PORT OF ARKHANGELSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005900890006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 15, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Lplonage Laws, Title
18, U.B.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
SUBJECT Port of Arkhangelsk
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15 March 1955
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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ship was on route to Arkhangelsk,
four or five small old naval vessels were observed maneuvering north of
Dvina Lightship. Each vessel was about 100 feet long, and it had a short
forecastle, a bridge superstructure, one stack near the bridge, and several
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on shore about five miles north of Dvina Lightship.
a large number of barracks near the signal station. Some 25X1
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target but no firing was observed, signals were sent to the vessels
2. ship loaded at Sawmill No. 2 on Brevennik Island (N 64-39,
40-32). bout 200 to 300 meters from the quay there were thr!-~ge
sheds under construction. Work was in progress on the roofs.
the sheds were to be used for a barking installation since
they were located in the area where the barking was done. No roads were
observed in the area.
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3. At the wood-shavings quay a great deal of lumber was being loaded on barges.
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was a dredging machine with scoops at work off Sawmill
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No. 16-17. When ship left the harbor it passed a hopper-birge, 2tixl
which was being towed to Chizhov Island.(N 64-45, E 40-33). 25X1
4. The bridge between Solombala and Arkhangelsk was finished on the Arkhangelsk
side. o indication that there would be a span in order to open 25X1
the bridge. He estimated the height of the pillars to be about fifteen meters.
5. one aircraft in Arkhangelsk. It was a twin-engined 25X1
propeller-driven aircraft which landed at Keg Island (N 64-32, E 40-28).
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6, a number of naval vessels similar to those seen at Dvina Light-
ship (see paragraph 1) were seen at the naval station at Solombala. There
was also a large transport ship there. This vessel was about 8,000 to 9,000
tons and was similar to an ordinary passenger ship of an obsolete type. The
vessel was painted gray and it had two stacks,,two masts, and no armament,
the ship flew a flag with
some blue coloring on it. There were some anI motor-barges on both aides
of the vessel.
7. On an earlier trip to Arkhangelsk at the and of June 1954,
a large explosion in the 7 of the Ponoy River (N 67-00, E 41-15). At the
time of the observation, ship was north of Cape Orlov (N 67-13,
E 41-18),Pabout twenty nautical miles from the explosion area. The explosion
was seen as a large flame which shot skyward. There was little smoke and
no noise was heard. When the ship passed-the mouth of, the river an hour
There were a number of barracks
on the spur o an between a and the sea.
could not
a large number of small vessels in the mouth or the river, but
as if they were naval vessels.
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