REBUILDING OF THE BREST-SIEDLCE HIGHWAY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006000300008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 22, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
61, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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DATE ACQUIRED
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Rebuilding of the Brest-Siedlce DATE DISTR. 29 March 1955
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
1. The rebuilding of the second-class highway between Brest and Siedlce into
a modern first-class highway has continued since the end of 1951. On the
-Pelish side, the highway runs via Janow Podlaski, Konstantynow, Losice9 and
Mordy.
2. This new highway is between 14-15 meters wide and has a concrete surface
about 15 centimeters thick, Repair shops for motor vehicles and gasoline
stations have been constructed along the highway. Both repair shops and
gasoline stations are reportedly dug down (sic).
3, The work is directed by Military Construction Enterprise No. 11 (Wojskowe
Przedsiebiorstwo Budowlane No, 11) in Siedlce and is checked by a Soviet
military mission which is also located in Siedlce,
I, The labor force is composed of the followings
a, Regularly employed engineers, technicians, and skilled workmen,
b. Forced labor from concentration camps, etc.
c. Military labor battalions,
d. Brigades from the SP (Service to Poland). The youths, mainly engaged 25X1
in clearing and excavating, are-relieved after eight weeks of work,
ee Contingents from pioneer regiments - among others, from the let-Pioneer
Regiment in Wloclawek. These contingents are engaged mainly in construc-
ing bridges,
The highway will reportedly be extended to Warsaw which
probably means reconstruction of the present Siedlce Warsaw highway which runs
via Katuszyn and Minsk Mazowiecki,
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