FORTIFICATIONS IN THE SIBENIK AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008700290003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 21, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 21, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CE LL,GENCE AGENCY
REPORT ~ 50X1-HUM
.INFO AT I O N REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Fortifications in the Sibenik. Area
DATE DISTR. 21 Sept. 1951
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Construction of fortifications In the Sibenik area is currently in
progress. All islands in the Immediate vicinity which close in on
the bay of Sibenik are being fortified either through the construction
of new fortifications, or through repairs and renovation of the old
existing ones.
2. Large numbers of military workers have been observed on the islands of
Zirje and flrter, where approach to unauthorized civilians is reported to
be strictly forbidden. Constant now shipments of construction material
are transported to these islands.
3. In addition to island fortifications, various construction projects are
in progress along the coast. Here new coastal artillery projects are
under construction to the north and south of Sibenik. The old existing
fortifications on Cape Zecevo, south of Sibenik, were reactivated in
1949. Other various military projects in this area were enlarged and
modernized by the end of 1950, and since then all these projects have
been manned by permanent crews.
4. The observation station on 2bvara is one of the most important of its
kind in this sector. It is the min observation station here, and it
maintains contact between Sibenik and Split as well as between all the
other islands in the Central Adriatic Sector. The station was modernized
in 1950, at which time it was supplied with new instruments. It is
alleged to be equipped with a radar apparatus. Old fortifications which
were once abandoned are situated an the very slopes of the I?bvara River,
at the edge of the fir-wooded area facing the bay of Eogoznica. These
fortifications were reactivated in 1950, and currently n nned by a
permanent crew,
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