DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN CONSTRUCTION OF THE WARSAW SUBWAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002600220005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: November 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the No-
tional Defense of the United 84tes, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.B. 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.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Poland
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORT NO. C1
Difficulties Encountered in Construe- DATE DISTR. 2 November 1953
tion of the Warsaw Subway NO. OF PAGES ~.
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Great difficulties are being encountered in the construction of the subway in
Warsaw. The work progresses slowly because of the constant necessity of freezing
underground pockets of shifting Nand, The depth of shafts and galleries under-
ground varies from 20 - 30 meters.
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subterranean work, out ounuz-cat
palings indicate only minor activity in progress.
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