DDSG AND OTHER DANUBE RIVER VESSELS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001200260007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 22, 1948
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELL 3ENCE REPORT
148940
-COUNTRY Austria/LTSSR/11ungar7 DAT
SUBJECT DDSG and other Danube River Vessel
in Hurry DIST. 22 Jar ry 1948
25X1A
ORIGIN
PAGES 2
25X1 X SUPPLEM-E 25X1 A
a. At 1481 kta near Csorta Island, D,) SG barge 67289 is badly damaged and
covered with mire? `IItt 11ts Barge 67289 was reported by an
as being in the American Zone of Austria. The die-
b. At 1477 km, near the riFwlt ank Is DDSG barge 1002.1, which the Soviets
have conmissionod a Uoh .rs fire to raise. The operation has, hotrever,
crepency is not explaind.
r., At 1474 kr+, below Noric Island on the right bank, DDSG barge= 672-73 is
completely out of water ttat covered with mire. It should be coxnratively
easy to salvage the barge with the water at such a low level,
d. At 1648 km, on the bank in front of the Parlic ent building, lies DDSG
barge 626. It is about I;u l out of water and has boon dismantled by
controlled territory.)
Co, a&: This barge wa ~:reviously reported merely as being in Sovist-
is expected that it nay Ix-- floated when the water rises.
stopped, at least te r4)ora,: it r, because of a daorkage of funds. The
barge has been dug out of the mire and the leaks repaired, since it
e,. The Soviets have repaired 11DSG barge 67191 in the Obuda shipyards, and
on 18 August 1947 put it into service as NDGP barge 672.
2.
a. At 1482 Ian, in the middle o:Y the river, four submerged vessels wore
noted for the first time. '.'pie size and ow ership of these could not be
established, although they all bore the name "BoJen",,,
25X1A b. At 31, 1 Sera near Cserta Island. of the vessels reported as "unknown
barged" in One belongs to NFR, Rurannian
National Shipping Co-pany, find the other bore the na.= "Braila"
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
Document J,- 1UJY _,,/0-1., letter of 16 October 1978 from the
11 CH NV, i>1 Director of Central Intelli.ge,nce to?.the
Auth : DD A.", R
Date: MAY 197 By:
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Archivist of the United States.
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co One of the sunken vessels at 1479.5 km, across from the dock at aja,
was identified as the Comos barge "Urfalir" , which could be raised at
low water. This project is about to be undertaken by the Baja s it an
of Ilalagursslry.
d. In Baja an association has been formed for the salvaging of siw1 on
vessels. Co far one wooden craft has been raised. Interest in
salvage activities runs high In this area, since at low water the
local population has managed to dig out and carry away almost all
salvable equipment from the wrecks.
e. SDGP tugs respect neither Hungarian frontier police nor customs re~gu-
lations. Because they fail to report arrivals or departures neither
the frontier police nor the port captains have any knowledge of the
cargoes of the barges hauled by these tugs.
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,32 as amended, Its transmission or
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