RESTRICTED ZONE NEAR MAKOPSE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A055800260001-4
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 23, 1960
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the lryioaage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 783 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to An unauthorised person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Krasnodar Kray) REPORT
SUBJECT Restricted Zone near Makopse DATE DISTR. 23 August 1960
NO. PAGES 1
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
escrp ona a s e c o e
res r c e area w c was s ua ed just north of the Makopse RR station
along the railroad line between Sochi and Tuapse. The site was rail-served,
enclosed by a barbed-wire fence 2.5 meters high, and covered an area
approximately one kilometer square. Also contained in the report is a
description of the Krasnodar/Novorossiysk highway construction begun in
19+9 and a location sketch of a submarine base in Gelendzhik `possibly
N 4+4-34, E 38-037?
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USSR (Krasnodarskiy
Kray, RSPSR}
Restricted Zone
located near Makapse
DATE OF REPORT: 26 July 1960
RBSTRICTE? ZONE LOCATED NEAR MAKAPSE
L. A restricted area was located some 500 meters north of the
Makapse railroad station (N 4k-02, B 39-10), Krasnodarskiy
Kray, RSPSR; a village by the sane name was approximately one
kilometer northeast of this restricted area. (For location
of this area, refer to sketch No. 1, overlay of Soviet map
of Krasnodarskiy'Kray, on page 4 .) This zone was near a
mountain and occupied an approximately one-kilometer long
tract parallel to the railroad line which led northward from
the Makapse railroad station to Twapse; it was about one
kilometer in depth (i.e., from west to east) and its northern
boundary was formed by a small river (name not known) which
emptied into the Black Sea. The area was surrounded-by a
barbed-wire fence, about two meters high, topped by another
half meter of barbed-wire which angled inward. There were
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two entrances in the portion of the wire fence which faced the
sea; one was for personnel and the other for a railroad spur
which connected with the railroad leading to Tuapse. Within
the restricted area, the railroad spur diverged into two spars,
one longer than the other: the shorter spur entered a tunnel
(see sketch No. 2. on page 5 ).
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2. Within the zone one could see that the mountain had been out
vertically and that a tunnel, approximately six meters wide and
seven meters high, had been constructed in the mountainside;
as stated above, a railroad sour entered the tunnel.
Stationed along the longer
railroad spur were two separate groups of railroad cars,
irregular in shape; they were completely covered with tar-
naulins down to the ground
each group of oars was from to 40 motors long the approx-
imate length of three railroad cars) and some four meters high.
Judging by the shape of the covering tarpaulins, the center
portion of each group resembled a flat car with artillery;
the anterior and posterior portions resembled ordinary rail-
road cars with high sides. Guards were on duty beside each
group of cars.
3. In the area along the river bank could be seen a row of eight
identical wooden barracks, about 30 meters long and eight
meters high; the first one, which was visible from the rail-
road line, had 14 windows, approximately 1.20 meters wide and
1.40 meters high. Between the barracks and the river were
seven or eight gray. quadrangular army about ten meters
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and tents served as billets or na who were
garrisoned in the area.
4. On the barbed wire fence which surrounded the area was a sign
which read "Prohibited Zone" (Zapretnaya Zona); the words
were inscribed on a white background in letters 60 x 40 centi-
meters in size. At the rear of the area (i.e., the portion
nearest Xakapse) there was an athletic field with parallel
bars, a basketball court, and other sports equipment.
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5. The naval forces garrisoned in the area wore navy blue uniforms
and round white navy caps. All the sentries were armed with
rifles.
6. There were no buildings in the Makapse railroad station; two
railroad cars without wheels, situated by the sea, housed the
railroad offices.
7. Set forth below is the legend for sketch No. 1. overlay of
Krasnodarskiy Kray
(1) Krasnodar-Movorossiyak h
The shoulders were between two and
meters wise and the ototal width of the road, in- 50X1-HUM
cluding the shoulders, varied between 16 and 17 meters.
The total thickness of the roadbed was some 60 centimeters.
It had three layers of asphalt: the first layer, from
10 to 12 centimeters thick, was made with coarse gravel;
the second, some six centimeters thick, was made with
fine gravel, and the third, between four and five centi-
meters in thickness, was made with very fine aravel and a
in the month of November alone, six or seven o=
meters of roadway had been constructed. All the laborers.
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camps had been se up along the highway. This highway 50X1-HUM
construction project was of military interest and, on
several occasions
mili vary o cars visited e conerruernon
site; ey were especially interested in bypassing cities
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of the visiting officers was an MPD colonel.
r(2) Submarine base in Qelendzhik: It was said that a sub-
marine base, with submarine shelters constructed above the
(3) Restricted zone near Makapse.
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Sketch No. 1
of Kraanodarah&
Nob'orossiysk
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Sketch.of the restricted area
oca one. o barracks,, army..:ents,
etc.
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Barracks
Sentries
Q Army tent
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