PORT AND HARBOR FACILITIES OF KRONSHTADT/NAVAL ACTIVITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00280R000100050029-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 29
• Publication Date: September 24, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
PREPARED AND DISSEMINATED BY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Port and Harbor Facilities of Eronshtadt/
Naval Activity
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National Data.o of the United states within the
m.anlnq of the Espionage Laws. Title it. U. s. C
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[he office of Naval Intelligence, DIO-9ND, in Report No. 55-56,
furnished the following information to CIA for IAC dissemination in
accordance with Paragraphs 3c and 3d of 1~4CID `7_]
1. Naval Activity
was located at aronshtadt harbor. The forward stack on this vessel hW
an elbow in it about half may up, the top half slanting diagonally aft on
the vessel at an angle of about 45?. The other stack was perpendicular.
Also located in the harbor were two 10 thousand ton cruisers (described
as 01 Sverdlov It class) at Point 1 of Enclosure (A) and approximately ten
destroyers at Point 2. All naval vessels were located in the eastern part
of Kronshtadt harbor. Several cranes were observed in the immediate
area, although there did not appear to be much activity at this time.
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(between Kronshtadt and Leningrad, several large piles of sand,
believed to be for new construction, were noted in the Petrodborets area. f
3. Harbor Defenses
No artiainraft or shore gun emplacements were noted on Xronshtadt, and
no aircraft activity was observed in the area. It is believed that this
may have been due to the fact that the Soviet air show was taking place
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Two patrol craft of the motor torpedo boat class were noted outside the harbor
and about two miles vest of Eronshtadt. A three-masted schooner of 500-600
holding maneuvers the 2k11inn area. The greatest amount of traffic
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