RESISTANCE TO THE REGIME/PARAMILITARY TRAINING/NEW PASSPORTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050039-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 26, 2011
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: November 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
CENTRAL INTEL
INFORMAT!
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
LIGENCE AGENCY
ON REPORT
Resistance to the Regime/Paramilitary Training/
New Passports
DATE DISTR. :.J Ploy 1953
NO . OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
world. The communication system " _." V Q.L Lo tine imoli:
grows disorgarjaed. Railroads operate inefficis tly, tGovernment officials and employees
dissatisfied with their economic situation do only what they are forced to uo and
^%ly under +.,e pressure of threats, fines, etc. Unfortunately, this situation
i.eads to lr_l ^onsoquencea for the population as a whole for inct .no, since thy
ts_aoliers of elemsntary aad high sohools hate the Communist regime they believe they
can best oppose it by poorly training their students, incther words, teaching them
very little. Therefore, students graduated from Lyoees (seoundary schools) are very
poorly prepared to enter the colleges and consequently lower their level of educational
atandards. Esrioyee3 of all types working in state-operated enterprises, whether in
cow: or village, try to do as little as possible. Mine workers' steel and iron
=,rker-s an(! those rrori;ir_; in other plants do not reach the back nor.' established
br the Communist Party and by ri%pagers of state enterprises. It Is an open secret
that for the pact two years workers have been far from approaching 10`)% of the pro -
duction plan. The situation in the rtetallurgioal and min`ng industry or upper Silesia
became so critical that Fterut himsoL'_ was forced to make his appearance in this area
in December 1952 in order to exhort the workers to accelerate production. He also
cursed and threatened the rsonloitrant element of the workers, calling them b
saboteurs, enemies of the people, etc. At the most important coal mines the execution
of the 1952 plan resulted in approximately 85% production, if one wants to believe
the official data published in the Coaamist press. In spite of severe recriminations
a stronr whiapwrin. ,......i ... L. ba_--- aii over tre country and among every
segment of the population. I may well say that hatred towards the oppressor and hatred
towards his Polish agents increased considerably during the past year Z95g Hypocrisy
and lies pervade everything. Ones hides his feelings and waits for the day of libe-
ration.
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"Sluzba organization which may bo considered as
the instrument: providing pre-military train_nZ. Young men 17 years old are drafted
for a period of three to si:: months to work on __
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Young men attending school perform this service in two stages. These J
r young men weamilitary uniforms and receive military training for two or three hours a day. The
"League of Soldiers Friends" %LPZ) which has been carrying on extensive propaganda,
for the past two years, enjoys no popularity whatever. Only those who arm really
forced to do so join it. In general and this must be said with special emphasis,
it is true that the Polish people's attitude towards their soldiers does not lack
some tragic aspects. In one aspect the people feel these soldiers are all good Polish
boys who ^hould be met with sympathy and understanding but on the other hand the entire
Polish army is an army serving Soviet interests and is, therefore, looked upon with
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even come pt. Another matter may be mentioned here. The yearly
contingent of recruits is approximately three times as large as the yearly quota
provided for new enlistees. Of three soldiers found eligible for military service,
two are returned hose and classed supernumeraries.. Selected for military service
are mainly the some of workers and poor peasants, ambers of the hMP, sons of Communist
Two years ago everybody had to submit requests in order to obtain a certificate of
identity. On this oooasion people were required also to submit birth certificates,
employment certificates, marriage certificates, divoroe certificates, etc. They
were also required to fill out a lengthy questionnaire. Subsequently registration
cards were issued to them promptly. For the past 12 months a fairly large nunber
of persons received in exchange for these registration cards new identity certificates.
These certificates contain about 20 pages. For the tine being people do not attach
too much importance to these identity certificates whieh, after all, do not reveal
particular imteranntion except personal data and the employer's authentication but
the average people fear that these documents, according to their cumbers, will be
graded by being divided into different categories and that sooner or later their
holders will Nnd +h-4y odes of travel within
"'-__-_- aohar ofd aw Identity certificates was
la every tons and community special offices
were set up ~&w mats s r. correct ams at these documents is "Dowod
Osobisty", which maw personal eertifioate. In gewersl terms, ha ever, they are
frequently called passports for the interiors, as_they are called also in the USSR.
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