PORTS OF ODESSA AND POTI

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R012500070011-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION 6ECRLT-pONTROL-U. s. OFFIoIAIL5 ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR (Black Sea)
SUBJECT Ports of Odessa and Poti
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, 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
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2. While entering port) a small submarine about a half mile
from the harbor entrance. It was surfacing and heading westward, slowly. j
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3, During the stay in port several jet fighters were seen circling above
and losing altitude in a southwesterly direction. It is possible that
an airfield was located there.
4. The eastern part of the port was quite bus almost all of the berths
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on the harbor from a bluff ashore, almost all the wharves were taken.
The pier to which ~ ship made fast had three traveling cranes
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of three-to five-ton capacity. In the center there were two rail tracks
which connected to the main tracks at the shore end of the pier. Here
there was a linekeeper's house or a switch tower surrounded by a yard
with numerous switches for shunting the freight cars. On the eastern
side of the shore end there was a large pile of lumber as well as
piles of cork slabs.
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there were insufficient freight
cars. Rolling stock appeared to be in short supply.
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70 The :stevedores worked a twelve-hour shift and it was fairly cbjrious
that there were not enough men. This shortage of manpower may have
been more apparent because of the unusual port activity.
8. The shoreline east of the harbor was low, with some reefs. However ,
hanging over it was a hill on which a radii o station was located. A
rshisu ar road run along the slope of this hill whi :.e the railrcad
?, t,er,As )..!.cng the foot, close to the shor a.
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Sevaa taopol area did not have the characteristics show in the coast
pilot Yaks. these sao e
+ `..r:r,t.`,;rpannies MAN in the , ov+.oros iysk area.
appeared to have more soldiers than civilians and there was
tars and trucks with UPS bady types.
navigating from Odessa to Poti.,
2 At , , ,..,. t a e poroxire.L.' lj 8C miles from Rot an.' Z ;s. ; 1` li: h '
).,.:.tL ;:; x situated cu wik1a! e and spread over several Tu:L.leso
there bey;mr; of a 7. 0t, whicdl ScrtaL my must ha-,,p"?fiG' I 1-ii bts
Q wooden h:: t.h, a sort, of little tower resedbling thus', used
Qn r? 4a a : ', evidently a guard towero An aryk.i a.:h arine net.
o OPT M end u the pier.
This quay had three buc.; et- ,
a.. .Mra :,: nat.ityY "'i.,,. 7. lifted the d? -...eke t Tt. y
Ma Anich sw7pt ,he area. The rather dare. K,,', , "..err
c n Odessa, 0 L erv ed at Lan t . a. posy vuy. 50X1-HUM
-ha close inshore are not -,iry !.''rea+, the
Ma said. that entrS' waa impossible with a he,;;,- y t::=) f." :'ni
!::Etrarice ' t T'o't was perked by a series of ,.I.uz . i. nT e
baBor hag 23 feet alopgsid, and the ship had fu J;::
sea and of the 3noll pier on the left entering the harbor, ther
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,hr-.e '3i^~,;es , }
~. ~ t.x of the sarr.M' ty~,.a ,}
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2) medium tonnage soviet ship, painted black. It was probably a
Navy w a Navy-chartered ship because it was berthed on the south quay
>f the. inner eharbor, in. the area believed to be a military
reservation.
A . Keating dry dock with an ostimated capacity of 29000 tons.
A g??nbcat or possibly a destvayer e.soort was observea in the dock.
About 20 ainall and fr,.edium submarines berthed along the br'e v , .
water and the east quay in the harbor. They appeared to be
of older consti?actton and were neither very neat nor trim.
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the light,:: in the
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j j Four or five large torpedo boats, similar to the British MAS type.
Soviet passenger ah.p of more than 10,000 tons.
(7) Manganese pile about 500,000 ~y 700,000 tons.
(8) Possibly a military reservation. There were many low lying
buildings in the area.
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w _m lar to the one on the small pier in the harbor; only somewhat ~
g Then were lc;oate'd :+n. the northern e`:&asty a little inland
.ar
from shore and some distance rom t he t.o4v%!,o The ^,oastline was flr+
dden., v s no-ed.
% nd n:> t;rk?.or s t? ucture l ^.~! as a ' , > f ch 3 41' 3 11~1u ti 1.::q. ed (')E- Ili
18, u A l.Cle the harbor -t,here were two urge ~ghts one north an
the o i:ther south of the city and a bit :inland from shore.
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