AIRDROME AT DZHUSALY, RAILROAD BRIDGE AT SARATOV, RAILROAD TUNNEL NEAR DZHAMBUL, AND INUNDATION OF KZYL-ORDA IN FEBRUARY 1949

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• Publication Date: August 13, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
IO tF DENTIAL
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Airdrome at Dzhusaly, Railroad Bridge at
Saratov, Railroad Tunnel near Dzhambul,
and Inundation of Kzyl-Orda in February
1949
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 13 August 1954,
NO. OF PAGES 5
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
2. Page 1, paragraph 1: Dzhusaly is located in the Kazakh SSR.
On page 2, paragraph 4, read Berkazan for Byer-Kazan.
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COUNTRY USSR DATE DISTR. 21 JJmr 1954
Airdrome at Dzhusaly, Railroad Bridge at
SUBJECT Saratov, Railroad Tunnel near Dzbul, NO. OF PAGES 4
afld-Inundation of Nzyl Orda in February
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1. AIRDROME AT DZHVSALY /FT 45-28,E 611.057 Tai SSR:
Regimental Officer, Lt. LEONOVreturned
to duty stat Austria
from furlough in USSR in
,
October.1953 he was compelled to wait for eight hours
for a plane,a usa y airdrome. Lt. LEONOV boarded a two -motor
transport plane at Moscow, stopped at Dzhusal airdrome for eight,:
hours, then nroaeded to Tashkent.
2. RAILROAD BRIDGE .AT SARATOV:
The bridge was located southeast of Saratov.
The railroad over the bridge was single-track. Trains were stopped
at approaches, tire boxes were checked by railroad. guards "to see
that no live coals would fall on wooden bridge".
this bridge was a "temporary" wooden bridge).
10 minutes, then moved acroso-very slowly.
bridge as over one,ktX
,fir age clearance over Volga River as
eas 10-19 passenger cars
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3. RAILROAD TUNNEL NEAR DZ AMBUL A 42-55s 71--237:
Annex A, Chatkal'skiy Range
pinpointe oca on o su jec tunnel:
Point_# 1. Dzhambul
Point # 2. Railroad Station 1Kaymak, 30 km. from Dzhambul
Point # 3. Tunnel. Tunnel was approximately one-half kilometer
off. Walls of tunnel were constructed of cemented
stone. Train passed through tunnel at 40 km. per hour,
took one minute to get through. Approaches were guarded
by armed NVD railroad guards. Tunnel was arched, had
five meter overhead clearance. Tunnel was out into the
side of a hill approximately five kilometers beyond
Maymak railroad station, Point 2, in the direction of
Chimkent A 42-18, E 69-3 7.
Point # 4. Single railroad track to Chimkent
INUNDATION OF KZYL-ORDA ,' 44-48, z 65-287 AREA IN FEBRUARY 1949:
the Tashkent Infantry Officers' School
00 students were alerted, ran five kilo-
meters to Tashkent railroad station, and entrained for Kzyl-Orda
for damming upa river break-through which inundated Kzyl-Orda.
Train stopped at railroad station Byer-Kazan, 20 km. from Kzyl
Orda. As soon as the students detrained, they were put to work
filling bags (dropped by aircraft) with earth. Water was already
in the streets of Kzyl-Orda when they arrived.
10,000 troops in Kzyl-Orda area engaged'in u ng ear, -
wor s southeast of this city, Damming the overflow ;of the Syr-
Darya river lasted 10 days. The surrounding terrain was flat. 25X1
See Annex B which shows extent of inundation. Cause of flooding
was break through of Syr-Darya river through unfinished section
of canal. The canal was separated from river by an earth dam.
a Byer-Kazan' railroad station
this event was never published in Soviet newspapers.
Annexes:
A.
RR.Tunnel
CHATKAL'SKIY RANGE, Pinpoint Location of
Be
rea.
ARAL'SKOYE Sea, inundation of Kzyl-Orda
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Annex A:
nPo n - Location of RR T.0: atmAse'vp
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Annex B:.
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nun on ? izyl-?rda A 44-48,,.E 65-27 Area
Aral'sk? - Sea,
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