MUTINY ON THE WSPOLPRACA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003900540013-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 21, 2010
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: April 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This T)acument contains informayion affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Eiections 79:1 and 7;94, of the U.S. 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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Mutiny on the WSPOLPRA.CA
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DATE DISTR. 26 April 1954
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1, When the tanker WSPOLRACA~ larrived in
Gdynia, the newly-mustered crewlmutinied when they heard that the ship
would be used for long voyages. The crew maintained that the ship, which,
according to them, wss 76 years old would not stand up to long voyages and
would sink in even a moderate gale.
2? The mutiny was put down with the arrest of eight seamen and the remainder
of the crew duly signed on the ships
Comments.
The vessel was reportedly built in 1921.
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