DALMOR FISHING ENTERPRISE

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECFX
SECURITY INFORMAT;ON
This Document contains information affecting tt a Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the ,nean-
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.
COUNTRY Poland REPORI
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SUBJECT Dalmor Fishing Enterprise DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
24 July 1953
PLACE ACQUIRED
REQUIREMENT
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. Dalmor (Przedsiebiorstwo Polowow Dalekomorskich)l was
the only state-owned enterprise in Poland engaged in deep sea fishing. It.
was large. employing about 190("' people as shore based personnel and about 1.000
who put out to sea -in its fishing fleet. The fleet consisted of about L.0 different
steam and motor driven trawlers operating in the. Baltic, North Sea., and Atlantic.
20 list of fishing trawlers owned and operated by Dalmor
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3. According to the fish to be caught and the season of the year, various
fishing grounds were exploited. The main ones were:
a. Baltic Sea South of Bornholm Island
Northeast of Bornholm
East of Gotland Island
b0 North Sea Dogger Bank
Fla en Gr?)und
Along the Dutch Coast NW of Ijmuiden
c. English Channel Near Ostende
d.> West of Lofoten Islands (Norway)
e0 Near Iceland, South from Reykjavik
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The main port for unloading fish was Gdynia, but Ustka L5135N 1651V,
Kolobr 411N-1 E Swinoujscie--Odra and z ecin were also
(1) Record Office (Ewidencja),kept all records, card indices,
certificates, etc.
(2) Administrative and Shore Personnel' Section (Sekeja Pracownikow
Ladowych) was responsible for all personnel employed in
offices, shore installations, andworkshops.-
(3) Ship Personnel Section (Sekcja Zalogowa) was responsible
for the personnel engaged in the fishing fleet as skippers,
boatswains, fishermen, engineers, stokers, and trimmers.
This section was responsible for the checking of crfew.
lists with the Border Guard, Security Police] and the,
Office of Cultural Englightenment.
b. Finance-Department (Wydzial Finansowy).dealt. with all
financial problems, controlled the turnover of the whole
enterprise, costs of production, selling prices for fish,
payments.,for new ships inside and outside the country, repairs,
payment of wages, salaries, and bonuses for crews. The Finance
Department had two sections:
(1) Foreign currency section (Sekoja Dewizowa) was responsible
for requesting,, distributing, and controlling credits in
foreign currency.
Enlightenment (Biuro Kulturalno .,Oswiatowe),LSee #6 belo
The personnel Department included three offices:
independent political office called the Office of Culturs
The chief office in the main installation was located in the Port
of Gdynia on the English pier (Nadbrzeze Angielskie) at u1.
Hryniewieckiego 24 A 6x B, Point #l; the sketch is enlarged
from a map of port of Gdynia, 1:7509. The organization of Dalmor
in Gdynia was as follows: /See Amex 97 The whole enterprise,
Dalmor, was controlled by the Chief Managing Director (Dyrektor
Naezelny) through assistant directors who were in charge of departments.a
The Chief Managing Director collaborated with the following rather
independent organs: the Workp Council..(Rada Zakladowa.), which
represented all employees and was composed .of delegates from:. Trade
T3nion,,United Polish Workers Party, Competition Section, Social
Rights Section, Polish Youth Movement,'etc., kept an eye on pro-
duction and the welfare of employees; the Secretariat of United.
Polish Workers Party (Sekretariat P.Z.P.R.) supposedly dealt with
Party matters. only, but in fact, had access to personnel and pro-
duction problems and, from the Party angle, was the co-managing authorill,
There were the following five departments under the director:
a. Personnel Department (Wydzial Personalny) was in charge of all
personnel employed by Dalmor. It cooperated closely witk the
Account.ing-Section (Rachuba) was responsible for planning
and preparing financial request's, distributing credits,
and controlling finance. There were cashiers responsible
for all current payments, weekly and monthly.
