RECONSTRUCTION OF THE PORT OF FIUME

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200560010-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 13, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELUGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COUNTRY Yugosia? i ,
8J ~" EC`s -fteonstraction of tea
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R o tziiction Of -t of F.aa m d of e. i t Uations, destroyed
by the Ge n in April 19h5, is 'being Mwried ? t the ?t of
d. tiwa of affioe the eaa av _jtary .datnistratjon ( jA
70i nee Uprav? . ago-Va ska Armi e) , This office is ~ directed by m xx tai
Xckkoc who is in direct contact wit %, the hem of J&g ",,are f oij e vac
JA h created sr. o a Ovation kmrx as the a .t , te- Dispect a.te
headqmrt in the Mezzo ezzo A 3.an to handle pl.ta fqr to s,
Lion and r a, effectuation of plans, supez ionz Of works and the
pa? cti ??lar do as 1 olveda Headw of the ;q,, ti Inspectorate a a8
n LAS vi, ml.iita- repre a wive of JA; a =Wridaing
en n k., Er .nee tiffs vioh , Director of "'o im, tr n Cioi .Sa
Ply-fig Officer,, Emirvwar ToffL- At the be zt representatives
ce
the Coy. .tate pair Cittadim an indas1 is 'fie included in the
M a tai :t e f o r te, but s i n e s . they pjA~vd - IM 1.1miortant role tk r
Execution o f w o r k , a f t e r I fl I J A ha:a rec:eiv approve ;l from Belgmde, m d
t,ranat tted it to the Maritime lnspectorate,, is If.,osed out to 1 .vate
A? which bid d etitiec . In actuality in pabl c bidding every
method i followed to favor Yag a ~k v firm and 1 di c~_ to asaixrs?4,
:ii s of Fiume d tria. Frogae tly in + rh out
a peotor te, wikp ASP UA9
inatead of uald e of the Marltim refers' directly
t the tee3luai i work section of the Comiitate P? ptAare Cit t s, a
Fears rea Ltix ; in confusion and dissatiefractioua Ong th e various
fJ"keen.
3- The material mwm at ispcsiti for the woxl,: are completely insufficient
and there is no possibility of ob~ noc?aaary to eie in the near
Z iturea There Is only one -floatin crane of 16 tons, 4ex one of
'10 tons would be ? i.spensabie. IWo pile. dri ? a, one a compressed
air pile driver, the ether a sham pile driver,, h vs been * parted
to some. other :locality.. tic u ` eglent s~enn 9f tour divers
to the work has proved *e!ee . Dredges, grab cam; cwt mock mizem
e Zoo fad and of too s .1 di uansiona? Supply of India ensable raw
-matoria-Is such anent, bricks,, ,ckc, wood, sand And Um had been
wm a extremely difficz.t by a dlesa_: red tape Which 'eivesv rise to the
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interpretaticA that =9emi yed aabotage 16 in progress* Suppl1y is ?&aaes
rendered difficult b the hostility which esdsts between Cr _ and
Slwanes in the administrative offic ? F-apendittu on the *ork
run between 10-15 million lire a ar hi;r and are paid by VUJAL
Ccs i ti.+ in 3 ~ r ofb
Dim t Status Of
Notes fouowing- information on oor .tior of
in staf ati on-s and recd traetion of the ports of
M 9nd Sum is to be used i_ con imct3.on. eith
an overlay of the tarn pia: of iriumesuwk. (13 i.
,tion October 1944).5 The ov}-riv and tmn
p be obtained on loan from this office for
a limited period of time., There are also on- file
in this office sketohes showing the conditionaxe
extent of do lition d ge$ of the foi i s
Nspo1? YImrfi Genova wharf; Abrutra Quay; and,
the Cam. Breakasatero
b. The qua rs Nmhino) of the port of Fig e, t ecl 5#'6w motors rs and
i orporated 33 large war, houseap and about ,40 oramo, At the preewat
time only 2, 0140 > aters of the qua y& are a e ceab a e, h an g to a
Urge extent without warehouses and with only ten arms functioning;
two more win be functi orai..ng soon. of the 2#O O voters. 1400 meters
are not serviceable in practise because of suriker$" ship eckego near,
the gtaye which, for various t one, it has rot been possible to
cclvage or destroy. At the present tip 350 tors of the quays
(designated in yellow on the aocor Tying maps) a bei.a rani.
