RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION OF ALTERNATE NAVAL LOADING-UNLOADING AREAS TO BE ESTABLISHED ON THE TERRITORIES OF THE WARSAW PACT MEMBER STATES

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• Publication Date: November 30, 1981

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MEMDRANDUM FOR: The Director of Central Intelligence
30 November 1981
FROM john H. Stein
Deputy Director for Operations
SUBJECT RECOMMENDATIONS on the Preparation and Organization
of Alternate Naval Loading-Unloading Areas to be
Established on the Territories of the Warsaw Pact
Member States
1. The enclosed Intelligence Information Special Report is a
translation of SECRET Warsaw Pact recommendations on the preparation and
operational organization of alternate naval loading-unloading areas
(21IMPVRs) to be set up near small ports in the Warsaw Pact countries to
ensure continuity in troop and materiel transport and transshipment when
main naval ports are threatened or destroyed or when land traffic routes
are obstructed. The document gives the deployment time and minimum daily
throughput capacity of a ZMPVR and spells put the responsibilities of the
ZMFVR chief, subunits, and subordinate sea and rail transport aommandants,
chiefs, and organs.
2. Because the source of this report is extremely sensitive, this
document should be handled on a strict need-to-know basis within recipient
agencies.
JL-.Stein
AR 70-14
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The Director of Central Intelligence
The Director of Intelligence and Research
Department of State
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director, Defense Intelligence Agency
The Assistant to the Chief of Staff for Intelligence
Department of the Army
Director of Naval Intelligence
Department of the Navy
The Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence
U. S. Air Force
Director, National Security Agency
Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
Director of the National Foreign Assessment Center
Director of Soviet Analysis
Director of Imagery Analysis
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DATE
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RECOMMENDATIONS an the Preparation and Organization of Alternate Naval
Loading-Unloading Areas to be Established on the Territories of the Warsaw
Pact Member States
SOURCE Documentary
Summary:
The following report is a translation from Russian of SECRET Warsaw
Pact recoimnendations on the preparation and operational organization of
alternate naval loading-unloading areas (ZMPVRs) to be set up near small
ports in the Warsaw Pact countries to ensure continuity in troop and
materiel transport and transshipment when main naval ports are threatened
or destroyed or when land traffic routes are obstructed. Among the topics
discussed are: the site selection and deployment design of MAINRs in
peacetime by ministry of defense organs, and the allocation of the forces
and means for preliminary preparation of communications and transportation
lines of the ZMPVR and its security and control; the deployment time and
minimum daily throughput capacity of a ZMPVR for dry and liquid cargo; and
the responsibilities of the ZMPVR chief and subordinate officials and
organs. Two appendices display the organizational chart of the ZMPVR and
its deployment on the ground.
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RECOMENDATIONS
ON THE PREPARATION AND ORGANIZATION OF ALTERNATE NAVAL LOADING-UNLOADING
AREAS TO BE ESTABLISHED ON THE TERRITORIES OF THE WARSAW PACT
MEMBER STATES
I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES
1. Alternate naval loading-unloading areas (ZMPVRs) are established for the
purpose of ensuring continuity of troop and materiel transport or in order to
organize transshipment operations in dispersed conditions in the event of a
threat to or the destruction of the main naval ports, and also, when necessary,
to provide complete or partial transfer of cargoes to sea transport to bypass
obstacles an land traffic routes.
11 They must provide for the transshipment of troops and equipment, wounded and
sick, as well as the reloading of materiel from other types of conveyance onto
sea transport and the reverse when carrying out mass military shipments in
wartime.
2. ZMPVRs are wparesi beforehand as a rule in ieacetimq, within specific
seacoast boundaries having a transshipment capability ana based on an agreement
between the defense ministries of the allied countries and the Staff of the
Combined Armed Forces.
3. It is best that the daily throughput capacity of each ZMPVR in terms of
materiel consist of no less than 2,000-4,000 tons of dry cargo and 4,000-8,000
tons of liquid cargo.
