PORTS OF VENTSPILA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013000030007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2011
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FEB 1952 ?"'"
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL - US OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
0
COUNTRY USSR (Latan SSR)
SUBJECT Port of Ventspil
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DO ' NOT CIRCULATE
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THEUNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 1B, SECTIONS 193
AND 794 OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
DATE DISTR. 16 JUIT 1952
.NO. OPAGES 2
0. OF ENCLS. 1
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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ng thill, o several. Soviet
merchant ships arrived an were pro e pilots at once. 50X1-HUM
some pilings
on the river's north see attached sketch o
were the remains of a pier
Farther up the river the ice was being d aam ted
The harbor and the en rance.-o the harbor
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The controls were as usual, but
,severe*
The depth along the pier was 18 to 20 feet.
less
In the naval harbor there were three submarines tied up side by side. The one
on the outside a farmer
German fleet srma~ne- It had no visibLI-e rare e other submarines
were much smaller,, The coming towers were
equipped with canvas spray guar s.
Nine minesweepers were at anchor in the naval harbor
of the T-371 type. These vessels, in addition to one deck
gun,,-had- vo sma er antiairotaft ` guns,
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there are a number of slips, On some of the slips the
legs of different -t s. 50X1-HUM
some
ships has been re-routed to Ventspils because of the ice in the Bays of
Finland and Riga. 50X1-HUM
Attachments Sketch of Ventspils harbor,
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Sketch of Ventspils Harbor
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