Het IJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands 19 August 2010
An item dealing with the observed activities period between 21 November-1 December 1956 reported that in the month December 1956 several naval ships were seen in the harbour of Kronstadt, Russia. Between some barges and a couple of small floating cranes was a medium size naval ship anchored. She was possible fitted out with a small mast forward of the aft tunnel although the break was not visible. Furthermore were one old naval vessel with two tall, thin funnels and a vertical and a square-rigged sailing vessel probably serving as a training ship seen. The latter ship was called Selev (1) or something like that. Strange enough were hardly any ships seen in the harbours of Kronstadt and Leningrad.
Note
1. The Sedov which became Russian state property after the German surrender when the British handed her on 20 December 1945 over as a war reparation? She was built as the sailing cargo ship Magdalene Vinnen by the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany in 1921 for the shipping company F.A. Vinnen&Co., Bremen, Germany Sold in 1936 and renamed Komodore Johnson. Still existing.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80T00246A033200070001-5
