DIXON ISLAND

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000500730008-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
Document Creation Date: 
December 21, 2016
Document Release Date: 
September 4, 2003
Sequence Number: 
8
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Publication Date: 
November 11, 1998
Content Type: 
IR
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COUNTRY U.S.S.R. (Siberia.) 25X1 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP INTELLIGENCE REPORT SUBJECT ' Dixon Island Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP80-00809A000500730008-9 ORIGIN SUPPLEMENT 25X1 DISTRIBUT ION STATE I _. WAR NAVY JU?TIC~ F Sc G O &)3 25X1 T!^,s following information, reported by foreign broadcast from Moscow, Soviet Home Service, 29 January 1947, concerns Dixon Island: "An electioneering plane of the political department of the central office of the northern sea. route has #?lov from Moscow to the Arctic. Our special correspondent, a'-U n, sent us the following radio message from the plane: 1100n Dixon Island the weather is not treating the Arctic workers too kindly. It is cold, there are strong minds, and violent snorstorms are frequent At two, o1clock it is already dark here, but the brightly lit sign "propaganda center" can be seen from afar. On January 27 at 1600 Moscow time our plane landed at Tiksi. We flow in a great arc around the Taimyr Penin- sula, flying about 2.000 ICilcmeters "'In the history of Polar aviation this is the first time that a flight has been made at this time of the year in the northern part of the Taimyr Peninsula. Arctic Tiorkers in north- ern Taimyr wera supplied Wi ;h electioneer in, literature, news-- papers, magazines, slogans. At some points we dropped parcels from the plane.)" This document contains information affecting the national defense of the, United States within the meaning of the '"aopiormge "et, 50, U.S.C. 31 and 32 as amended. Its transmission or the revelation of its contents in bay manner to an unauthorized person is prohibted by law. 25X1 LIST. 30 April 194.7 PAGES Approved For Release 2008/03/03: CIA-RDP80-00809A000500730008-9