Leningrad; two ship
and two sail training
vessels in Daugavgriva.
STATE X ARMY ][ NAVY
Fei
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