Translate

Saturday 23 September 2017

Soviet warships passing Japanese coast according to a report of the American intelligence dated 16 July 1951

An item reported that two Soviet warships with the pennants X4 and X5 belonging to the 2nd Naval Squadron left on 20 June Dairen towards the south, passing Okinawa going northeast along the Japanese coast. On the 28th was the X4 on the position 147-30 and 40-00 and the X5 a day later 2:20 a.m. at 148-00 and 37-30. With a speed 0f 16 knots were the ship continuing a north east course. In the beginning of the same month was the same route followed by other Soviet warships passing Mokkaid arriving at Vladivistok.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, CIA document number CIA-RDP82-00457R008100430010-8.