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from the moment the decision is made to d!ploy kt.
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4. Small ports port and roadstead stations are prepared for the deployment
of ZMPVRs. As a ride, a ZMPVR also includes:
--loading-unloading stations on an unequipped shore which is prepared for
offshore delivery of liquid cargoes and supplied with the necessary means for
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transferring equipment and dry cargoes to ships with the use of roadstead
flotation equipmelit;
transshipment roadsteads;
railroad sections and unloading (loading) stations;
assembly and holding areas for the troops to be transported;
zones for storing cargo temporarily or for deploying depot branches,
evacuation-reception centers for the wounded and sick, and decontamination
stations;
-- helicopter landing pads and field pipeline sections;
-- motor roads and approaches to ports, port stations, stations, depots,
evacuation-reception centers, and landing pads.
A diagram of the deployment of a ZMPVR is given in Appendix No. 1.
5. To direct and support the work of a ZMPVR, control organs with
communications subunits are established and the necessary forces and means are
allocated.
6. Rear services,, hospital and freight handling bases, and materiel support
brigade section.f (OG /operations groups/) of ground forces and naval formations
may be deployed within or near a ZMPVR when preparing for or during operations.
II. PREPARATION OF ALTERNATE NAVAL LOADING-UNLOADING AREAS
7. The preparation of alternate naval loading-unloading areas as well as the
forces and means for supporting its work is done by the appropriate military and
civilian transportation organs. The preparation of a ZMPVR is monitored by the
ministry of defense.
8. In peacetime the following measures are carried out for the purpose of
preparing a ZMPVR.
Ministry of defense organs:
-- draw up proposals on the organization and preparation of the 210/2NR and
coordinate them with the respective ministries and agencies;
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-- conduct reconnaissance together with representatives of interested
transportation and other ministries (agencies) for the purpose of determining an
area of the seacoast with small ports, port and roadstead stations located
within it; designate the unloading (loading) railroad stations, the motor roads
and approaches, the assembly and holding areas of the troops to be transported,
the zones for storing cargo temporarily, the areas for setting up depots,
evacuation-reception centers for wounded and sick, and decontamination
stations; select the places for the preparation of landing pads, and routes for
laying out field pipelines and pipelines from the offshore ship fueling (BUR)
systems; establish the boundaries of the ZMPVR's later area and territory; and
assign the place for deploying the MAWR control post. As a result of the
reconnaissance, the nature and scope of the preparation operations are
determined, as well as the possibilities of using sections of unequipped shore
as loading-unloading sites;
-- specify in the mobilization. plan the allocation of the necessary forces
and means to support the work of the ZMPVR and to control its elements, as well
as the establishment of reserves of dismantlable military equipment for
installation on ships and in railcars, loading and unloading equipment,
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-- establish supplies of POL containers and pumping stations, and plan the
allocation of field main pipeline subunits;
-- plan and carry out preliminary measures to organize control and
communications, and the security, defense and protection of the ZMPVR.
Organs of the transportation and ccamunications ministries and their
agencies:
-- prepare for operation selected small ports, port and roadstead stations.
For this purpose stationary berths are constructed and repaired, and the
fittings for floating moorings, approach routes, approach channels, depot
facilities and temporary cargo storage zones are prepared. Particular attention
is paid to the preparation of the loading-unloading sites for missiles, missile
propellant, heavy equipment and fuel in bulk;
-- carry out the equipping of water areas taking into account the
anticipated number of ships, the accepted norms of their dispersal and the
relationship of the drafts of the ships to be handled to the depths of the area.
