OBSERVATIONS IN THE PORT OF CONSTANTA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500450054-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: April 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
5X1A
COUNTRY Ruania
SUBJECT Observations is the Fort o: Conetan'ta
PLACE ACQUIRED
(BY SOURCE)
DATE ACQUIRED
(9Y SOURCE)
DATE (OF IrlFO.
star Of Suez EG)
Arno TV
An Italian ship. of 400 to 500 gross tons believed to be named
Ban Pietro or a variation of Saint Pater
A Norwegian taker of 6000 to 7000 gross tons
A Greek cargo ship of approximately 10,000 gross tons
A Turkish cargo ship of unknown tonnage
3, Security Measures: The Italian chip Arno was sub.ioctcd to the following boarding
'4V security procedures on her arrival in Conetanta.. The ship was boarded
outside the harbor by a pilot cud one soldier. Tno remainder of the boarding
party c=a aboard at the dock. The chip 'a crew was is:ediateiy locked in a coal
room eaidehip between deska. one crew aiceber aceoupsnled ttz unary.--d searching
party of fifteen man. The search required three hon*rc when the ship arriveddtch
and the ae,'rch before the chip Bailed took an hour and a half. A gangway
armed with rifles vas set whim the ship was in port. All camorrao were scaled
and re.dio silence was maintained in port. The chip'a craw was permitted to go
ashore.
4. Miscellaneous Information: The town of Cons*,anta a military base with very
cw c v liars present.. re is very littia rood. or clothing available, although
the signs on the outside of stores give the impreaaion of plenty. Such item
as are for sale are priced high. The oniy source of income apparently open
to civilians is wood-chopping. Uo see are in poor condition. Men (military foreign ONI DECLASSIFICAIN/RE E) ASE NS RT UCTIONS ON F LE n?r1ever' there is an abundance
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F ISTRIDUTION STAT~ARNT NAVT AIR IFDI
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Officers of an Italian merchant. ship.
/The office of Naval intelligence furniahed the following intormatio - to CIA
for IAC dissemination in accordance with paragraph 3c of NSCID #7. This
information was obtained by D10-3ND and was forwarded as 01%I report 9-54_7
Naval vessels: Pow destroy and o naval tralnins vessel were re three-stack ships, and the ot
her had
v
ih~ port. 1i'2h ~rmc of the destroyers we
two stacks. The training chip had mate fitted for sails. 'All of the ships
are believed to be Rtanian.
Merchant Ship inn : The following non-ComiaiAt merchant ships were
of Conetanta on 14 November 19513s
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of win One ask question concerning other ports. Source believes they
prostitu4;e themselves for port information, as they do not accept the more
usual recompense.
I IComment: They tonnage estimates is the second paragraph
of MY report are; cons dered of doubtful accurrcy inasmuch as the 6240 gross
ton Star of Suez was fudged by the source to be of approximately 10,000 gross
tons. The presence of the Star of Suez ii. Conetanta at the time of this
information is consistent with Lloyd?s Shippiug lniiex of 16 November 1953_7
756.54 6oM
756.571 7p(RI)
156.571 19M
;756.571 31M
1756.571 50M
756.571 IK
1756.541 6oy