PORT INFORMATION: BATUM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A006100030012-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 11, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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DEC 1;1' 51.-413
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT
U.S. Officials Only
SECURITY INFORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Fort information Batum
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE I/5. SECTIONS 793
AND 794. OF THE U.S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS REPORT IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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REPORT
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IEKE OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE FURNISHED TEE FOLLOWING INFORMATION T1 CIA FOR
IAC DISSEMINATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 3 s OF TISCID #7.
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specific items of interest at the port of Batum indicated by alphstrItical jl',esignat:,re
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"A," "B" aud "C" indicate berthing areas for tankers or genral cars vessel3, alvA
the Neftyanoy Mole. Attention is invited to the fact that the off-sets from the
mole represent small 'wooden niers against which the vessels dock, keeping the vesse s
out approximately 50 feet from the concrete Quay. "D" represents a
docked in the port
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7E" represents ,14e. ,,,,ition
of a Soviet cargo -passenger ship docked it the port
"F" represents the location of a Sovietcargo-pass!:mger vessel docked in
the port at the same time. These Sov:let, vessels noted in the harbor appeare to be
old German-i,7pe of less than Victory-ship size.
Indicates the location of a floating barge-t-ipe structure on
which is built a combination cafe-hotel two stori in height.
indicate
other berthing areas for vessels in the harbor however I
there were no ships docked at these berths0 ur reresI th50X1-1M
location of a shipyard 'which
vas engaged
in handling r/epairs on small craft of the fishing type. 1K" is the location of a
military installation indicated on the chart as the Burum-Tabiya Fort and
at Batum there was military activity in evidence at this
fort; buildings which appeared to be military barracks were noted and a con&lderable
number of uniformed men were seen in the area. "L" indicates the location of another
military location indicated on the chart as Bartekhana Fort. Military barra .ks and
uniformed men were also noted in this location. No heavy guns of coastal-fense or
AA type were noted however numerous machine guns were in evidence at tr'tz for--
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"M" and "N" represent the location of what
storage areaa.
refined at the refining installations at
fields a roximately 500 miles awayc
were apparently *oat:refineries and tank
apparently the oil
tum oomes via pipeline from the Enke
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2. All shipping at the pert of Beton apparently docks at the Petroleum Earbor as the
Cabotage arbor, noted on the chart, is of extremely shallow depth and no weasels
were noted in this area. The weather was clear
and with an average temperature of 80-90 degrees. No wreaks or construction were
noted in the Petroleum !arbor, Prevailing winds at the time were from the so.othwest
and were mild0 at times south-
westerly a4 northwesterly winds are ao heavy that difficulty in berthing ships is
experienced and at times due to swells in the harbor, it is necessary that the vessels
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3. The docks in the Petroleum Harbor appeared to be in usable condition, built, of c
orete, and, as previously mentioned, with abutting wooden piers which kept Vessels
approximately 50 feet from the dock proper. All docks were well-lighted electrically
and there a alareil to be adequate supplies of water, coal and oil in the harbor.
Pipelines take up most of the space of the docks on the north and east of Petroleum
Earbor.
On the general cargo dock, on the south side of Petroleum !arbor, two eight-ton steam
portable cranes., with apprcximately a 50-foot reach, were noted, .ese cranes appeared
to be old but still serviceable. BO other cranes Were noted en any of the ether cks
nor were any floating cranes noted inetheiharbor.
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