NEW PORT OF GDANSK: LAYOUT OF WESTERPLATEE AND THE NORTHERN PART OF WISLOUJSCIE

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 1999
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• Publication Date: July 9, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORM T!OV RORM'
SUBJECT New Port of Gdansk: layout of Westerplatee and the
Northern Part of Wisloujscie
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1. of Weste latte and Wicloujacie in the port of Gdansk
DATE 01STR. 9 76* 1996
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/-Available at the CIA Idap Library is source's sketch map of Wester.
Platte and the northern part of Wisloujscie as of - The map Is
drawn to an approximate scale of 1:100 meters. The numbers in the body
of this report refer to the numbers of the map legend: 'e
Legend: Map of Weeterplatte and the Northern part of wlslottlocie.
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;;torn signals
.;OP post
1IOr barracks and the Bosmanat
Inner basin, south bank ruined by the wreck of the AFRICANA
WOP station
Dmall harbor for units of the Harbor Master's office
WOi' observation tower
Monument of Heroes of Westerplatte
Ferry
Entrance gate to jesterplatte, prohibited naval area
Railways, fences, shrubs, wooded area and dilapidated banks are misrim.7
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Inner basin
Inner basin
Livestock base
Fort of Wisloujscie."
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2. "The eastern bank of the canal of the New Port of Gdansk begins at
the entrance to the port on the pier, from the side of iesterplatte.
This pier. J11~is.bsolutely inaccessible to the public. It is in
good condition. Near the entrance to the pier, is an installation
which gives. storm signals (,?alizac i..Burzowe?) and the direction
PodAt-?(gunkt ISierunkowy); of the port No.2) .
"The WOP (Border Guard Troops) station is situated below (No.3).
There, a ship may receive permission to lay anchor offshore 'We ac
Na Rede). Here also is a searchlight station which lights up the
entrance to the port.
"A little further to the east are certain WOe buildings (No.4):
barracks, the administration of floating units, and also the boat-
swain's office' (Boamanat) for traffic control. In the same build-
ing is quartered a unit of the Navy. Both buildings are situated
on the bank of an inner basin (No.5). On_the northern bank of this
basin, explosives are unloaded. Cargoes of explosives arrive re-
gularly from Finland, carried by a rather small ship :/S MIRA. The
northern bank of this inner basin is in good condition. The south-
ern bank is a complete ruin. The wreck of the German ship AFRICANA
still lies on the bottom there. There is usually no activity on
thi;a?.~ba~tt.. .. ....... ..
5. "At the tip of the southern bank of the inner :basin and of the main
canal there is, a small square with a 1 OP station (No.6) and n. tirW
hq;rbor(bcp:7,) for the units of 'the Harbor Master's. office and of tam
WOP.,, This is the only spot in the whole Westerplatte area, ifAere one,
ma..'.land for awhile without a special pass.
6., "A? .1?ittle farther, to the south is a newly constructed. WO5' nt}sar.jatig{t
tQ%er,.cNo..8). It probably has a radar installation. In the center of
Westerplatte is the 'monument of.-the Heroes of ,.esterplatte (No.9).
7. T'hh. whole sout}iei7~. bgnk oe lie ?vesterplatte,, along the main canal ?*e
in -a drastically bad' condition. It is made up of e: wooden,,pa.lisadC,
the sectians of which:have become rotten.. Some ships are tied
up there; if there is no room for them in the port. Here also Soviet
tugboats; usually tie'...up, e.g.., the HEF..KULisu. If there is ?a :high. .tide,
trie'tiawYers of the WOP, -and-sometimes -the unit of -tie;HA1;b(5r Master's
Office,. take shelter in this area. reign ships must be very careful
in this part of the. basin, because the bank is in such a bad condition
that it is very easy to damage it, and then the port management im-
med,lately.nendsa heavy bill for repairs. Sometimes this bank is also
used by-the naval units Dram Oksywie. .
8. "Opposite the Cape;of.Fi,ve:Whistles is the, starting point of a ferry-
boat (No.10) which connects Westerplatte with the GUM Gdanaki Uread
14oreki-Maritime office of Gdansk), on the opposite side o t ae n.
Here also is the entrance gate to :,esterp'latte (No.11).
"Westerplatte is a military area. At the entrance a large notice board
announces: 'Military area, entrance prohibited' ('Teren Wojskowy, Wate
.'lz'broniony'.). The whole Westerplatte is surrounded with a barbed ro
fence. One.cannot enter the area without a special pass issued by the
Naval Command.
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10. "Besikde, but not within the t esterplatte enclosure, is the teclinica'1? base
of the `..i~CG` ( ad Portre Gdynia Gdansk-Management of Gdyniw-Gdansk Harbor)
(No:12)', whiclg n 'on the ?bank of a small inner basin (No.13). Thiel base
consists of-several new buildings. The old buildings which stood there pre-
viously have been destroyed. The buildings..comprise?stores, workshop's and
addu l.htrative'..o'efices.: Close "by stands a-?separate social building. The
GPGG.base.is -urrounded by its own wire fence. A special pass is necessary
to :niter it:
11. "Farther. to the south is an area- from which'-infection-and disease spreads
over'the -port: -a stagnant basin (No.14) and the base for livestockl(No.15).
The base consists of.wooden stables and sheds In which imported or,exported
cattle are kept. Here, ifi 1951, .an 'epidemic of foot-and=mouth disease broke
out; it?.persists'until the present 'day /- .
12. "Still' farther, `oppiasite the CC,N (C-trala'?Produktow NaP ch=Center of Oil
:roductr*);is the old German fort in? WJ iloujscie fito:l , with caneald~ It
is "Open, to the ?riublic: At the' back of the fort? run railway tracks: one to
Weatsxpiatte `and another' to the 'livestock -base.. In the'background 'are sand
dutnee!-and 'a.. Porested. area.,,
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2. Storm signals
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;VOP barracks and BOS'?A!TAT
Internal basin, south bank
WOP station
dilapida'6ad (%rack of
Small harbour for Hbourmaster?s finite
V/OP obooriatior? tower
Monunent of 1 i oes of 0'1s Y'~ }?l; i"L'E
Ferry
Entrance pate 4 - WES EP7?ATTf,
Technical base of ZPGG?
Internal basin
Internal basin
Base of livestock
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Scale approx. 1 : 100 M.
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Railways
Dilapidated banks Fence or wire
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WOP obs er'iatlor tower
WOP station
WOP barraoks and BOS!LA11TAT
Storm eigna3 e
WOP pout,
Technical base of ZPGG
Internal basin
Intoi'nal basin
Dace of livostook
Fort: of VISLUUJSCZ
Scale approx. l : 100 in.
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