PORT OF KHERSON

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CIA-RDP83-00415R013600180006-4
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4
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December 19, 2016
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October 27, 2006
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December 30, 1952
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2006/10/30: CIA-RDP83-00415RO13600180006-4 ,IITLLLOFAX ,az FEB 1952 QZ-4 A CLASSIFICATION SECRET/CONTROIY-U.$. OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION INFORMATION REPORT REPORT CD NO, COUNTRY USSR(Black Sea) 0 NOT CIRCULATE SUBJECT Port of Kherson PAGES 2 25X1 R F_ 'rim ~'Aki E = DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES, W I T H I N 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. DATE DISTR. 30 December 1952 NO. OF ENCLS. 1 (Attachment 1 (LISTED BELOW) only to Q) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. except.as noted- THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 1. Upon the arrival of a foreign ship at Kherson, the harbor pilot and officials from the Health Authority, Police,and Customs come aboard. For the formalities of being admitted to pratique, the master of the ship must submit five lists of the personnel aboard, two copies of the supplies.carried,and two separate copies, listing the money and new clothes, women's apparel especially, that are on board. 'fhe. authorities also check for arms and munitions on the ship. After the documents have been examined, the crew is gathered in one place and the ship is searched thoroughly. The binoculars are usually sealed. Some soldiers are always- posted on the quay to keep the ship under surveillance. while in port,and during the night, an armed motorboat rolls alongside. 2. At departure,.,the officials from the Police and Customs return aboard and conduct the visit of inspection. At that time they recheck the money and break the seal on the binoculars. The ship is then escorted as far as Odessa by a Police officer, his subaltern , came the pilot who came aboard at Odessa. 4. The loading of the ship and the business transactions are taken care of by Inflot and Eksportkhleb. At Kherson, the quay on the right bank of the Dnepr is constructed of wood and stone; from the grain elevator to the Harbor Master's office, the quay is wood on the outer part while the inner part is stone. There were five cranes mounted on the stone part and these are indicated at 1 on Attachment 1. The depth alongside is twenty feet. The building which is near the grain elevator and is shown on the attachment is reported to be an electric station. CLASSIFICATION STATE FARMY SECRET/CONTROL-U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY NSRB FBI Approved For Release 2006/10/30: CIA-RDP83-00415RO13600180006-4 Approved For Release 2006/10/30: CIA-RDP83-00415R0136001.800062X1 SECRET `CONTROL U.S. OFLCIC1AIS ONLY _2- 25X1 25X1 25X1 8. 25X1 9. 10. 25X1 11. 6) 12. 25X1, 25X1 South of this quay, where the Koshevaya flows'into the Dnepr there is a public square with a large building which houses the Harbor Master's office as well as the Inflot offices. 6. Both banks of the Koshevaya have wooden quays where river craft can tie up. 7. Between the Kosheva a and another navigable canal further to the south, .there is an island[ I In the southern part of the island there is an inlet which is a,restricted area,, end an area on shore which may be an arsenal and is`likewise restricted. The latter is shown on Attachment 1 by broken lines. Oa hull was under construction there; it was about 250Q to was on runways, parallel to the shore. Because of the narrowness of the water surface in front of it, this ship will probably be launched sideways. his is the type of launching that is usually employed in river shipyards. Near the hull there were three tall flexible-arm cranes,, shown at D on Attachment 1. On the south side of the island at B, thereyaas a graving dock of about 5,000 tons capacity.. Nearby at A there was a 10,000 ton capacity floating drydock, constructed of reinforded concrete and composed of two parts. this island.is known as Fidonisi (sic) Island and that its only inhabitants are soldiers. several warehouses or sheds with red roofs but no installed armaments. In the southern inlet there was observed a tug armed with a machine. gun. The latter was, towing a 'barge on, which there were many soldiers. jouthwest of this island,. going towards Odessa, there was a fuel depot. It was composed of six tanks, each with a capacity of about 1,000 tons and each probably connected to the interior with a subterranean pipeline. There was a wharf at the depot where river tankers of 1,000 to 2.,000 ton capacity could come alongside to take on a cargo of oil. Uontinuing towards Odessa, a river barge being towed by a tug. The barge was transporting cases of munitions. At Kherson, on the left bank of the Dnepr there were. two wet- basins that were artificial; each :waa about ..1OO` X. 1r4.m, In these docking basins were anchoreu TCL and various other river craft. , The land between the two artificial wet basins was--bejng leveled at. the time source: observed it. This whole area .s' shown Attachment la Sketch Map of the Port of Kherson and Adjacent Islands, Comment.- This is the first report that any excavation had been done on these inl t or small bas .on the left side of the Dnepr at Kherson. reports them as being natural and irregularly formed, emphasizing that there was no evi- denre of m.ar.itime construction or improving. d c Approved For Release 2006/10/30: CIA-RDP83-00415RO13600180006-4 Approved For Release 2006110/30: CIA-RDP83-00415R013600180006-4 SECRET/CONTkkOL US OFF1CIRLS ONLY t- nett Sketch MAC of Khersorti and J A. F~oatiny drydoic. of a IO,000*on taPac*y, tons~r Act A a4 reth~orced tohcre~e 4yd G0rne05td of 0 SectienS. CaQauty 6. 04 abo & 5,000 to C.. 44.+i' :pf aboat' Z~Sooi ps. The hull neerlj completed and -Tre w. 1 ~sa S~~l'~~ti rvww It s, ~\,t S~+.p w,11 prebsli~y Lave. A4y.CY~1 +l, f. ov ETC a Stcitm b.9 aww.tlpC {J.Tnree i:-i ~~ane5 ar ~?.E J( t ~, Re~1'r