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Planning Department (Wydzial Planowania) was responsible for
working Out plans for the whole enterprise; coordinating plans
and'. requirements submitted by other departments and then pre-
senting the whole plan to the State Commission for Eeonot'iic
Planning (Panstwowa Komieja Planowania Gospodarczegc) in
Warsaw for authorization. Afterward, the planning uepartment
supervised the execution of the plans by the whole enterprise.
It. was assisted in its work by planning officers in every
department and section of Dalmor,
d. Management and Production Department (Wydzial Eksploataci) was
responsible for planning production, supplying and equip ping
the fishing fleet. This department issued orders and
authorization to the fishing vessels to leave port and tc
return. or directed them to suitable ports to unload the catch.
The assistant director in charge of the production department
was the first, deputy to the Chief Managing Director. He
supervised production through the following offices and sections:
(1) Control Office (Kontrola Eksploa1acji) was in charge of the
movement of fishing vessels at sea and in ports.
(2) Service and. Communication Office (Service) had a telephone
exchange and monitoring station operating 24 hours a day
for its ships at sea.
(3). Inspectorate of Navigation and Safety (Inspektorat.'
Nawigacji i Bezpieczenstwa) was responsible for supplying
vessels with navigation equipment and. such other equipment
as compasses, signal equipment, charts,. logs, gauges,
and accident prevention :: equipment, The inspectors
.checked ships'logs and regulations to see that safety
regulations were enforced,
(4.) Sales Section (Dzial Zbytu Ryby) was responsible for
selling fish. It dealt as well with the export of fish to
East Germany,.Czechoslovakia, Austria, and the USSR, and
imports, from Iceland, Holland, Denmark, and Norway, which
were handled by the Export-Import Sub-section (Dzial
Eksportowy )
(5) Fishery Section (Dzial Polowow)was actually a laboratory
where ichthyologists did research, on fishing and fishing
equipment in-cooperation with the Sea Fishing Institute
(Moreki Instytut Rybolostwa),
(6) Supply section (Dzial Zaopatrzenia) was responsible for
requesting supplies of technical material for the fishing
.fleet. It was divided into two sub-sections:
(a) Supply Sub-section (Sekoja Zaopatrzenia Ogolnegc) was
responsible for delivering all supplies needed by
fishing vessels such as food, clothing, nets, cables,
ropes, etc. It had its own storage house and net work.
shop where nets were made and repaired. Three agents
(Makler),working in turn acted as liaison between
the supply section and the management in receiving
incoming vessels and their cargo and dispatching the
out-bound vessels.
(b) Technical Sub-section (Sekcja Zaopatrzenia Technicznegc
was responsible for the planning and delivery of all
kinds of technical equipment such as machinery, spare
parts, fuel1 and lubricants, used by fishing , vess~. as. It
had its own storage house.
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e. Technical Department (Wydzial Techniozny) was in charge of
maintenance and repair of the fishing vessels in accordance
with the plan and fishing timetable as well as supervising
machinery and technical equipment.
(1) The senior technical inspector and the inspectors
responsible for machines, hulls, electrical installations,
and radio equipment, etc, were members of the Technical
Inspectorate'(Inspektorat Techniezny) which in turn was
responsible for:
(a) Keeping all technical..-reeords, registration documents,
.and issuing certificates,
(b) '.Supervising utilization of technical supplies, spare
parts, etc.
(c) Supervising repairs and the construction of new ships
in Polish shipyards. When a ship was bought or built
in a foreign shipyard, the Technical Inspectorate sent
its.own' inspectors out to make estimates and supervise
necessary repairs and delivery.
(d) Issuing opinions and service certificates for all
technical personnel on promotion and discharge.
(efficiency reports).
2) The Repair Workshop (Warsztaty Remontowe) which) employed
.about 120 engineers and skilled personnel, carried out
yearly overhaul and repair of engines, auxiliary-' machinery,
and hull according to the orders of the Technical Inspectorate.,
The repair workshop had the following sections:
(a) Mechanic Section, machine tools, forge.
