RADIO TOWERS, BRIDGES, POWER LINES, AIRFIELD, AND GUARDED AREAS IN RIGA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 30, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 27, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
USSR (Latvian SSR)
SUBJECT
Radio Towers, Bridges, Power Lines, DATE DISTR.
A-irfib d_ .and` .: zardtd "eas in Riga
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
Radio Towers
1. Two radio ,jamming towers were. located at the corner of Pernavas iela and
Krisjana Bdroria iela (see map) :l
tamm were for radio jamming. They appeared as in the following sketch:
2. One large radid'Ctower, about 125 feet in height, was located close to the
Central Railroad Station.
3. A tower similar to that in paragraph 2 above was located across the Daugava
River from the Central Railroad Station.
4. Two pairs of high radio towers were located across the river from the
road between Riga and Bolderaja.
5. There were two high radio towers at a great distance between Riga and
Riga Strand, well back in the forest on the left side as one travels to
Riga Strand.
6. Two trucks carrying radio antennae were observed at the Riga airfield.
One was about one kilometer south of the field. Both trucks appeared
not to have been moved for a long time. See sketch on page 2:
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Riga Airfield
7. The following aircraft were at Riga .Airfield:
1 Aeroflot IL-14, departing for Leningrad.
3 biplane trainers.
10-15 monoplane trainers.
2 MIG-17s, parked outside a hangar, fuselages partially covered with tarpaulins.
Bridges
8. There were four bridges. across the river in Riga, as follows (see map of
Riga for locations):
a. Railroad bridge: An iron bridge of five spans. Before World War II,
there was.a',highway bridge alongside, which was destroyed and not rebuilt.
b. Highway bridge: Also destroyed during the war. It was rebuilt as
in the following sketch, probably of concrete:
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c. Pontoon bridge: A very low bridge for autos, made of wood and resting
on pontoons. One section opened for water traffic.
Highway bridge: The last bridge downstream in Riga, made entirely
of wood. It was built in 1945 in just 92 days 4wd was soon to be
rebuilt. One section opened for water traffic.
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9.
Unidentified Installation
Approximately one and one-third kilometers north-northwest of the cemetery
at Meza Park there was a fenced, rectangular installation, 'With guard
towers at two corners and one in the very center. Three rail spurs led
into the installation, although only one of them had been in use recently.
There were many large pipes running laterally in the area. No guards were
in sight, nor could any activity he' seen.
Power Lines
10. There was a power line approximately 200 meters north of the cemetery at
Meza Park which was located in the northern part of the city, said to be
_quite famous as a burial place for cavalry soldiers fulled in World Mar I.
The -being reconstructed; the tower iftwms-;ra, new, while part of
one ofthti-bld towers can be seen at the right of the picture. The line
ran generally northwest-southeast, but tmnied slightly to the east at the
cemetery. The line had three wires, and th j insulators had six discs.
11. A power line similar to that described in paragraph 10 above crossed the
road between Riga and Rigs Strand, about ten kilometers from Riga. The
line ran in a northerly direction.
12. A power line crossed the river approximately halfway between the Riga
airfield and Bolderaja. The observation was made on the road 50X1-HUM
between Riga and Bolderaja. The line had.ithree s, enal upported by
eight-disked insulator there may have been two similar 50X1-HUM
lines running parallel
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13. Three guard towers were locatted on the left side of the road traveling
from Rigs to Riga Strand. T7m were close by each other at *bout the
eight- dr point from Rigs, ate one was about nine km from Riga. They were
probably guard posts to protect the power line crossing the same road,
about ten kilometers from Rigs. (bee paragraph U.)
14+. The area around the titer-~Psul Church was restricted. Persons at-tempting
to visit ships docked th*t vicinity were stopped by an unarmed guard.
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(masonry) structure, with eight piers. :~r J~ i Jilt 55t T6c es ansormer station in It~Lilgi~s,~i$3
north of Meza cem0ery, with high v_oltagelines running west and
eau as the PoMeza int 153 locates a TES (ier1ri0.-tile tnie Istatlan) roughly
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