PORT OF ARKHANGELSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800170010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 28, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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called but it did not answer.
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FT~ ship sent its estimated tiro of arrival at Arkhangelsk (ITA
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cap "toy Nos (I 68.10, 1 39-4). The Arkhangelsk radio station was
II. The pilot saw aboard along at the arias Lightshi . Is said that the light-
ship no "t up psrsanently in that position. schooner-rigpd
vessel equipped with an auxiliary syias at ano a 1he control station. There
were some am to aboard the vessel
3. There were three or four large 3,000-ton stet harps on the Dvina River. One of
the barges whisk oar up the river had no desk sates, and
it was carrying sal.
4? ship laded at /awsill ao. 1 on lrevennik Island (1 64-390 d 40-3g).
The ship had to drop aaohor a short distance above the quay and wait for twenty-
four hours for a berthing spies at the gray. The quay itself was sonstruated of
waste timber with walls of veetieallMlaceA planks. There was room for two ships
alongside the quay. The gaas4 gave pssisission for a sounding to be tafanj the
water depth alongside the geswy rail twwatyfoar feet. There were no cranes on the
quay, and the only buildings on the qr 7 were a little gaardhouse and a canteen.
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7. The workers on the quay had a twelve-hour shift with a short break for
meals. There did not seem to be any commercial enterprises in the settlement
on Brevennik Island. There was a small steam ferry from the island; the re-
presentative of the . Seamen's Club-recommended that the ship's personnel take
the large ferry which went directly to Arkhangelsk.
ferry departed every other hour until about 1900 or 2000 hours.
8. There was a shipyard located on the east bank of the Dvina River, a short
distance below Sawmill No. 2. The shipyard was a short distance beyond a
big bend in the river. There were about ten or fifteen wooden vessels at
the shipyard. they were fishing vessels. They were
f nrt.v or fifty feet long, and some of them were almost completed. I
9. fold bridge between Solombala and Arkhangelsk one after-
noon about 1800 hours.
new bridge was under construction about
300 to 400 meters farther up the inlet. It was a high flat bridge which rested
on moulded pillars. The central section had not been completea.
10. When leavirig`Akhangelsk, the shipping agent procured a
tugboat to assist the ship in Ze 1tij,g away from the quay. As the
cargo
ship was leaving the area, it passed a Soviet cargo vessel of about ,000 or
5,000 DWT at anchor at Chizhov fsIaric.` The ship did not appear to have any
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