FLOODS IN GDYNIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004601080003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 10, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT Floods in Gdynia
REPORTI
DATE DISTR. 10 September 1954
NO. OF PAGES 1 25X1
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL Of CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. The greatest damage inflicted by the torrential raiN in Gdynia on 21 June 1954 was
to the quarter west of the railway station, which is mostly inhabited by workers
employed in the Gdynia Shipyards. About 50 families were deprived of a roof over
their heads, the sewage system became silted and went out of commission, and the
water system and electrical network were destroyed.
2. The damage caused directly or indirectly by the rain led to the inhabitantd loud
expressions of discontent with the government policy towards the Polish population.
The most irequently heard comments were on the following lines:
a. The Polish Government, knows how to criticize Britain and Hollandrbleming
the capitalists for having failed to safeguard their citizens against
floods. Yet it had done nothing about the shifting sand dunes and it has
allowed the pre-war sea defenses to be destroyed.
b. The Polish Government is much more interested in building Houses of Cul-
ture than in the housing of its citizens. Much energy and the citizens'
money is used to erect official edifices, but no one cares about repairs
to the houses inhabited by workers. Naturally, a storm destroys what is
left of the decaying houses. It is high time that someone should take up
those matters and put things in order in Poland.
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
25X1
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