SOVIET NAVAL ACTIVITY IN THE CARIBBEAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-545-16-3-6
• Release Decision: RIPLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: January 17, 1973
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Part 2010/10/19: LOC-HAK-545-16-3-6
NGA, NAVY
Reviews Completed
t?EEL4ORANOUM
SUBJECT % Soviet Naval ;activity . in the Caribbean
1. The. subxnarin. t ;,was detected by
radio direction-fins ~.ng aboutw300 Inmiles naval intell~. Bermuda'
this morning. it was overf by
genoa collection aircraft yesterday. ~e l+~'~td re Tu ~+?"~
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2. in the Caribbean,
left Cienfuegos on 15 January has not been detected
since then. The Yrdsta crui and tanker ku k are
still in Cienfuegos, and the Kanin de" estoyer and r
class-submarine are still in the Mariel area.
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This submarine on about 24 October: 1972. It was tracked by the US.
Navy's SOSUS (sound survaad eastyafe xCelland ancit~he
Norwegian Sea until it p
of the 13arsregian Sea SOSUS area on 28 October. -.'*'t
probably joined the Ktesta cruiser and Kanin destroyer
in late November in the western Atlantic while they
were or. their ?t.~ay to Cuba. The cruiser and destroyer
reached Cienfuegos on 1. December.. The cruiser thenm
left port to draw 'the US surveillance ship away
the area for the arrival of the E--11 at Cienfuegos on
3 December.
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4. The B-II moored in the northern part of
Cienfuec os Bay. where it was photographed by U-2
missions
5. Decoy tactics were used again. for the departure
of the E-tI from Cienfuegos. The tresta cruiser left
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port on 3 January and steamed 100 mi
the US surveillance ship with it. The Kresta returned
showed that the E-II was almost certainly gone. It
had probably departed on the.night of 3-4 January.
6. The voyage of the tender Borodino began on '24
November when it left the Baltic and proceeded directly.
to.Rio de Janeiro, where it 'visited 'from 16 to 20.
December. From Rio de Janeiro, the Borodino made
another direct transit to the Caribbean, where it was
overflown by a US naval intelligence, collection air-
craft The Borodino arrived at. Cienfuegos
on 5 January, shortly after the E-II had probably left
port. The E-II and the Borodino could have made.a brief
rendezvous at sea south of Cuba on 4 January, but such
an operation is unlikely in the heavily travelled Carib-
bean sea lanes. In Cienfuegos the Borodino moored at
the coumercial fuel pier. It.. departed on 8 January for.
Havana, remained there from 10 to 12 January,. and then
began its return transit to.the 'USSR.
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