POLISH NAVY: TASKS; NEW TRAINING CENTER AT GIZYCKO

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• Publication Date: June 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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DATE OF INFO.
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United Stt}tes, within the mean-
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amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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1. The present Polish Navy, which is made up of old ships, has no more than half the
tonnage and not more than a quarter of the battle poier'of the prewar Polish Navy.
However, the manpower of the navy, with the exception of officers in the upper
echelons, is about 10 to 15 percent higher than that of the prewar navy. The
high ranking officers are Soviets and, according to the informant, will . continue
to be only Soviets,
2, The Soviets have assigned to the Polish Navy the task of defending the coast of
Poland. In order to carry out this assignment, all of the training and preparation
by the navy has been directed toward this end.
3. Rumors have been circulating in Gdynia that all Polish harbors between Wladyslawowo
and Swinoujscie (Swinemuende) will be, closed and that access to their will be denied
to all foreign ships. All of the state fishing establishments act situated in
these harbors will be moved to harbors located in Gdansk (Danzig) Bay and Szczecin
(Stettin) Bay. The small harbors located between Wiadyslawowo and Swinoujscie will
be reconstructed .as naval. ports because they are the nearest to the Danish island of
Bornholm, The Polish coast between the Bays of Gdansk and Szczecin will be fortified
and equipped with coastal artillery. A chain of airfields, on which airforce units
will be stationed, will be constructed behirdthe coastal defenses. These preparations
will lead in time to "attack bases" which can be used against Scarldinav1a. As a
result of these preparations, an increased number of personnel have been required.
4, The Polish Navy has established a new training center whichl, according to the informant,
was probably instituted to train the personnel needed for the increased preparations.
This center is located at the, western periphery of Gizycko (Loetzen) in Olsztyn
(Allenstein) Voivodship, and is situated. north of the Gizycko railroad line and
includes the small forest located.in this area. The Gizycko training center provides"
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instruction and training in such communications as telephone, radio, radar, signals,
etc., which will serve as comnuniea.tion links with ships, planes, airfields,
artillery, etc.
5. The commander of the Gizycko training center is a Soviet naval officer, who has the
rank of commodore. The commsnder does not speak any Polish although he wears a
Polish uniform. There are also a few other Soviet officers at the center, but the
largest group of military people attached to the center are Polish commissioned
and noncommissioned officers. Some politruke and civilian teachers are also
attached to the training center.
6. For candidates to the training center, the ZI (Union of Polish Louth) and SP (Service
to Poland) are recruiting volunteers of both sexes from the age group between 15-18
years. The youth organizations draft candidates for the center when they are not
able to recruit volunteers.
7. The first course at the training center began in April 1953 with an enrollment of
about 140 boys and 70 girls. The training center will be operationally active until
the end of September and will give two months courses during this period. Each
student mast attend a similar two months course every year for three years before
he will be assimilated into the navy.
8. The Gizycko training center is very modern and is provided with up-to-date training
facilities. Eight motorboats and one cutter have been made available to the center
to enable the students to acquire some knowledge of boats. Moreover, the center
has at its disposal for training the students some airplanes which are kept at the
airfield at Kwady, a short distance from Gizycko. The Kwady airfield, the
existence of which is not generally known by the public, is situated in the angle
formed by the small lake of 8wady, by the forest lying to the south of the lake,
and by the parallel road and railroad which go in the direction of Gizycko and
Ketrzyn (Rastembur?g). The airfield was a former Germane airfield which escaped
damage during the last war. Since the fall of 1952, the Polish Air Force has had
about 40 planes stationed on the field. These planes are of many types, bombers
and fighters" they all bear Polish markings.
9. According to the informant, it is very difficult to enter the Gizycko area for a
number of reasons,, one reason being that the entire Gizycko region is being made
into an immense military reservation.
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