SOVIET NAVAL VESSELS OBSERVED IN THE GULF OF FINLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005200370004-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Sequence Number: 4
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR (Baltic)
SUBJECT Soviet Naval Vessels Observed in the
Gulf of Finland
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
Ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.B.C. Secs. 783
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorised person Is prohibited
by law.
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 8 December 1954
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO.
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
At about 1600 hours on 24 July 1954, a group of eight Soviet naval vessels
was observed proceeding from Tallinn to Porkkala in the Gulf of Finland.
They sailed in line formation 200 to 00 meters apart, were of the T-301 type.
The rear two units of the group were KRONSETADT-Class vessels
with an open stepped bridge.
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