PURCHASE OF PASSENGER SHIPS BY THE POLISH MERCHANT MARINE

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CIA-RDP80-00810A007100720008-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 21, 2016
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September 22, 2008
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8
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Publication Date: 
June 24, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/09/22 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100720008-9 CENTRAL NTR15 1Go f' CE I- I This material contains lnform'ation ec?ing the National Defense of the United {8tates within the meaning of,the IEsplonage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. secs. 793 end- 794, the ,tiansfifl on or revelation, of whlcli.~ I any manner to a? INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORP DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED DATE ACQUIRED This is UNEVALUATED Information 1, The Rol` soh Merchant Marine has bought w two passenger .ships in Hungary which were ~bult is tie Budapest shipyard, I The ships of 600 tons er f t d ~e > t 9 e s, . '3 A' ,vi er P -oweroil engines and h4 a range of 500+ nautical! ai`les LL, -Y _r withou+tk refuel~ling01 The ships do not shave double bottoms bal~l~arat zchamb:ers Each t a r canl c r y 150 passengers , o 2. The first ship its due to arrive in Poland In June 1955 o A J~JIkblejbonr kcr, under eatpta~irn} Nowar ` has d , ~ ~ yta gone to H'~ngto order to makeLverrrr~y, The ship 01101U sa pi down the Danube tothe Brack Sea and thencekat?.ound' Eur o ~e t' Gdy i ., p o n a FQt~--, 3o Einvi~oye.es of the4central board of the Polislh Merchant Marine arse wond~erirzg for what o purp os ee t h e ships were bough~;t~ The Polish coas1m shipping -. ,conc;ern a~lr?ea' it yP tp dy has several Fpassenger vesss t n rrips pp cn be attrbuted to #1 i- are) not popuylar, p'9Thia lack of o var neus aim S~E=Cm+~E-~T NQF,QRN P.)oJiam'd~,,sHungary X 1NA~V~Y C pNote Washington d1;t71but indlatjed by W" ild d stnbutibn b' 'ii.`._ -- - ..ice 4..,.i~ ? . -. ' ' i B _ JL :'AEC INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT S-' C?IR FN T NOF O`RNL x PurMchas"e of ;Passenger Ships .by the Polish Merchant Marimne 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/09/22 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100720008-9