SOVIET ACTIVITY IN BALTIC PORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012600340009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL lMMERNFE G! i 1GP~' . REPORT NO..
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO
Germany (Rossi Win. Zorre) /Poland
DATE DISTR
WWBJEr 3 Soviet uctiwi't.y i11 2, .i.tic Poi is
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ACQUIRED
DATE . OF
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NO,. OF PAC;: S
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DO NOT CIRCULATE REPORT NO 25X1X
1. A forbidden Brea La which trials with rocket projectiles taken place is
said to exir e near Kolberg. '
2. Lockle iburg(;s f.sur-'ra.: tatiox j S~ovict or -Coviet gone ;yea pc incr. signal
stations hw,-,', been observed on t,die coast near l.:arendorf (r.oce:.c;u err),
chwansee, Kluetze v r t night, there is a much livelier a~-,arcbli&1t
activity th:.-n theretofore,, 3- "'pparent atlr !: ;--)b to feed fnlae information to test German : is--erm,en-
several ,est 'Carman fishermen have been told in .ac,snitz t.tLt try ;;oviiets
have recent:`.,, greatly .trenCthened their garrisons on the :as , r, zn
coast. The are supposed to be 50,OOO troops, pax tly '~nCol : duW inns
the time the r are in the harbor.,**
The serial (r ):istruc,tion of smaller trad'inC ships in t11e Ere t is Wirt
reduced in of the construction of larger vcsse.ism
The Covic c ? i `e: s d to have nut forth a claim for the G F'VT1PU Each
-;:as raised l 2`d. 'n;i.a harbor. The searching of ships in the i rig
..eufeil]Y'illy y is very strict nov. Lyon the coal bunker are s t)t)ed ui.th
long; iron to determine if there is anjthinl hidden unc u,- -4.'_)e coal..,
7. The c- ?tuil r ,,e` oral seamen of the motor ship 1111be" :;ere ` : ^y* crd
by Ilse : Tea i ice on JO :_pril as they approached the nc zr ierre.E v k
(Trave). "s.t1N;J were taken to Sclmsdorf where they tiae:re inter ro sated
separately.. 'i ey nacre released after a detention of five
which they ;lied t.itii Cor ;iunist propaganda of t e :east
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COUENTJ Large oeueut constructions just west of Kolberg
have prsviousbyr -n -poYtedo The port is forbidden to trading
ships.
25X1 A ICOH118BT & :'*hs area twenty miles west of Kolberg is the only
4VOIF-in the Bait.o suitable for large-scale landing operationae
25X1 A II COQ:., !bra West German cutters than ever before are
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being stopped by the East Zone Sea Police and taken into harbors,
CONM This incident took place In the Bay of IAwbeok,,
t s net clear,ttq the captain of the "Elbe" and his people years
approaching the itrand0 The area is rich in salvage and it is
possible that they ,ere trying to make off with something which
the East German yea Police properly considers to be its owns Them
have been many instances of smuggling and thievery by West German
fisherman is the East Zone anda in some instanoesa the Sea Police
have been justifr~ed in apprehending West Zone fishermen,
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