FORTIFICATIONS NEAR SPLIT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007500700005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 18, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENICP.III'VE-LLIGENCE AGENCY REPOT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Fortifications Near Split
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1. A bunker with emplacements for two heavy caliber guns, constructed during
the war and later destroyed by the Germans and rebuilt by the Communists
after the war, is located on Firule near Split. Entry to the bunker is
accomplished through the laundry room of a hillside villa located about
twenty;-five meters from the bunker. Underground stairs and a tunnel
connect with the bunker itself, The two gun apertures in the bunker are
two meters above sea level, one facing north and the other southwest to-
ward Ciovo Island. The two heavy guns of unspecified caliber have a crew
of ten men Who have been on duty since August 1950 and who are housed in
a small building nearby,
2, Another bunker, also originally constructed by the Germans during the wart?
is located above Cape Sustjepan (Sveti Stjepan) next to the Labud (The
Swan) Sailing Club and in one corner of the club grounds. The bunker has
only one aperture facing the port's lighthouse, and its heavy gun of un-
specified caliber is reported to be of German origin. No gun crew appears
to have been assigned and the bunker is kept closed and guarded by
personnel from an observation station in the area,
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