OBSERVATIONS AT GDANSK (DANZIG)-HOWY PORT (NEUFAHRWASSER) HARBOR

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002100560001-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 14, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Observations at Gdansk (D zr zig) NNo%,, lr i-b t
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DATE D!ST'e, . Sept.ar s 1953
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED ilr.-.70RMATION
Irtensi'ae A firing aas observed on the
coast betwoe t Warne3auende and Gra;il--la:ueritz on 17 ?ay 1953. The number of
batteries and their exact emplacements could not be deterrs ':aed4
ccm f:arativoly la,,-,g e e r. tzmze from the
aircraft that aerial targets were V red red a.t. The plane flu,, at an estimated
altitude o CO and 3.0C O Esters above the sea.
A small gray vessel, una.xmed and unmarked, wa3 the only craft seen
t the north side of Westerplatte b` sin I
Ahott :iot o to 130 very lei.?ge eases with inscrip--
tiorss in usdar... were piled up near leer 'k'erth in a yard a ich had a Arced-wire
fence, The average dimensions of tt ese eases were 4 -.2 by 1.5 o~ 2 peters.
Some lied strap iron screwed on. they were for
North Korea, had been there for .fot.r wer::ks and could .ot be shipped for lack of
tonnage. Five new 3- .xle trucks., es ch eruipp d with .. awing crane and also
destined for Korea, we 'e on the loading ramp of this ; rdp which was guarded by
three women-sold:=iers wearing blue ux if orris with whit:; sailor caps. P. single rail
track was along the dump yard Thei a were no store : seda,
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30 Heavy gun reports were heard all day on 22 May 105
F- they came from the direction of Frueste,:ort (i; ?5k ?N l' 593E whe a o1:ali
gunnery exercises were held by Soviet and Polish artillery units firing frorr perma-
nent y emplaced coast bxittsr4las and roto:rized-artillcry guns.2
4a the wall surrounding the We'ter-
plat'te was scheduled to e pa,ruied as far as the Danzig halrbor zcnc and
special work teems worked on this construction. The new well was planned to be
3.5 meters high and to be made of concre=te slabs supported by concrete pi'. tars.
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10 meters apart. The w&l1 around the entire harbor zone war elso planned
to be expanded as far as the Ideufahraasser free zones, thus raking the
harbor and the area '.d,Joinin,n- the water accessible oni ' to ti special-perrdt
holders and through a few er. trance gates o
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L Lotrl of 11220 hogs -irere taken on in three hours at the
loading berth : acing 14eufahr gasser a "she wort- gang consisted of men and
Women of between 35 and 50 years of age,
Co ? enty AL guns in t' e :ar.2:r.u e-Cxafs1-$'ueritz area were not
previously reported and are impr cba; le, The AL firing observed near." W41a:a ne-
muende was r..roaeb y held in the AA practice area of the Soviet army Units
stationed on Y.ustrow Peninsula?
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coast arti? lerr- or army artillery units, Soviet cruisers or lest,. oyers k er:i e) : ? c :L
target practice in the 11 La:A sea .:ree.,
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