PARTY RULIGN CONCERNING CAPTAIN MEISSNER OF THE MS BATORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R006600080022-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: May 31, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/03/28: CIA-RDP80501540R006600080022-3
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
S-E-C-R-E-T
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Party Ruling Concerning Captain
Mbissner of the MB BATORY
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, 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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REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF
REQUIREMENT
REFERENCES
PAGES 1
NO. RD
31 May 1955
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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1. It is now quite clear that the loss of the four sailors at sea was only a
pretext for relieving Ebissner of command of the NB BATORY.
2. The Party has ruled that Mbissner is to be held responsible for a goneral
slackening of discipline on board. This indictment completely chanos the
charge inasmuch as it comes under the political heading of "sabotage".
3. Pszenny, the first officer and a good Party member who has not been troubled
so far, was taken off the ship just before she sailed for India on 27
February and will act as the chief witness at the forthcoming trial.
4. Pszenny, who was on the bridge when the four sailors were washed overboard;
is most unhappy at the turn of events; as he is afraid that his culpability
may be revealed and that he will have to answer for his negligence. He hopes
that his Party connections will pull him through, but this largely depends on
the composition of the court.
S-E-C-R-E-T
STATE
ARMY
NAVY
AIR XI FBI
A CC
001)
(NOTE: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "*".)
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/03/28: CIA-RDP80501540R006600080022-3