HARBOR ACTIVITY IN RIGA, STETTIN AND WISMAR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000600270008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 16, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
COWRY Poliah Athni istcr ed Area of G ty,
Latvi SSR, Gamy (Russian Zcn
OUEU . flhrbor Activity in R. , .a Stettin
and MUMMY,
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DONE:.
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DUST. 16 June 1947
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The capacity of Riga harbor is scheduled
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to be increased by
and nko n.tork ae load-
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e?d"i Fa7 pk pvy y f,o be PT fl'6Ided."J~ TTWi7'1 et^nnting this Iel 1 Coll
and new co=ncrete PAWS a marine 'ai.J.way.
,..c: t1.cn materi.a.l, i being shipped on an increasing ;ca "a L.)
-F m Rostock, Cranes, conveyer belts and an Unload. a? 7r
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bps. ,u `'~ c i rti were sent toRiga ga in early c` "".e'.".. The ?`s.. n 1.p . :.fn
R' ?ddg was taken from the Ost, a1enq . erIin.a
~... od YSdM i n s ` on:s and a'?at * E_ c. !?s y e`k.'r.. on the 8 01f e t Na V t:r, S 9101
."'i? The Poles are finding it increasingly difficult to keer
a.2_.c t as still active (April 1947),, in February, The FOR or coa 1
00 3~,~yY'W~;t:~~y a last two two large h.arbo5.~M dredges to Riga.
m ,.1led laborers wera
jn,,g, on the enlargement of Wismar barbar,.
1 *R 198 cargo handling capacity as one in.....a..
pv sept r.1ans cal...1. for that figure to be doub
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.ons and similar in ata lations ;; current cons,
progress has not, to date, included one or
,r{''?'? underground storage tanks and pressure
.r. e ~ harbor entry is possible for 7,000 ton
meter draught.
and tha S.
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ect,'.on. of alebo De.
ruction e `-"+rs On
limps" At O pre aer',
E',.-rection of the Vulcan-W rft AG formerly of Stettin, is under.' wa~
and the administrative buildings and construction offices nave
been finished, together with l fac _ft: es~ Two f loa.t1ri.;' docks
pf
,000 and .5,000 tons) of the Vulcan-Werft have arrived it s sstlR x a
ra r shops for submarines ., built by the
arhse uerttly enlarged severa_a. ' -.mea h e .6
and are nearly completed. Only' Soviet worker
this prof ot:.
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Date:
DDA Memo, 4 Apr 77
DDA. R:'G. 77/17a5
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Wlsm .r: In late parch, a r pronima gel 3,000
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to document contai do ation
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di United States wiif in t menning
Lf,` the dapionage Act,, 50, L.S.C. 31
and 32, as am edd Its transmission
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The 3,000 skilled German workers in Wismar belong to various
construction firms in the Russian Zone. The identities of these
firms are not known; on SMA order, they founded branch enterprises
for the express purpose of working on the Baltic harbors A great
number of forced workers are also earpioyed o These are.&rhitraril.y
selected by the Russians and detained for two to three i,reek reriods,
when they are released and replaced by new conscripts.
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