1. ABANDONMENT OF THE DANUBE-BLACK SEA CANAL 2. RUMORS OF NEW CANAL PROJECT

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CIA-RDP82-00046R000400240008-3
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C
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2
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December 15, 2016
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May 8, 2001
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8
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Publication Date: 
December 1, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2001/11/23 : CIA-RDP82-00046R000400240008-3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT !his material contains information affecting the Na- :tionAl.Defense of the United States within the mean- ing of the Espionage Laws.' Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 704, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is prohibited by law. COUNTRY Rumania SUBJECT l,, Abandonment of the Danube-Black Sea DATE DISTR. 1 December 1954 2e Canal Rumors of a New Canal Project NO. OF PAGES 2 DATE OF INFO THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN DINS REPORT AN MINIM THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (KOR KEY SEE R!VlSE) 3-o2,-d+o6 756.15 756.122 12152E 60M CIA ?ann .1i.f.;F..?:_ _. :,.,r:__.,,.1 by " 71%- ", FialJ .IId.,' f `bY - - V V4 25X1X Approved For Release 2001/11/23 : CIA-RDP82-00046R000400240008-3 25X1A CONFIDENTIAL DEFECTOR RECEPTION CENTER SUBJECT 1. Abandonment of the Danube-Black Sea Canal 2. Rumors of a New Canal Project DATE OF INFORMATION THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION DATE DISTR. 27 Oct 1954 NO. OF PAGES 1 1. In September 1953, when construction of the Danube-Black Sea canal was abandoned, the 80 km. stretch from Capul Midia fN- 44.21, E 28-47 to Cernavoda ZN- 44-21, E 28-0 had been dug to a depth of one meter. The planned depth had been 7.0 m. Priority had been given to the construction of installations at Midia and Cernavoda, with the digging of the canal ditch to be left until the last, because of its simpler construction." In spite of the fact that five years had been spent on the construction of the canal, no part of it was completed. 2. Although Source knew of no new canal projects, rumors circulated from time to time that a pre-World War II canal project would be reactivated, namely, a canal to run from the Dambovita River at Bucharest to the Danube, thus making Bucharest a port. CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2001/11/23 : CIA-RDP82-00046R000400240008-3