(b) Steam engine section
(e) Diesel engine section
(d) Electric section
(e) Joinery
The Off ice of Cultural Enlightenment (Biuro KulturalrLo Oswiatowe)
was responsible to the. Communist Party and seeuri:.y service rather
than to.Dalmor. The duties of the Office of Cultural Enlightanment
included:
a. Enlightenment through propaganda, political meetings,. excursions
b. Distribution of newspapers and pamphlets
C. Socialistic indoctrination
d. Controlling personnel by assignment of workers and.crew
members according to their political reliability, exercising.
decisive influence on promotions and assignment for training
courses) a.nd granting final approval for absence with official
leave
e. Keeping strict watch on the morale of workers and sailors
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The Office of Cultural Enlightenment employed so-called political
officers (Of ieer `Kulturalno' aswiatowy) on shore as well as one on
eery vessel. The political , officer on board a fishing trawler
ofton was. more influential than the skipper. He watched the e-
itavor of the crew especially in foreign ports and waters and gave
lectures on the policies of the CP and the government, every lay
duties, current events, etc.
A~riee
A:
List of Fishing Vessels Belonging to Dalmor:
B:
C:
Locations of Installations Belonging to High Sea Fishing
Enterprise Dalmor in Gdynia
Organization of Dalmor's.Head Office and Shore
Installations'in Gdynia
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Legend
1.. Head office of Dalmor, 4-story brick building, 40 x 15 M.
2. Trawler net repair shop,,warehouse for navigation equipment and
technical material equipment, machinery, 3-6tory brick building,
30 x 40-m.
3. Warehouse for provisions, medical supplies, one-story wooden
barrack.
4. Harbor office for-shipping agents, one-story brick building.
5. Repair and assembly shop manager's office, one-story wooden barrack.
Workshops--locksmiths, steam and diesel engines, welding,
brick building, 45 x 10 m. roof covered with tar paper under
the
Warehouse for machines and engines--spare parts, brick same
building, 45 x 10 m, roof covered with tar paper roof
Workshops--machine tools, forge, tool lending shop, joiners,
two-story brick and concrete building, 45 x 20 m.
9. Recreation room--dispensary, one-story wooden barrack
10. Warehouse.for clothing, bed linen, laundry, one-story wooden barrack.
11._ Cleaning material store--cotton. and rags, one-story wooden bar:-rack.
12. Lubricants store--soap, one-story brick building, 14 x 8 m.
13. `Guardhouse for Border Guard (placowka WOP) - one-story wooden
barrack (one platoon of.about 30 men on guard duty).
14. Guardhouse for Port Installation Guard--and barrier by the main
gate, (!'do-not know how many men were,. there on duty) small wooden
barrack.
15. Filling station for fuel (crude oil) fdr fishing vessels--belonging
to'Arka, brick building and underground crude oil tanks.
16. Garage and repair workshop; two-story brick building, belonging
to Arka.
17. New refrigeration plant--four-story building, 40 x 16 m. concrete
construction," belonging to Arka, used by Dalmor.
18, Old refrigeration. plant (same as above) belonged to Arka, used as
well by Dalmor, 50 x 12 m.
19. ' e igerationplant under construction. In June 1952 it already
had-a roof, with windows and. doors installed but I do not*know
if the refrigeration machinery and equipment was installed. lour-
story,.60 x 14 m. concrete construction about 18 m. high, owned
by Arka.
20. Fish. sorting and cleaning shop belonging to Arka, three-story
140 x 20 m. concrete building, used partly by Dalmor.
21. ..Filling station for ' crude - oil for Polish Navy. Three cylindr.tcal:
tanks, .12 m. high, about '4 a. in diameter, and. storage of petrol and
oil in steel drums.
22.' Wooden. pier belonging to Dalmior.
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Orgsnisaticn of Dalmor't1$edd Off i0 and Shore Installations in Gddyhia
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Workers Party
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Director ouncil
Office of Cultural
Bnli tenment
ersonael De tmen finance Department
Admin. & Shore
Personnel' Sect
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Section
roduction Department echnical Department
Inspector of
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