ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050038-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 38
• Publication Date: November 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CL;SSIFICATION, SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland DATE DISTR. S Nov ],953
SUBJECT Economic Developments 25X1 ^+O. OF PAGES 2
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According to the official statistics the plan has been realized. A large automobile
Plant was .:onstruot?d in Zeran near Wa
rsaw. However, automobiles are not made there;
they are merely assembled there with parts sent Pro. the U8SR. On the other hand
,
trucks are manufactured in the plant located at Starcaewice and carry the name plate
"Star" (for Starozewico)
Th
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e truck. made there are of good quality. Ancthar large
plaut.whio'.T is still under construction is located in Lublin
Thi
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s p
ant is going
to be the largest '.: Poland. It is generally believed that the vehicle manufacturing
lan wi'
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vent
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_...ly be realized.
The inistr, ? Interior ceased to exist at the and of World :Tar II. Formerly there
existed a Ministry for Public Administration but three
years ago it was replaced by
the Ministry for Cosssaaal Administration. This Ministry never had aWthing to do
i
w
th manufacture of automobiles. The number oi' Ministries and their competence
changes from one year to attot:ser. At present there are 29 Ministriee
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Is there an indication of standardization between the Polish Munitions Industry and
that of the USSR? If so, which weapons and/or equipment are concerned, am? to what
extent? (Examples Will Polish weapons fire Soviet aasmaition, or vice-versa? Are
Polish tanks, trucks, or other equipment patterned otter those of the :soviets? Are
parts interchangeable?)
cars are all mauutaat,~red in 1-?+U'!R a
AAss far an mI odels tanks Light and armored ~ocrdir
? weapons nufeotured in Poland, especially
in the ulants
of Starozewice and Skarzysko-Kwnienna. I believe the weapons are of Soviet model;
caliber and quality of ammunition is, therefore, the same in Poland and the It
should always be remembered that the soviets ac .ally consider Poland as one of the
Soviet Republics end that they are in the process of incorporating this count n, into
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