BLACK SEA PORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R000600030003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 13
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Black Sea)
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing. of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.3.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
The following four re ort
s co
ncernin naval
and merchant shippi
ng actin
in the Black Sea
a. Port of Batumi
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b. Port of Kherson and Z
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a.~yIsland, wit
h sketch
c. Po
rt of Novorossiysk,
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d. Mi
scellaneous naval i
nfor
mation from Bla
ck Sea area, inclu
ding
mention of vertical take-off seaplanes, and damage to cruiser NAKHIMOV.
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1, One cement pier on which a one-storied warehouse was observed.
3, One coal pier; eigh a es were observed on this pier, their Lax"I
identity is not kns~m.
One destroyed pier.
5. One petroleum pier. An underground pipe runs along it, and in certain
places it can be seen. ?'robably together with this pipe there may be also
some other pipes, which are n?t apparent. On-the north-south side of the
pier there are six (6) receiving points which have .various diameters, and
on its northeast side there are eight (8) receiving points of various
diameters, Only one ship at a time can load. on either side. The output
of each receiving point is 350-500 tons per hour, One Russian 1?,000
tons tanker completed loading (full loading) by means of three receiving
points in eight (8) hours mime,
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6. One destroyedk pier on which blocks of stones have been placed, No
repair works were obs rved.
7, The "SILOM (sic.) pier. On it are theaSILO~- absorbers,
The warehouses are in place No 8.
8, aSILO'~ warehouses,
9. One small pier on which there is a warehouse. Ons cannot clearly
distinguish whether the pierts prolongation is destroyed or not.
10-11, Destroyed piers; nothing can be distinguished on the surface of the
sea.
12. One destroyed pier.
13, Jne ney/pier,
WAR SHIPS A.T ANCHOR.
One destroyer was observed in the ports tied by the pror- at the end
?f the pier No 13. It was a newly--build ship and had trFO twin towers
at the prow and two twin towers at the stern, which ryas square shaped.
One cruiser Ras abse*ved outside the port this 25X1
cruiserhad two triplet to~,rers on the prom and ?n the stern, and three
twin toners on either side; it had also tyro smoke stacksy each of
which had a red band.
FIGNTINE SHIPS*
(See attached plan,).
this ships ~+ the JANE r s
MSVE~LOV"r class.
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Port of Batumi
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i.~rooden poles ~ one meter above the surface of the seas.
~rxooden pier suprorted by pole,
ri~nals 1 e,tation; a number of sailors Taere observed in it..
~~'ive oi'1 "receiving points" were noticed at these points;
n.o pines were observed on the quay` _ they. are probably
under the ground,
A shed .was observed at this positions in which there. was
scrap iron,
Control ?~uarr',-pos
From point a to boint it is a prohibited ~onea
while f rorri point~b to point~~, it is ~ a military zone,,.
Pt this position there is a total of 12 Wipe=openin~s~
of the pies varies from 4" to 8" ,
which are numbered from '7 to 12 (sic ~ , The diameter
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bade" with cargo f ~^ener2l nature,.
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A Russian ~/~ of the T~I~.~iY CUBAN type ~ which was being
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