SOVIET COASTAL SECURITY MEASURES ON THE BALTIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001300020005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 26, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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.
INFORMATION REPORT to or receipt by an unauthorized Person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OOF''FICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Soviet Coastal Security Measures on the
Baltic
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 26 May 1953
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE,
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. The MGB's sea control (sic) in Poland has.the mission of protecting all
material belonging to the Soviet state, as well as Soviet citizens who
happen to be in the Polish coastal area. Typical items coming under
this protection would be Soviet vessels in Polish harbors (which, as
such' are exempt from WOP (Military Border Guard) and MO.(Citizens
Militia),control)p ,Soviet storehouses and storage areas, and barracks
and officers' quarters occupied by the.. Soviet military personnel.,_
2. There are at present three commands along the Polish coast belonging
to the MGB's sea control. These are designated 'tZ", "S", and "IM.
The staff of_"Z"g which is in Szczecin (Stettin),. controls the coast
between that city and Kolobrzeg.(Kolberg). "S", the staff of which
is in Gdynia, controls the coast between Kolobrzeg"and Gdansk (Danzig).
"W", with its staff in Elblag (Elbing), controls the coast between
Gdansk and the Soviet border. The total. personnel strength of these
three commands is about 2,000 men.
3. The MGB avoids openly involving itself with Polish property and the
work of the WOP. Every MGB connand, however, has a liaison officer
attached to the nearest WOP command. Officially, this officer is
hared with arranging for supplies to the MGB forces. In practice,
the Soviet liaison officer is believed frequently to give direct
orders to the WGP authorities concerning their work.
the existence of a Coastal Defense
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ommand su ordinate to the II Military District in Bydgoszcz. Under this
command the.coastal area is divided into three?sectors: Ustka (Stolpmuende
Kolobrzeg (Kolberg) and Szczecin. It is.possible that this command is
headed by Soviet officers'which might tend to identify the unit as being
entirely Soviet.
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