PLACE: BERGEN COUNTRY: NORWAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R000301590003-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: March 13, 1951
• Content Type: BR

Approved For Release 19'999
SECU
o9 l
Y iNF~I ~ #3-00423R0003016900q (
COUNTRY: NORM Y
PLACE: ~MG&q
Population:
Province- Hordland
Date of Observation: Mar?
a 95
General Description: Shipping, fishing and distributing center for large coastal,
area, some manufacturing., ship repairing, etc. International trade by sea.
Geographic Description- This is the coastal fringe of Hardanger plateau. Consists
of low lying islands off mouth of long fjords.
Occupations:
Agricultural Fishing Industrial
Important within Important cod, Fish production,
fjords. herring, etc. flour milling,
miscellaneous small.
Natural Vegetation: Much of coastal area is not wooded, but when wooded is
typically coniferous to tree line.
Land Forms and. Geology: ? --- --_,-, _,._---~-a ---?-- --1-4-P--
Indented fjord coast.
Mining:
RETURN TO CIA
tICR ARY
Population (racial, cultural, linguistic): Norwegian. Probably considerable
mixture of foreign on account of long shipping tradition. Bergen dialect
AP o i
R e)ie& 999/ Q ? I P 3-00423R000301590003-0 41
 Approved For Release 1999/09/10 yQJA.RDP83- 423R000301590003-0
SECU 1I NFORKA
PLACE (cont' d) : BERGEN
March 12, 13, 1951
Temperatures: _50 to 4-50C
Precipitation: Trace of snow. Mountains in background snow covered.
Clouds' Clear, some cu. str.
Other; Wind southeast. Small lake in town partially frozen.
Electric Power:
Voltage: 230
Cycle:
Extent of Grid: Noted towers on hills east of tow~?m.
Telephone VP--, Telegraph VE'-- Radios TV
TRAT SPORTATION: (From: BQr en To: Oslo
Rai lway:
Station: yes
Ballasts
Power : Steam
Gauge : Standard
Bridges'
NOTE) - Discussion on Mar. 12, in Engineering Society of new plans
Highwas: for tunnel to Bergen, plus electrification.
Route No's ,
Surface Type:
Width
Seasonal Use:
Underpass :
SECURITY i RMAT UN
Approved For Release 1999/09/10: C -RDP83-00423R000301590003-0
 Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : CFAeRgP83-00423R000301590003-0
PLACE (cunt' d): ~3r13 rFN
Ferries:
SECURITY II RM4T1!N
Location: Across harbor.
Tonnage s Very small.
Capacity:
Schedules: Note many modern ferries to outlying suburbs for commuters.
Routing: Daily express route along Norwegian coast and connections with
New Castle, London, etc.
Tonnage s:
Capacity:
Schedules;
Bus Routes:
Other Transportation:
Seaplane base in harbor.
Hydrographic chart of south coast
(See report for details)
Street map of Bergen
(See report for details)
Automobilveier i 4r--:Norge
1:1,000,000 1949 Norwegian Automobile
Club
NI TI
~'HY
Approved For Release 1999/09 EJ
DP83r 00423R000301590003-0
& fti
 Approved For Release 1999/09/1 Qa f IA4RDP,03e Q0 3gQQQ301590003-0
^ 9e;~R. 9w ~Y`ei yri
PLACE (cont'd): RFR TFN
Guide and Other Books:
Title
Author Date Publisher Cost
How to Feel at Home in Norway Phillip Boardman 1950 Aschehoug
Rutebok for Norge (monthly schedules of all Mar. 1951
transportation)
PERSONAL DATA:
Arrived from New Castle via Stavanger
Date of travel to this place: Arrived:
Starting Point: JSAkL Qas1-l a
Distance traveled (in kms)s
Where stayed:
Bergen
Departed;1 (-)0 - i 3 Mar. 1 51
3 Astrea - Bergen Steamship Line
Comments: c=ooa
Name Address Position T.ph. Comment
,%CURTri IN
Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : CIA-RDQ83-00423R000301590003-0
 Approved For Release 1999/09/10 a)cjA-RDP83-00423R00 1590003-0
(0 '-F1 . L
PLACE' (cont'd)
Photographs:
Purchased locally:
postcards of Leraen, especially harbor and terrain.
Taken" Of town and harbor, latter including panorama.
Light good, getting dark toward end of day.
Sketches Mades
None
Location Description
Type No. of Workers Products
CONFIDE. AL
rECURIT IFORMAT10
Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : CIA-RDP83-00423R000301590003-0
 ` Approved For Release 1999/09/10P A-fZDP83-00423
R000301590003-0
I-
~_.
tCuRiTY 11~T1~
General Comments Bergen isa modern harbor, well equipped for handling
ocean going vessels, coastal express steamers, local vessels and fishing boats.
Also a Naval yard.
Cargo Handling, See detailed map of town and Danish Red Book of European harbors.
Name : Location
Lighters,
Location
Main steamer quay
Tolbodk
Repair Facilities
Machine Shops, Yes
Foundriest
Dry docks,
Salvage gears
Supplies Available
Depth
Tonnage Comments
Large electric
See photographs)
Water y~
Provisions y,~
Engineering Yes
Deck Yes
S, four on each side
2
Coal YQg _
Oil-Fuel Y QV.
Diesel Fuel yes
Harbor. Information. Charts and pilot books available from: T. Beyers, Boghandel,
Strandgaten 4, Bergen. Chart used for exit from harbor was X302, sole 1:1,000,000,
1932, edited to 1 June 1948. Lig s sho r color. Title - Den Norske Kyst Fra
Bergen til Andenes. L
Approved For Release 1999/09/10 : C F lpp -00423R000301590003-0
S CUlt4TY 9 ,'~~? ne