TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY OF HOGLAND (SUURSAARI) ISLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000800750002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 5, 1947
• Content Type: IR

Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/13: CIA-RDP82-00457R000800750002-3
' CONTROL
U.S. OFFICIALS ON'LT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT C? '~bErt ray.;7
COUNTRY USSR (Gulf of Finland)
SUBJECT Topographical Survey of Hogland (Suursaazri)
Island
ORIGIN
STATE WAR
I. Hcgland(Suursaari) Island is located in the Gulf of Finland at 600 444 270 E.
Originally Finnish territory, it was coded to the USSR at the conclusi'e of
World lftr II.
rocks on above and below the surface of the water one hundred yards offshore.
Landint' from small craft is difficult, and larger craft have to be anchored at
least six hundred yards offshore. The stony beach is replaced by a gravel
ridge about twenty-five yards inland. The forest line starts about sixty yards
inland. At about three hundred and fifty yards from the shore,rocky tctrain
commences; this is much fissured and bears both heather and dwarf pines.
Near the buildings at a point called Pohjoisrivi.(Northline) there is an
expanse of grass, while at Poh oissivu (North-side) there stands a sps.