PROPOSED EXTENSION AND REPAIR OF GERMAN BALTIC PORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001800060005-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 18, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/29 :CIA-RDP82-004578001800060005-5
CEt\ITRAL IN
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:i~ICE AGENCY REPGRT
Germany (~~us5~.~n .. ~lI~E~ITIrg-L
SUBJECT Proposed ~xtcn.ri.an ancr ar;epair of
German Baltic Ports
ACC~UIRED
DATE 0'< ~~
tart 1;3 r~5ay la1t~~ .General ~va;:hr-iin, head of the 't`ransport l~ep~,rtrnent of? B~FA .
JKarlr~Izox?st~ vans visited by a soviet oi'ficial tiatto had arrived the day bef o~?e.
by ~11at~e fram 'Tosco~r4 This o~f~cial,, ~ul~ose name could not be ascertained,
instruc.tec3 G-on~;ra~. ~;vsshn:i.n ~Eo start uaor3~ i^u~edi.ately on -the ropsir a~~d
e:cten.-f.on af' the fal3.ovr-in~; P.~lf;~.c ports: wlfasrti~y 8tralsur?d9 ~ostoc~:a ~?darnes?fi~rr~~e~
Greaf?,;walc?9 and aassi~it2 a Gener? hr~in thereupon instructed hiv dep~~t~~
far Worts =:ind tvatex?vaays, ~'rol?p ~.om~ent: Sucee:~soa? to y'e~'?to~:? ~nov ~~ tc~
?;ct :izi teach vrith `d4IlYaeber, ~~e~~.c~ csf rho :~a.-i.n ~'~drai.n~.stratf.on f?or Tr~.nspar~t, yaw
soon as kre siad pretaared the plan; f'or ttze necessary constx?uetf..c~nK 50X1-HUM
mu~:h of UhC. in~or:~t~.on ~.ven l.n t?sera was incarraeto Izr~ va~as subGequently
as'.ced by ~'rolop to assist h~.r~ in p:;~eparira~ a proper set af' nlarrs for each r3o~
p~~rt_raent cor~cernod. General ~~rasl~;;~.n outhari~eci an ina.tial a.~pendi.tur~ af? R~_~7
~~~~Gt30,00~7 fax? there unc~ertah:in8s,~ R:? 35000,000 0~ vrhich ~uas to be ~perat on
Ulismar, whf.ch rags liven pr:iorit~ ~a~?' the other ports. 'Th3.s expense z~~.l~. natu~
~?a~,ly k~e borr~b~r the Garman ~:corxarr?;yo T'hr~; project at t~isrnar invalves the x?epair
and e~stensf.on off' the old Ilol~;~zafc:n, `3'heapproaches ax?e to tie drec~~ed to acco~s
modate vessels ~vi.th a c~ra.u~ht o~ t~~ to seven m~''cersf,
Ides on thQ ~.ist ?rf pr~.e~ri~~ies is 8assn3.t~; the reavon ~,~.ven for granti,nf
pre~'erenti.al treatm~;nt to this m_~.aor port eras ?~ha.t tks~ h~x?bor f.s usuel~.y ice
gree for about swx tc~ ~i~''s'tt ~veek;F 14n~;er thaxr the other German Baltic portso
Sa ~"~?zen f,al2rsae~,rerr suC~estod r;er?ta;n ~oono^~ies in Ii'x?alopgs or~.~.na3. plan9 thQ latter
stated. that econorr;r vtias of litt;lc ir~;aortance, as all These projects were k~ein~
~ptat iota ef'f'ect gar tr?:~ltegica? ~easa:~a on the instructions ?~ ~~eraex?~.1 Kv~ashni.nat~
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~a ~'ith~.n two ds,ys, ~'x~o~.op px~er~ared ~ very skimpy ,set; of plans f'or the pox?ts :gin ~~ae,~a
t~.c~n 4.nd then shovaed -those to ~'9o1'Lwober