MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON RIGA AND VICINITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004100630004-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2002/01/03 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA004100630004-3
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
USSR (Latvian SSR
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the Unites States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
Miscellaneous Informantion on Riga DATE DISTR. .28 June 195+
and Vicinity
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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1. The railroad line to Majori, on the Riga Strand, is electrified. The Majori
station is a one-story, long, white, modern building. A ticket from Riga to
Majori costs two or three rubles.
2. The Hotel Stabura0 in Riga is located on the corner of Suvorova Lela and Fr. 25X1A
Engelsa lela. .
3. The horse races are at the Hipodroms which is at its rewar., location. 1A
steeplechases or other races. The admission is five to ten rubles.
The crowds were not very large.
It- 'In Riga there are three soccer fields: the Dynamo field (that of the former
YMCA) on Kieglu lelay the field of the former ASK (Army Sporting Club.), and
the Daugava.Stadium. This last is apparently the stadium at the 1905 Gada
Parks. Admission is three to five rubles, depending on the location of
the seats,and the stadium is always crowded.
5. T11,ere are often motorbicycle races in the Meza Parks. The races take plate
on the streets in the park, and no admission is charged. The spectators
sit and stand behind ropes along the roads. There may be some grandstands
near the start and finish of the races,
6. The licences on military cars are high and narrow in shape. The figures are
white on a black plate and are arranged in two horizontal rows.
7. There is a cafe above the Dailes Movie Theater on Kr. Barona Lela. A dinner
of three dishes (sic) costs about 18 rubles. There are cheaper restaurants,
where one can get an average lunch for ten rubles and a poor one for eight
rubles..
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