THE PORT OF GALATI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007500810006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: July 28, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
. 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.
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COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT The Fort of Galati
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1. A pilot and soldier boards ship one mile out from the en-
trance to the Sulina mouth of a Danube River; The ship moored at Sulina.
After completion of inspection and control formalities, the soldier went
ashore, a second pilot boarded, and the'ship continued upstream*
than 10. ,000 could, navigate and maneuver easily on the rivers
3. At Galati an inspection party composed of a police agent, a customs
official, two civilian port officials. and three soldiers boarded the ship.
They first examined the documents and papers of the ship and checked the
ship's seal. The'crew was mustered on the deck and, with two of the ship's
personnel assisting, the ship was searched. They were particularly con-
cerned with determining if arr stowaways were aboard. Later each of the
crew was checked with the list of personnel and his identification card.
4. at Galati;
Cargo to be loaded is brought to the harbor in trucks and transferred to
the ships* There were two cranes acity of 1.5 tons each at the
barge
5. Two factories were under construction to the east of the inner harbor at
Galati, In front of them iron poles were driven into the ground in the
direction of the waterfront. The space between the poles was filled with
stones and gravel.
6. At 1300 hours on 9 May, three jet planes were observed flying over Galati.
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