THE POLISH/RSFSR-LITHUANIAN SSR BORDER AREA

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• Document Page Count: 127
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 1, 1953
• Content Type: IR

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GEOGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE REPORT
THE POLISH/RSFSR-LITHUANIAN SSR BORDER AREA
CIA/RR GR-23
June 1953
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND REPORTS
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mat r s11. -,nntains information affecting
National Defense of the United States
in the meaning of the espionage laws,
Sees. 793 and 794, the tra,ns-
-c?n or --eve ation of which in any manner
t un,mtF?orized person is Drohibited by law.
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n 1. Introduction O O O a . . m M1 4 . . a m O a a a . a . 0 a O 1
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B. The Coastal Plain. . o a m . . , . o . ?
Vegetation O O . a m a . . o o . . . O , O o . a 0
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C. The Interior Plain , a . . . . . . . a a a . .
2. Drainage
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a. ,amps, Marshes, and Lakes . a a. a a a a a 9
f. Vegetation O a O O . . . a m o C 6 o n O
as Mixed Coniferous and Broadleaf Forests . o O 13
{^y~ The B. Swamp, Marsh, and Bog Vegetation a o a o ? 0 O O O O O O , 6 O . . . .
3. Roads and `railroads, . . . . . . . . . . . . o .
1. Sparse Polish Settlement of the Masurian
Lake Area . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2. Densely Settled Area of Former East Prussia. . . 46
3, "Ribbon" Villages of Voland and Lithuania. . ' . . 48
4. Roads and hailroads. . . . . .
1. Settlement Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
2. Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . 0 0 . 0 . . 0 53
VI. The Boundary Area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 54
A. Administration O . . O O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
B. Boundary Markers and Barriers. . . . . . . . . . . . 56
APPENDIXES
Appendix, A. Linear Description of the Boundary . . . . . . 61
Appendix B, List of Airfields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Appendix C. waterways in the Border Area . . . o . . . . 1 75
Appendix D. Communications and Power Lines . . . . . . . . 0 77
Appendix E. Note on Maps of the boundary . A . 4 ? c a a . 78
Appendix F. Evaluation of I,iaps on the Basis of Aerial
Photographs o . . . . . . . 80
Appendix C. Sources, . . . .
1. List of k?eferences Cited in Text . . , . . 86
2. Annotated Bibliography . . . . . . . . ? . 0 88
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