1. BIERUT-GOTTWALD FEUD CONCERNING ZYMIERSKI 2. IMPRISEMENT OF KOMAR 3. PURGE OF COLONEL TORUNOZYK

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
.INFORMATION REPORT
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tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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SECURITY INFORMAT;ON
1. Bierut-Gottwald Feud Concerning
Zy lie: skl
2. I m p $C~ of "ia9
3-a Pirge of Colonel To:r,,,.w.ozyk
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25 June 1953
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3. Another person who has been dismissed from the army is Colonel Torunozy1
whe,+ ws.s the Dommazder? in Chief of the DFB&O (Citizens' Res rve Militia
iatera tl-,.e Com nd?r of the R'BW (Internal Security Corps).
4. t;.. Wierblowski,0 who was a powerful and clamorous Vioenister
in the foreign office is gradually being pushed iato the background. On the
other hasi.da It appears that >Iilary Nino is getting, be.ak into the good graces
of...tlle:: Mirk had been seen a. t Stalin' a funeral and he had later tt de
an offloia' epoeoh hioh was 1j:W1,&,e4 in the newspapers.
oc rding to r%mors BoleElaw Blerut breathed a lot easier when news of K;lemOnt
Gottwald?e deatl.~ Warsawe Gottwald 1^aad hated Bierut for, a long time
and tok sver:y c?p :ort'ur;ity to belittle Bienut at the Kremlin, where he had a
~;.,aatel irfluem,-: e than Bierat. At Stalin?a funerii,l, Gottwald made apparent
affrout,~:a to Bietut and treated Bierut as the lowest Communist in the Communist
l-,iere,z'oh; ?. Furtht+r?, It was Gottwald who had.,oaused the fall of Marshal
ZN'M167`0A without the knowledge of Bierut. Th,ie ouster of .. rmierski was effected
`4?:3 wtsahas of Bierut. Gottwald b Ad accused Zymierski, together
with f omr generalc ? of planning to follow the Tito line. After
Z~m.ies-skl.?a dlm. ikUsal9 Gottwald was able to, discharge any of the Czeoh
gene ?als who he thought were a,wel.iabl.e.
The p-,_rge of the Jews in the Polish, "' y has affected General Komar who
Chief of A=y Intelligenae when ZymiersIA was head of the army.
Later, Komar became the quartermaster General of The Army. Ka ar is said
to be in p,-icon at Warsaw or Bresto although some people claim he has been
deported to the USSR. He was sentenced for some major crimes which he
allegedly committed during the time that he served in the. International
Brigade In Spa`,M.
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