1. MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION 2. CONTROL OF MOVEMENT 3. PARTISAN ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001200860009-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
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 contettta
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction o1 this corm is prohibited.
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SECURITY. INFORMATION
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFIN171VE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT !S TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1? the Poles were trying to hasten the expansion of
the Polish armored branch,. partly through Russian help,
wo uss an-spec ng cap a ns rom a armors ranc w o were `wearing 25X1
an the number .~of officers in the
armored branch seem e r sen more n e num er of .officers in other
branches. a great number of tanks, which must~be much
larger than a we - own ype, have been cY~eGrvd~lin the Krosno (R50/Z74)-
Sanok (R50/V02) area. ~~
2. The largest rise in the number of officers has been noted in the WOP (Military
Border Guard), These observations have especially been made in Warsaw, Nowy
Targ (~50/Y53)~and Zr~.kopane, A large new WOP caserne to accommodate about 250
men has been constructed in Lysa Polana near Zakopane, The WOP caserne in '
Koscielisko (Q50/Y31) has also been expanded.
3? It seems~~unquestionable that the Polish Armyas strength has grown much during the
last year, the army consists of approximately 130,000 25X1
men, the army could have reached 500 000-
men, w c s men one n some German"newspapers,; the 25X1
expansion of the casernes whichgifl ?it .is supposed t, ere; Was e~:,.norma ?numb~r-~
of troops in 1951, today could not hold more than for example the double number,
regardless of the expansion of present casernes. Among these Okecie 25X1
airfield and Lysa Polana and casernes in Serock, There is always a remarkably
.large nu~nber+~?f officers in relation to soldiers, especially in Warsaw.
/~. The enlistment of labor troops seems to be quite considerableo There have been
reports of several large tent camps, which were not there a year agog among
other places, in the Czestochowa district and in Upper Silesfia,
5? .The guarding of military objects, among these airfields, seems to be very effective.
A diplomat who by mistake passed a stop sign at the airfield in Lubroehnia (sic)
was held for eight hours, A blameless Polish woman, who accompanied the
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diplomat, was held for several days. The radio station in Raszyz~ (R5~/P98)
is surrounded by a double, some places a triple, barbed wire fence with sentry
boxes about 20:meters apart..
6: The control of train passengers seems to be very strict, and is e~ceroiaed both
in the trains and at the entrances and exits of the railway stations.. Foreign
passengers are possibly exposed to stricter control than the Poles. There is
only slight automobile traffic on the highways where the control also is very
strict. It takes place partly at stationary control poste, of which?l,there are 10-
12 between Swinou~acie (Swinemuende) and Warsaw, and partly by mgbile oontrol
patrols. The military traffic is controlled by special military oontro~. oars.
It is~very dif~'iault for foreigners to get around in the oountry where they seem
to be followed very sttictly by the Security Polio?. 'quite c~~'ten qne or two
men follow ~or,eignera to churoh, to mus'euma,~reatauxanta, etc. They have gone
so far that even After a visit in a ohurch they ohecked to see if the visitor has
left letters at the ohuroh benches, the altar, tomb stones or other places.
~~ some time ago it was mentioned in the order of the .day
that ther? we're 9.000 deserters in the Polish Army.
8, An ordinary rumor-says that the number of partisans in the woods has ~.noreased
very feat. his is mostly in woods around Tuchola (P51~/N70) and ~.n woods
between the fistula and the Russian border. The partisans ~ aativitie~s.:~sQ~aorl~.y
slight. In July a group is supposed to have killed seven members or the ~I'!3
(Seourity Police) near Wlodawa (552/M71) by the Russian border.
9. In May 1952 the Polish government carried out a counter-measure by dropping a
large number of parachute troops in Amerioan uniforms ~.n the Szpaki oommunity
near Sielce. The paratroopers were equipped with dollars-and Bought and found
conriectioric.. with and aid' from the local population as well as partisans, of whioh
approximately 300 were arrested. They were wiled in Siedlae, and were guarded
by ICBW (Inter'nal Seourity Corps) troops who were armed with heavy maohine guns.
10~ The actual nucleus of the Palish resistance foraea will strongly oppose any
activity at the present time. The staff, even in case of-war, would refrain from any
action until it could be deaoribed as justifiable, not only from the military
aspect but from the political as well. This attitude might make the staff lose
its held on several grow a who robabl would start apontaneoue and rash-
aabotage and actions. the staff will do its
-best to lessen these, until it is considered me y.
11. On 22 May 1952 Palish officers received permission to carry and to take home their
weapons p~.us 16 cartridges. This happened according to a=special order of the
day, in which they emphasized the reliability of the Folish officera~ corps.
It has also become ever fnr the officers to attend shooting practise, and
they .are encouraged more to go tt~ these than they were before.
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