MILITARY ESTATES IN SZCZECIN AND OLSZTYN VOIVODSHIPS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004000880005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2009
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 13, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2009/04/23: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004000880005-6
,CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and'794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation-of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized pemon Is prohibited.
.by law. The reproduction of this farm ie;prohibited.
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Military Estates in Szczecin and.
Olsztyn; Voivoc ships
This is UNEVALUATED Information)
25X1
DATE DISTR. ;,. 13 . May 1954
? NO. OF PAGE,
REQUIREMENT NO.
THE SOURCE,EVALUATIONS INTHIS, REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE ? APPRAISAL OF 'CONTENT 1S ' TENTATI*.
RD
la In such voivodships as Szczecin (Stettin) arid. Olsztyn .(Allenstein),
where large military installations are located, the "landed estates;'
(standesgueter).are under military.-administration, In the voivodship
of Szczecin, the Soviets have transferr@d or are in the process of
transferring such estates to the Polish.military authorities, so that
in the future, no such estates it the voivodship will: be under' Soviet
administration. The number of such estates in Soviet hands, however,
has increased proportionately in the province of Olsztyn.
2. The Polish Army also controls a large share of such landed estates in
the voivodship of Olsztyn. In this regard, the voivodship is divided
into the following Polish-Soviet zones (approximately):
a. The Soviet troops control the northwestern part of the voivodship
between the Pasleka (Passer e) River and the'Lyna (Alle)River,;
starting from Dobre Miasto (Guttstadt).in the south.
here are 12 Polish regiments stationedin Olsztyn vo vods
(Braunsberg), which is probably an armored regiment.
b. The Polish troops have their estates in the northern and south-
eastern parts of this voivodship, especially the area along the
Soviet border and around the large, numerous lakes.
The Polish state sovkhozes are also located in Olsztyn voivodship, but
not along the border. There are no Polish troops in-the Soviet section
of this voivodship with the exception of one regiment raniewo
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