SABOTAGE AND GUERRILLA ACTIVITES IN THE SATELLITES, 25 MARCH - 7 AUGUST 1953

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700130274-2
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• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 274
• Publication Date: September 10, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY GDR, Rumania, Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT Political - Sabotage
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PU9LISHED Izmir, Athens, Istanbul
DATE
PUBLISHED 25 Mar - 7 Aug 1953
LANGUAGE Turkish, French
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SABO?.AGE ACID GUERRILLA. ACTNITIES IN THE 5.4i~I.F,ITiS,
25 tMRCH - 7 AUGUST 1953
ALRFIELD BURNS IN SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY -- Izmir, Anadolu, 28 May 53
Berlin, 27 May (Turkish News Agency) -- The Doebeln airfield, one of
the largest in the Soviet Zone, has completely burned. Airfield employees
report t' `. the aircraft at the field and Large amounts of building materials
were destroyed.
POLISH GTIERRILLAS CLASH WI'l+H RED ARMY UNITS -- Istanbul, Cumhuriyrt, 30 Jul 53
Berlin, 29 July (Nafen News Agency) -- According to reports reaching
here, clashes are occurring between Red Army units and guerrillas in areas
of Poland lyin3 close to Germany. The Polish guerrillas are causing the
Soviets difficulty eapecielly by their sabotage of r~ilruads. Two divisioas
from the Soviet occupation Yorces in East Germany have been sent to this
area. Also, a 12,000-mzn force has been sent from Czechoslovakia to help
combat the guerrillas.
According to some reports, the Polish guerrillas have succeeded in taking
over the cities of Bunzlau, Iauban, and Herzberg ~~. They have obtained
their weapons and munitions by raids cn Soviet barracks.
POLISH GUERRILLAS ATTACK EAST BESLffi-idOSCOW TRAIPI -- Istanbul, Cumhuriyet,
7 Aug 53
Drunswick, 6 August (Anatolian Agency) -- German workers from the
Ammendorf railway car factory in East Germany who have fled to West Germany
in recent days have reported that last week the "blue train," which operates
between East Berlin and Mosccw, was attacked by Polish guerrillas. According
to these refugees, many of the train's cars, bearing traces of bullets and
bombs, were sent to the workshop for repairs.
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PLANE3 ElQ'l.OIIE WHILE LAHI)ING AT Ri1MAN76N AIRPORT -- Athens, Le Messager
d'Atheaes, 13 Jun 53
Three het planes exploded xhile leading at the Soviet military airport
at Craiova, Soviet authorities conducted an investigatior. and discovered
that the explosions xere due to sabotage. Several arrests xere made,
PETROLEUM ~~ BtkiNS ~ SLOVAIQA -- Istanbul, Yeni Istanbul, 25 Mar 53
Vienna, 24 March (Anatolian Agency) -- According to inhabitants of
the border toms of Daagern and Stilfrydek, a large fire broke out yesterday
evening in the Malacky petroleum region of Slovakia, According to these
xitaesses, the flames rose quite high and it is certain that as oil xell
caught ott fire, The fire began to abate late in the evening, Txo years ago,
one of the petroleum wells in the same region caught on i'ire and burned for
weeks.
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