when repairs are finished the following wha `s (m al) and quay (rive)
designated in ya i1o and green respective4 *iil be serv1 eab1t
,one fifth of tie Petrolic port
Me half of the Scalo Legmal Quay (wood shed)
All of the former Tisza Quay (Zagrebaoks O )
one fourth of the form r Gwiuft Wharf (Gat Vladir a G ?ta )
bne fifth of the former Ancona Wbarf (Gat otoska Kesrsov&, Ja)
W of the Capitaaor: di Porto and t to r damic Wharf
(Gat Prvi Mai)
One fifth of tha to .tele i bo to
All of the former a ristoforo Colombo Quay (Splits , obaasla)
One 1f.' of the forms Caggat Br"kwatar (Lukob n Genre
Petra psi.) - -
The above in 1 de also the 4w motors > i e 9 in this, WaVaph Which
are .Tact appx'o a 1o because of thevrecks of se en ships.
Cor struction, firs now engaged in work in the po ; of u = ,as
Fwaor Soli. Wharf (tat V1 nit's "ao a) - the > i%M
. 'Engineer Sc of I4ubliana . th 30 workers
Former. ]lixzo Quay (W. sue) ., Cooporastivre i 1es of
QuUj3na with 25 workers -
IoBiCa on ?sari > hou - 14reaa Ci tt A na Fi u to
Vith''150 workers
Former Colombo Quay - Z m L1 jake firm of Zagreb with I
nor
r6rgi~kr ca pi atcr.?' (work oil the eraaneea) - 1mpre3a
Citing Fiume with ) works
Lass it card rct work such as the tom:; d z of the warehouses of the
form An=,L and Genova Wharfs - is c ad caul by about 100 rk0a
under the Technical. Work Section of the CPC Once a voiuntak" -
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work is ordered by the civil authorities in which about 3-4.9000
persons participate for three to four hours. ;;:nth the exception of
'Work done in clearing rubble this work service has little practical
e `a
useful result because of the inability of 'most of the workers 3 c.
fusion, lack of tools, etc.
Daily capacity of the port p when the two craves of the former Cagni
Breakwater have been repair. ed, will be about 1j,500 tons. There are about
200 skilled purl workers for loadin anal unloading ships. Ma,; it x..rae
traffic is limited to Yugoslav ships of medium torn p caxryl.ng goods
and material of U Ub origin and sometimes carrying, phosphates from
Tunisia. --here. is also a 'local traSfic tivith Da: tmatia and Istria
carried on with motor vessels (motov iieri) transporting coal from
AArsia, woods and various goods. Yugoslav Navy ships ems' eubm rines3 have
not. been observed v'ith the exception of a few ijxLne=eaj-ers or grazed
motor vessels which usually moor at the east end of the former lace.
deg1.i Abruzzi ruay (L,3ubljariok Oba1,a). Frequent =visits have boon
made to inspc ct the work in progress b, -)r Ho1jevat and other
Yugoslav officers, as well as b.y aassian technicians in cirri a son clothes.
None of these inspecting personnel sti.o`aed any teol?mieal coaaxaetanco.
7. Tho Poll ozring information describes the corresponding numbers on the
over-lay of the town plan of the ports of Flu Sn ak:,
.1.4 Throe large imatallic gaseline tars cons-witu14 nl bart of the
RUMS establishment (Raffineria petrol-.1o), have beer: repaired
(green). Another three nk.a are in en advanced state of
cons-truuction (yoflow). one, is completely destroyed. (read).
Sactions of they port desig nated in red a,,e not serviceable; rek'
circular syntho:s designate gaps caused by rth cue Sections
whoa n In green are serviceabio. The .ia?^ehouce near the port
i destroyed (red" ?ari th excal."Moh. of the part designated in
green Which is serviceable. The railroad spur c.e sign4od in
red is destroyed.
2. Half of the ;tole Le4;nami Quay is serer-_cr;ablo . (,Preen). A
new railroad spur has been cotstructed Ln.Lading to. t1le:. Scalo
Leg. n1. Quay. The section of the quay design: cad in red Was
destroyed and is not in functioning condition.
3, The srnall harbor of 3' aricirac.hio, as well as neighboring
buildings, is eo-2Taie tely destroyed (read). Red eir?cular?
symbols designate the larger gaps.
i. Of the two largo metallic tramps, one (red) is destroyedy one
(; r' en_) is serviceable. The serviceable tank is set up with
a jetty ('pontil e )? t .th punap for fueling ships With di.osel
eels, and i b c onnect c to the railroad icy a now ra'? lroad. sapur.
Former Piero Wharfs the west quay (red) is unswx i eable
because of two Taps and o i h