CONDITIONS IN THE NAWODNA COMMUNITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500500051-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 2, 2010
• Sequence Number: 51
• Publication Date: May 27, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COI WIDENTTAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Coaditioa9.in the Nawodna community
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Po tion
1. The whole area situated in the rear of the frontier-segment, between
Ognica and Bielinek,Sig7 is populated -Lo a rather small extent. Although the
majority of the localitieswere not damaged during World War II, except for i
some places like the little village of Garnowo, there are many empty
houses in these villages. Especially unpopulated are the villages direct-
ly on the Oder River, for example, Piaski, Radun, and Zaton Doly. The
large brickworks in this locality have not been put into operation.
Farther east the villages have around two-thirds the inhabitants the had in pre-
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Governmaemt
9. "The At1 a area, partly densely forested (the forests remaiaod lmost
cgmpletoly untouched by war actions) belongs to the NawodnaLAi/oommllnity.
The community office is, however, not in this village. It has been trans-
ferred to nearby Krzymow. The only reason for this distant location is
that the community head (wojt) lives there. In Krzymow the community
police post is alao quartered.
Agriculture
3._"There are rather few PGRs (state-owned estates) in this community.
There is.a large one in Krzymow. There are two small ones in Graniczna
and Bary, both in the southern parts of the community, in the vicinity
of, ti7,rz town of. ChoJna.
4. 11Up to Aug 53 only one kolkhoz has been set up in Nawodna.
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5. "The majority of the population are resettlers from behind the BuE line.
They make their living as individual farmers (the average size of a farm
is around 7 to 10heotAres).
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6. The Nawodna community has no special industry, except one brewery
(44'duAtBd%in"Krzymotii and .the -flour-mills in Lisie Pole. Under such condi-
tions, the only possibility for the farmer to find additional work is in
the forest.
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Communications
7. "Another work opportunity was offered in 1953 on the Soviet airfiela located
southlof.Chofna. The-airfield was again enlarged and, according to rumors,
adapted for utilization by larger jet-propelled plane unite.
8. "The hakt,poe'sibilitty to find some extra work was afforded in. 1953 in the
rebuilding of the highway bridge near Krajnik Dolny. This bridge is on the
highway between Schwedt,I= the Soviet. .zc a of Germany,and Chojna.
Preparations had already been undertaken to repair this highway in 1951.
9. "According to ruaore circulating among local inhabitants, the bridge now
under reconstruction will be closed for civilian use and will be restricted
for Soviet military transit purposes. (It should be noted that another
bridge was being rebuilt in summsr 1953 in this area, near. Gryfino),.
-. P lti and -/f-n7 Cz_uchrovgkl,. - Sdtfi of "them are farmers. Ahoiher
on the Oder can be reached only by side roads on bicycle oriby foot.
Communism
11. Thn ere are very few Communists among the population living in the- Fe
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10. "It?2a:anticipated that the new road will turn out to be a better communi-
cation-for the entire area. Up to now there is only one autobus connecting
various places in the Nawodna community. This bus line was detoured in
.i i r1953 from-Chojna, Cedynia?and Bielinek to Piaski.. Other villages
Re+li ion , .:
12. Av lthough the -population is very religious, only one priest had been de 50X1-HUM
tailed to the community as of Aug 53. He settled in Nawodna. Every Sunday
he goes around the area to say Mass in other churches having no priest,gf,?.
their own, e.g., Krzymow, Rynica, (this locality is surrounded by a big
forest), Lisie Pole or even to such a distant place as Krajnik Dolny which
is. on.-the bank of the Oder River."
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