LIVING CONDITIONS OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE 4TH AND 5TH ENGINEER REGIMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003900310010-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: April 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains infoirintion affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 ar_d 794, of the V.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.
SECRET/COymT^* U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Living Conditions of the Soldiers of DATE DISTR. 26 April 1954
the 4th and 5th Engineer Regiments
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. The 4th Engineering Regiment, called Luzycki, in Gorzow (Landsberg) (N 5102,
k%%~
E 1826) and the 5th Engineering Regiment, called Mazurski
in Podjuchy
(Podejuch) (south of Szczecin) have a. summer camp located along the lake
called Jezioro Miedwie (west of Starogard). Each regiment is commanded by
a Soviet colonel, who speaks poor Polish, and there are twelve other Soviet
officers in each regiment who hold high positions.
2. The Polish soldiers in these regiments are treated ba.div by the Soviet
officers, and as a result, officers are occasionally assal:lited by soldiers,
at times with the help of civilians. Failure to apprehend the assailant(s)
gives new courage for )her soldiers and civilians to a.tteipt the same thing.
Those assailants who are apprehended receive secret -military trials and
sentences ranging from ion term imprisonment to car:>i tai punishment. The
capital punishment is later com,,-Ite to life
imprisonment. All those convicted are sent to the USSR to stave their
sentences.
3. The soldiers are poorly paid-. six zloty a month and no cigarette rations.
There is an abundance of fnnd? but very little fat. The daily ration of the
soldiers usually consit.s of groats fried in soya fat.
4. Because of the general conditinns described above there is a shortage of
non-commissioned officers in thece two regiments in spite of the "alluring
propaganda" that the people's army affords an excellent career, Scarcer,
one to two percent of the soldiers who are demobilized fir- fn theses two
regiments decide to remain in the army as NCO candidates,,
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