GUNNERY EXERCISES BY A SOVIET CRUISER IN THE BALTIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R000300200008-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 2, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
S-E-C-R-E-T
COUNTRY, . USSR (Baltic)
SUBJECT Gunnery. Exercises by a Soviet
Cruiser in the Baltic
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tlonal Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the bpionage Laws, Title 18. U.S.C. Becs.. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 2 June 1955
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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at N 51+=1+0, E 19?2O. The cruiser was on a .south-southwesterly
course at a speed of 14 knots. The ship raised the international signal
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the cruiser was steaming at 12 knots on a southerly. course.
Five salvos were fired from the after turret. The time between thy: salvos
was 15 to 17 seconds After the firing
the cruiser turned to a northerly course.. The force of the wind during
the firing as 15. meters per second.
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