PORTS OF KHERSON, NIKOLAYEV, AND NOVOROSSIYSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R001200150001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 26, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This /pocument contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States. within the moan-
ing of Title It Sections 793 and 794. of the U.S. Cods. as
amended. Its transtnludon or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised Person is Prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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COUNTRY USSR (Black Sea)
SUBJECT Ports of Kherson, Nikolayev,
and Novorossiysk
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 11 May 1953
CW PAGES 4
REQUIREMENT NO: RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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While passing Odessa, enroute,to Kherson, numerous squadrons
of jet planes overhead. Apparently, the planes were out on maneuvers. At .
the mouth of the Dnepr, the two or three small islands were fortified with:large-
caliber- guns. . Radar,,annaratuses and turrets for the dtreetion of fire
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2. All along the Dnepr there were many armed patrol boats in evidence.
the following:
a sketch of Kherson (see page 3)
A 10,000-ton capacity floating dry dock
1'; large grain elevator which loaded 3000
ten or twelve hours
Two small shipyards where some river boats
A closely guarded building in the center of
been a jail
A ship aground in a small cove
Inflot headquarters
A qsajr::,
Coal quay
identified
tons of grain in about
were under Construction
town, which may have
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for Nikolayev, the area around
the barracks-like buildings (see sketch on page 4) was heavily guarded. 50X1-HUM
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Inland from Nikolayev there was another area that appeared to be even more
heavily guarded. It was hinted that the latter area was a forced labor
camp but that the inmates were not PWs.
4. At Nikolayev the quays had been destroyed and were still, for the most
part, in very bad condition. However, repairs were being made and water
could be taken on from the outlets on the quays. It was rumored that 50X1-HUM
Nikolayev was the principal Soviet submarine base in the Black Sea.
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6. At Novorossiysk there were two large cement works with very high chimneys
which emitted white smoke. The traffic of materials all around the works
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three or four wrecks aground and some net obstructions
lying on the quay. There were many small mobehomers in nnri....whil7
.in the
outer harbor a destroyer was
lying at anchor.
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the port of Nikolayev to foreign flag traffic since its closing in the
Spring of 1952.
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