FOIA
SOVIET NAVAL ACTIVITIES IN THE GULF OF FINLAND
Document Type:
Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP80-00810A002000060008-5
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RIPPUB
Original Classification:
S
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
December 22, 2016
Document Release Date:
November 9, 2009
Sequence Number:
8
Case Number:
Publication Date:
August 4, 1953
Content Type:
REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2009/11/09: CIA-RDP80-0081OA002000060008-5
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
1. Porkkala Area
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
SUBJECT Soviet Naval Activities in the
Gulf of Finland
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
6 minesweepers of the T-700 class were observed 25X1
at the same place.
c. The buoys which used to lie around the Porkkala Area have been removed.
2, 24.8 degrees - 19 sea miles off Vilsandi g~M el
Finland/USSR
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of Its & ntents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is pronibited
by law. The reproduction of this form Is prohibited.
DATE DISTR. 4 August 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
identified as a Gromkij-destroyer towing a large target. On the
stack were red rings with polished brass in between. At the same time
10 minesweepers of the T-700 class were observed,
a destroyer was observed,
6 naval vessels, prob
T-700 class, were observed here. The cruise
proceeded north.
units in the vicinity, but a thick smoke
observation impossible.
Comments
2. 'There seems to be lively minesweeping activity going on in the Porkkala
Area at the present time.
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
bly minesweepers of the 25X1
around in circles and then
there were possibly larger
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