GDYNIA -- PORT CONDITIONS/SECURITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A007600830001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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2. Security -- Ship's Search. The ship was searched on arrival for about three
and one half hours and again immediately prior to departure for about four
and one half hours. One of our crew members asked the search party what they
were looking for; the answer was "We don't know". During the time in port
three armed, guards patrolled the dock, one at the bow, one at the stern and
one stationed at the gangway.
3. Security+-- Photograph Taken by a Crew Member. After the ship was berthed
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and prior to the arrival search a security incident occurred. A messman,
Henri R.Y. Deneuve (a French national),who had been taking photographs of
the various, places at which the vessel had previously called during the
year and a half he had been aboard, chanced to be observed as he photographed
two guards on the pier as they were marching to their posts. Deneuve was
questioned aboard ship about this incident for approximately three hours
by the local police. I believe that the chief of police was among the
questioners. At the end of the questioning Deneuve was said "to have recanted
his errors". Written explanations of the incident had to be written and sub-
mitted to the local security office by the captain, Deneuve, and a represen-
tative from the agent's office. In substance the captain's report contained
the following information. Deneuve,because of his youth and, enthusiasm in
getting photographs of those places which he had visited while aboard this
vessel,'made the mistake of photographing the two armed guards in Gdynia as
they proceeded along the dock. Information furnished to the ship in Sweden
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prior to sailing on the subject of security measures in Gdynia had contained'no
instructions with regard to the disposition of cameras held by crews. Deneuve
now clearly realizes his mistake ane.is sincerely repentant that such an error
was made.
The camera and film were confiscated, and it was only through the persistent
efforts of the captain that the camera was finally returned to its owner..
Naval Vessels Observed. Several minesweepers were noted in port and considerable
activity in the naval base was observed. There was no evidence of repair work
requiring welding.
5. Pay to Polish Seamen in US Dollars. ?I have heard a story to the effect that
Polish merchant seamen now receive $45.00 of their monthly pay in US currency.
6. Black Market Exchange Rate. I believe that the official rate of exchange was
four zlotys'to a 118 dollar; the standard black market rate'of exchange was,
from 45 to 50 zlotys to the US dollar.
Future Itinerary. According to presently known plans for the ship after leav-
ing ththis port, calls are to be made at :Philadelphia or Baltimore and then
riT?rfolk.?' At Norfolk I understai d that we are to, ,load a cargo for Naples. On
completion of discharging this. cargo we are at?present scheduled to proceed in
ballast to a port in'Pearl River somewhere south of Canton
China. There
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~'we hear, we are to loa8, a cargo of tangerines and grapefruit, consigned to an
,,unknown,.pert in Germany (Soviet Zone).
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