An item reported the sighting on the
Danube off the Stadlauer bridge, Vienna of a Soviet convoy probably
transporting jet fuel for aircraft in Austria. It consisted of a Romanian motor
ships with a Soviet navy officer on the bridge followed on a distance of around
1 kilometre by the tug Sevastopol (written in cyrillic letters) and behind her
the Sestik or Sestok (written in cyrillic letters). The Soviet flagged
Sevastopol also showed the Pulverflagge and was towing 2 heavily loaded tank
barges which far more cleaner showing as normaly without any oil trace. The
barges had a crew of Soviet sailors. The Pulverflagge is a warning that the
cargo is explosive and or inflammable. The Sestik was towing two tank barges
which seemed to be empty.
Source
The
report was published on www.archive.org,
document number CIA-RDP80-00810A001700380004-8
