(SANITIZED)ARKHANGELSK(SANITIZED).

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R016100260002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: January 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORM No. 51-4AA
FEB 1952
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROL - US OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
REFER.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
USSR, (White Sea)
1r) I; ()'
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING Jr 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
COPYCD NO.
Cl CUEATE
Arkhangelsk,,
DATE DISTR. 30 January 1953
NO. OF PAGES2 50X1-HUM
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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ka (67m30N, 86m35E) in the Kara Sea,
LJwas "full of military personnel,"
2. The Dvina Lighthouse has been replaced by a tugboat with pilots
stationed aboard. a new lighthouse ship
has been under construction for four ears and. it should be 50X1-HUM
completed in another two years.
it took six years to build a lighthouse ship in the Soviet Union.
The light at Veprevskiy Point (65m35N, 39-52W) has been replaced by
an alternating red-and-green blinker which flashes every fifteen
seconds.
4. A new li.;~;ht which flashes every five seconds has been installed at
approximately 65-4211, li0?14W.
5. Merchant vessele round for Arkhangelsk (64a34N, 40-32E) are required
to stop for search at a control point at Chizhovka, fifteen nautical
miles seaward of Arkhangelsk. The Chizhovka control station consists
of five or six low-lying, unpainted wooden buildings and an observation
tower. Six coast giutrd vessels were moored at Chizhovka
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ovie merchant vessels returning from
for~iga. por s axe sears e a Arkhangelsk four to six hours. 50X1-HUM
Stevedores worked from 0700 until 1900 and from 1900 to 50X1-HUM
0700 hours. Without exception, foremen and dock workers were required
to show their passes everytime they passed the g tird
The heavier work was done by men; women were used wherever possible.
not one of the three to four hundred stevedores
owned a watch.
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9. In Arkhangelsk all of the buildings along the waterfront and most of
the structures in the town were constructed of unpainted wood and were
in poor condition. A new store building was being, erected and women
were doing the facing work. All of the streets were either clay or
clay and cobblestones; sidewalks were made of wood. Food stores and a
large general store displayed their goods with painted paper figures.
The people appeared to be poor; the crowds were mostly women, children,
and military personnel. Soldiers always saluted when passing officers.
Loudspeakers were installed and used in various parts of Arkhangelsk,
and there were many pictures of Lenin and Stalin on the walls of
houses. ..'limited number of automobiles was seen. Sawmill No. 2 (sic)
was surrounded by a large area filled.with old, weathered wood.
there is an airfield in Arkhangelsk on the 50X1-HUM
?co; posite`' side of the Dvina River.
ii, A t S.,yatoy Nos (68u-10N, 39-4'8E) there is a military installation
with a very strong searchlight which lights up the surrounding water.
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