SOVIET TRANSFER OF US LEND-LEASE FREIGHTER TO NORTH KOREA (S-2702)

Created: 5/1/1968

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Soviet Tmnsfir of BSage freighter toroa

The CSiR apparently bu transferred th* oldxoAil&flEi. to Korth Korea.

two old Soviet acrchact afclpe war* transferred to the Gortxrswct of

Korth Korea et Cfa'ongjio7

tttlMWd for the first tlao tvo fichlng

fleet Bother ahlps, tbe *olbl-San-fio end the Kal Boonr Sen, Indicatingwu their firet season vitb tb* fishing float. There la noEortb Korea rocelrod any new dry cargo ship* aultuble forither froo Fro* World aourcea or fron it* ovn cod cat shipyardsthe last quarter Invict rndlo broadcastor. tb* transfer of tha freighterto Eorth Korea andbortb Korean

chip Idfrctlfifid ae tbehe Soviet Far Eost*rn portocVa

vu th*hV cr.t.

Tbe Tashkentteaser built In the OS. It vts trenaf*rred

to tbe OSSB during World War IIte of th* lecd-Ieaa* Act end retained In theuerubantafter th* wt. atteapts to reach egreenect

vith tbeonth* return of tbe lend-lease sbipE ln Soviet cuntody or rwlnbarowwit for tbon have thus far been fruitless. Whet last reported under tb* leviot Hag Inb* yeselgncd to the Far Last bteenahlp Company in Vladivostok. Frew6 untilF It e

vjiereabouta. vox* unreported. If It actually has boon transferred to north Korea, It ie the first lcod-loaeo Yoseol to be sold or given tothird country for purposes other then ie one of the largest dry cargo vassals ln the Korth Korean fleet, it would ba serving double duty, firstupply vessel or aother ship serving tho 'offshore fiehlng fleet and seconderchant vessel carrying ccaoerclal cargoes on snort voyages betveon Eortfc Korean pcrle and froa Korth Korean ports to edjsaent ports In the CSJH and China.

There are no available clues to the ider.tity of the second old frelgbter allegedly transferred to Korth Korea. It eleo couldetd-leaa* vassal. Many of the overage vesaele currently being deleted fron the Soviet fleet were acquired under

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