SOVIET NAVAL MANEUVERS OUTSIDE MURMANSK

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800680004-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 25, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information effecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
Ing of the ispionage laws. Title 18, U.B.C. Secs. 7YS
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorlssd paean is prohibited
by law.
COUNTRY USSR (Arctic)
Soviet Naval Maneuvers Outside
Murmansk
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 25 January 1955
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN TIHS 1ORT AN DKINITNE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TNfTATNE.
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1. (ship entered Kola Bay on 25 August 1954, it received orders
at 0515 hours from a small guard vessel to leave the bay and proceed eastward
toward Kildin Island (N 69-21, E 31+-10) and wait there for further orders.
2. Between 0600 and 0700 hours, a large naval force came out of the bay along the 25X1
western shore, proceeding in two groups. The first group consisted of two
cruisers and four destroyers, and the second group, which was six to eight
nautical miles behind the first, was made up of two cruisers and eight destroyers.
The cruisers in each group held a parallel course but they were not in line with
each other.
The vessels sailed about fifteen miles. It was not possible to see what course
they took after they left the bay.
3. When the first group passed) no details
could be observed. The second group passed at a distance of four or five miles.
All four cruisers seemed to be of the same size. The two cruisers in the second
group had different hulls, but all four cruisers had two stacks each. On one
cruiser in the second group there was a break in the deckline aft of the bridge.
The other had two constructions which projected out on the sides, one at the
ca taint brid and the other aft the second stack, F
destroyers) were somewhat similar and
their length
1- After all the ships had departed~ red fifteen to twenty very small
naval vessels, probably MTBs appears on tale west side of Kildin Island
and sailed directly north at high speed. The vessels moved in line formation,
with a distance of two to three hundred meters between the ships.
some firing could be heard
in the bay area. was impossible to determine what type of firing it was.
At 0750 hours, the Kara Sea pilot informed the ship that it could continue
its Journey into Murmansk.
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6. There was a slight sea and good visibility when these observations were
made. There were two other merchant vessels nearby. One was a Soviet
ship which received permission to remain on the wpat a1l of +V,o 'k r
ship went into Kola Bay, nine MPBs were maneuvering on the
east side or the bay in the vicinity of Tvuva Rav (N 60-i0) E 33-1.2).
the vessels just
saiiea ac an rorth. The speeds of t e various ships varied greatly. Two
destroyers were at anchor in Rosta (N 69-03, E 33-05), but no details were
observed.
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