1. GENERALS STOLAREK AND POLTURZYCKI 2. VOLUNTEERS FOR KOREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2009
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: May 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the, United States, within the mean:
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SECRET/CONTROL - J.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT la Gedera.ls Stclarek and Polturzycki
2. Volunteers for Korea
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 5 May 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. An Advanced Artillery Officers? School (Wyzeza Szkola Artylerii) is located at
Torun and is under the cc end of a Soviet officer who now heir a Polish name,
General (fnu) Stolarek. The latter is a protege of General Wladyelaw Koresyc9
the head of the Polish General Staff and the non of Michajl Fomich Koria to
during Czarist times was a guard at the Cytadela prison in Warsaw, where Poles
were imprisoned and executed.
2. General Bronislaw Polturzycki9 recently appointed deputy of the General Planning
.Dir?ector91 is the son of Archip Lecntiev Polturickoy, a coppersmith in Revel
(Tallin), Estonia, prior to the revolution. Poltursycki., who was former commander
of the Bydgoszcz Military District, came to Poland for the first time in 1945 with
the Soviet Army- he wore a Polish uniform at that time but spoke very poor. Polish. 25X1
the history of most generals serving in the Polish Army
today is-similar to that described above.
1, In late September 1952, the Polish Ministry of National Defense issued.secret..
.or?derss for:- the purpose of obtaining volunteer officers{, for? aignment to Korea.
Volunteers were sought for among artillery and armored troop officers. On
it was said that the volunteers were to be sent to Korea to receive
w n er training on the battlefronts a group of
volunteers were sent to Korea in Apr for? summer training. Officers sent
to Korea.were not allowed to disclose their destination, and as an explanation
to their families they stated that they were going to attend a course. Czech
officers were also enlisted for the same training.
1.
C may be referring to the State Economic Planning 25X1
Comaission. It was announced in the Polish press on 27 January 1953 that
Polturzycki was appointed deputy chairman of this commission0
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