The water area must provide for the ships' freed= of maneuver and their safe
anchorage;
-- accomplish the preparation of railroad sections and unloading (loading)
stations for troops, mounded and materiel;
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-- specify the points of locomotive and railcar facilities for the equipping
of locomotives and the repair of rolling stock;
-- designate and stockpile mobile means of mechanization (floating, railroad
and truck-mounted cranes, vehicular and electric loaders, etc.); roadstead
flotation equipment, floating moorings, field pipeline sets, etc.;
-- establish ragArvfls of dismantlable military equipment, loading-unloading
equipment, and fastening and spacing materials for securing military equipment
and cargoes an railroad rolling stock and on ships;
-- prepare and maintain in proper condition the motor road network with
approaches to designated ports, port and roadstead stations, unloading (loading)
stations and to other ZMPVR installations;
-- determine the procedure for using the communications lines of the
transportation ministries and the postal communications of the country in
support of the ZMPVR;
-- draw up and implement preparatory measures to ensure the use and stable
operation in wartime of the ports, port stations, railroad sections, stations
and other elements of the ZMPVR.
III. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OPERATION OF ALTERNATE NAVAL LOADING-UNLOADING
AREAS
9. Overall direction of the operation of an alternate naval loading-unloading
area is performed by the chief of the ZMPVR, who heads the control apparatus.
To him are subordinated the military transportation organs on rail and sea
transport, military subunits and facilities, and the special contingents that
are supporting the work of the ZMPVR (road and traffic control, motor transport,
pipeline, and transport helicopter units, and units to perform transshipment
operations, man the depots, evacuation-reception centers for the wounded, etc.).
The transportation organs of the country assign their own representatives
with the necessary authority to accomplish cooperation.
A basic diagram of ZMPVR organization is in Appendix No. 2.
10. The chief of the ZMPVR bears responsibility for timely support of
unloading (loading) of cargo delivered by rail, sea and motor transport, for its
conveyance (delivery) by trucks, air and pipeline among the ports, port stations
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and stations, as well as for the organization of the transfer of troops and
wounded (sick) and their movement via motor roads.
HE MUST:
-- plan and organize the operation of the ZMPVR on the basis of the military
transportation plan, the orders of the command and the actual approach of the
ships and trains (truck columns);
-- determine the daily transshipment tasks for the ports, stations and
loading (unloading) sections, monitor their implementation and coordinate the
work of all NPR elements;
-- maintain continuous cooperation with VOSO /Military Transportation
Service/ organs and with the appropriate transportation and territorial defense
organs of the country with respect to matters of ZMINR operation, the
organization of technical coverage and the elimination of the aftereffects of an
enemy attack; and maintain cooperation through military commandants with the
chiefs of ports, port stations and stations;
-- organize the immediate security and defense of ZMPVR installations;
-- report to the command within the established time period about the status
and operation of the ZMPV1R.
11. The military commandants of the ports and stations (sections) MUST:
-- participate in planning and organizing the operation of the port,
station, or section, together with their chiefs, taking guidance from the daily
instructions of the NPR chief and the operating procedure;
-- ensure the timely loading (unloading) of troops and materiel in the port,
station, or section;
-- maneuver the allocated forces and means to achieve the prescribed volume
of transport;
-- participate in organizing the immediate security and defense of ZMWR
installations and take the necessary steps to ensure the elimination of the
aftereffects of an enemy attack;
-- maintain continuous cooperation with the appropriate transportation and
territorial defense organs and among themselves;
-- report to the ZMWR chief by the required time about the status and
operation of the port, station or section.
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12. The chiefs of these ports and stations carry out direct supervision of
port and station operations. They organize their own work in cooperation with
the military transportation organs. Subordinate to them are the forces and
means allocated by the main ports to ensure the operation and survivability of
the ZMPVR.
13. Sea and rail transportation organs are responsible for implementing the
following measures:
-- the utilization of ports, port and roadstead stations, loading
(unloading) sections, railroad sections and stations on which the ZMPVR is
based; provision for the timely flow of troop trains, transports and ambulance
trains to unloading (loading) stations and the flow of ships to loading
(unloading) ports according to a schedule coordinated with the military
transportation organs;
-- the operating readiness of the permanent facilities and variable means of
sea and rail transport;
-- the support of loading-unloading operations in ports, port stations,
sections of the seacoast and at railroad stations with permanent and temporary
devices and equipment (berths, platforms, ramps, fixed and mobile means of
mechanization, loading and unloading equipment, etc.), as well as materials for
securing equipment and cargoes;
-- the drawing up of cargo documents in ports and at unloading and loading
stations.
