PORT OF CONSTANTA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 17, 2006
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 19, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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FIE 1952 51-;AA
COUNTRY Rumania
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
25X1 SUBJECT Port of Constants
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
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.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
DATE DISTR. 19 August 1952
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. essel entered the. Black Sea in thick fog and passed
directly over the minefield which is listed in NEMEDRI 19501 as Bosporus
1.
2. En route to Constanta, vessel entered without a pilot,
the vessel passed over the mine.ie winch is listed in NEMEDRI 1950 as
3A.
The harbor pilot cane aboard accompanied by a soldier. The vessel was
taken to the oil port.
The inspection upon arrival followed the same routine as is customary in
Russian harbors, but it appeared somewhat more detailed, For example,
even used clothing had to be liste4. Fifteen soldiers were assigned to
guard the vessel. Four of them had blue uniforms, five had green uniforms.,
and six wore brown uniforms. The firm to which the cargo was assigned,
A/B Mun.kedal, sent a cargo inspector to Constanta. The inspector, who was
a dew., was especially closely guarded.
the following vessels in the harbor.-
I old cruiser
3 older destroyers
4 Soviet tankers
2 Greek tankers
1 Soviet passenger ship of bout 10,000 tons.
6. Around the port area there were a number of pill boxes, probably for
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coast artillery,
guns were mounted.
On the oil pier there are railway tracks for large cranes. The tracks
are flush with pavement, On the pier there were large piles of coal,
8. Opposite the oil'pier there is a breakwater which is being heavily re-
enforced and made into a wide pier. The work was carried out by
individuals wearing similar clothes and guarded by.soldierso Informant
believes they were prisoners.
South of the city there is an artillery firing range.
Comment. An official U. S. Navy publication which maps the
minefields of World War II for general maritime
use,
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