SEA APPROACHES TO AND PORT OF MEZEN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007500020011-2
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 22, 2013
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: January 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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dNFORIVIATOON REPORT
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SUBJECT Sea AI:?.oaches to and Port of Mezen
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e a.L.P.List, alined arer:s all tne ut.,s buen%canceled.
Orly off the 'C-anInoast peninsula) n tile :;ortiern i-.'rt of Lne
Set. is thore still a :...srohibiteti area.
2. On tho route from tne Varanger iiord as 71.5 Lezon
nccoatro1 by 'ovie na7a1 forces or coasL-guard sLatio.is waa obscrved;
even 'then the tilrec-Llile limit whs uce iuLaii crosea no .:atroi vos,Lels
apooared.
3. Off Kharlovka tile ship vas cJfalienred bj flash sicnal _ro- a boviet coasL
statio;.; nowever, as 1,10 inouiry in a,Asian ;,1,1 ?ot understood
no exttnanLe or sinals was orout:ht absut. As a mou.,L L..e s1Lna.1 sa-
ti .11 LesiEted fro- further sljrailn.-?
4, No wreci,s weco obse2ved durint the voya.,e; Ley .:;ave i;rodably been all
remove d.,
5. A new radio beacon nas been erected on Gape VoroL,ov, iue mdio beacon
rot:?ks on the 303.6 ic (98e. meters) wave; the call sippal is: D F
(-,0 The radio beacon is near Voronov ijht huuse.
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e b:\r south oZ buoy only Pe crossed by
vessoLs at hii_h 7ater as ta sand soars so-th of t4e and e.i.ennin?
as vs tht; Vicinity of the cc. t. are neither suryesfitior cnarteci.
ie Semzha lint buoy,- vessels :,:ust he nor uatil Lie hiloL
on boar. tne ovie lot stated, Laeio uoes
hie pilots avvilvble, as in -oat cases they ,aust be shohou for frff
This it is necessary to iraer Lae ,..:210t 44 ncurs beforo kik: is nui.;Uod.
10. T'.-43 fvir:ay to :ezcn is h.7arro dif.,loult to navi,,.%te
to Luc s'..,ron current. It is m.:ed y fef!..aiii beacons, buoys vau
peNih;cs. ::nchoria: is only ;eisible :in cerVi:. :laes as I-Q
is too aarrov. for stin:il,L w. ter.
11. Th. oviet ollot uorks reliably, :xuhently 0:)0,
it.m3w1cde of sevnship.
fo?:- berthin teve hre landing poAoons in .eLen, viz. at Lae
sa-cmial near 1Lenk.. all other berths are. aiA.tee ,11(1 canhct be
used. :ibre: :,edimi-sized ships can si;i:ulitneously lie vionside. Utaer
ships must anchor fhlivit one m- south of LC sunil of
13. Du:.1.n; the 1.;,y ,erioo of ifie Jermha stecir aian ships of diffemat
nadors vne hf-O to v,v.it up to or so.
14. The acldini (Touh, is bau nao there Is niso curre-it runninc u, to
7 zn s er 1-;ur. r:,nces fro.. 7 to i4 etors. ale .:z,er con-
trLns 5-a2 nrticles- miich ensily cause the v41Tes..
Jae c:rTb-hanolin. brie,.es at 1,io uork knd Ler' -v.s no
trouble zita the .
16. :k in toe har our is done eiclusively by cnifdren id youtas from
to 17 years b.,: h e. Only the roma-a is a s crk in bole,
rauot cften be suspended arid, thenofore, proceeds slov..3..y. "ork LS doe
aru al :ht. 4o:it-oohs floodliOtted at ni_ht.
17,
1r sr1irs certific:Les are :re ren uncle- the coatroi of t-o boiit1:11
12 tinere -re -hy co-dJaints on the art of tie
no sni:1 is not ..t.ioreu to clear port. P,A:- ooLi-
ntion not to eater any'protest, nft.r:ari:s.
19. in :ezen on Lie :ezen Uver no ii.ilizaJv people ru seen eoept v
re-; .sotdiers ,o n detvii. we oids,rved
durin tno fortai.-ht of Lno ia. berio,. -.4.TOFTk or otee builtiLaL
opE:rptions asaore vscro not observeJ?, .ie si,wa vre of. sty.Le
an. did no:e,iorl ray ,UtorationsehariicteriStic?of in
La be i_port7-.;nce as lumber port.
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