HARBOR OBSERVATIONS - MUMANSK AND GDANSK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-00280R000100200042-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 11, 2011
• Sequence Number: 42
• Publication Date: October 24, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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Murmansk Arrived in baallast. Loaded 7,700)4 tons of
potash for Gdansk.
Gdansk Discharged 7,700M tons of potash loaded in
Mtsaansk. Departed in ballast. 4
Bremen Arrived in ballast. Loaded 7,650M.tons
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14. The dock was of wood construction ana in a fair condition. No new construction
of warehouses or buildinrjs was in progress. 50X1-HUM
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GDANSK
cargo was discharged by means of el.Ctzic-
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there were grain eleyatare in the vicinity at the
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five or six Soviet naval vessels in in
approximate position at oenga Bay. two were destroyers and
that the others were small harbor craft.
19. There was can Soviet merchant ship of about four thousand tons)
s available as to cargo, destination,
or name . several Soviet merchant vessels
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vssaels which were Leading timber
things in Ma-mansk were too expensive. era o
exchann,c is four or five rubies for US$1. 50X1-HUM
Ithiae buildings to be barrac
people around these buildings
conditions of Gdansk were such improved since
two years ago 195{x/? the people locked better?a
tb= ey wore better clothing. supplies at Balton
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their homes. 50X1-HUM
no radio or radar equipment or military
No bun emplacements or planes were observed.
25. The rate of exchange we3 aprroximately four zlotys for US$1.