14. Local road organizations are responsible for maintaining in operating
condition at a ZMPVR designated motor roads and the approaches to ports and
stations, to landing pads, to troop assembly and holding areas, to temporary
cargo storage zones, depots etc. These tasks are carried out in cooperation
with the road traffic control subunits included in the ZMPVR complement.
15. The operation of a ZMPVR proceeds an the basis of a unified plan, which
calls for the integrated utilization of all types of transport and which defines
the procedure, place and time for performing transshipment operations.
The operational procedure of ZMPVR work is drawn up in peacetime by the
military transportation organs, together with the /civilian/ transportation
agencies, on the basis of the instructions of the appropriate ministry of
defense organs. In developing it the capability of carrying out transshipment
operations in radioactive, chemical and bacteriological contamination conditions
is considered.
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16. For the purpose of increasing the effectiveness of the loading-unloading
operations of ports, stations and sections of a MAWR, it is best to specialize
and equip them appropriately to handle troop trains with heavy and light
equipment and transports with ammunition, missiles, and fuel, as well as to
transfer the wounded and sick.
The unloading (loading) of trainloads of people, military ambulance trains
and ships and transports carrying ammunition, explosives, toxic substances, aild
fuels at the same port, port station or railroad station is not permitted. The
number of ships and trains to be handled simultaneously in ports, port stations
and at stations is prescribed according to the appropriate norms for protection
against means of mass destruction.
17. The numbers assigned to troop trains and transports passing through a
ZMPVR are not changed but retained until their arrival at their destination
points. The trains and transports must, as a rule, be passed through the ZMPVR
in their entirety. Separating trains and transports at a ZMPVR and dispatching
them in several parts is permitted, as an exception, by agreement with the
appropriate military transportation organs. In the event the trains
(transports) have to be separated into parts, each of them is given the same
number as the train (transport) with the addition thereto of a symbol ("a", "V,
"c", etc.).
18. Representatives of rear services elements of the respective allied armies
carry out the receipt of materiel from the chiefs of military transport guards
during unloading at a ZMPVR, its delivery for loading and subsequent shipment by
sea (rail) transport, and also, when necessary, the organization of storage at
ZMPVR depots. These representatives are responsible for the safekeeping of
materiel when it is passing through a ZMPVR, and also for the organization of
operations at ZMPVR depots.
19. The measures for combat, materiel, technical and medical support of
military shipments at a WM are carried out by the ministry of defense and the
transportation organs deployed at the DOR, and in cooperation with the troops
being transported.
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Appendix No. 1
KEY
214PVR Headquarters
-- Motor transport holding (assembly) area
-- Zones with a capacity for the temporary
storage of
storage of cargo and
for deployment of depots
-- Evacuation-reception centers fcr wounded and sick
-- Main field pipeline sections
-- Loading-unloading stations on Lriequipped coasts
-- Small ports
-- Loading-unloading railroad sta=ons
-- Helicopter take-off and landing zones
-- Transshipment roadstead static=
-- Offshore fueling of ships
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Appendix NO. 2
PLANNING
GROUP
CHIEF OF THE PORT"
(PORT STATION,
SECFION)
WORK ORGANIZATION AND
MONITORING GROUP
VOSO
LINE ORGANS
RECORD-KEEPING
GROUP
MILITARY COMAANDANF
FOR SEA TRANSPORT
SUBUNITS
SUPPORT AND SERVICING
SUBUNITS
COMMUNICATIONS
MEDICAL
(DEERS
MILITARY CaVIANDANT
FOR RAIL TRANSPORT
CHIEF OF RAILROAD1
STATION (SECTION)I
ROAD AND TRAFFIC
CONTROL
MOTOR
TRANSPORT
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PIPELINE
TRANSPORT
HELICOPTERS
TRANSSHIPMENF
SUPPORT
DEPOTS
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