1. GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED REST HOMES 2. SECURITY PRECAUTIONS IN CERTAIN WARSAW RESIDENTIAL AREAS

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• Publication Date: August 7, 1958
• 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
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.
SUBJECT 1. Government-Sponsored Rest Homes
2. Securrity Precautions in Certain
Warsaw Residential Areas
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report containing information o.
government-sponsored rest homes in Poland and on security precautions
in certain Warsaw residential areas.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED, ADVANCE INFORMATION
GOVERNMENT SPONSORED REST HOMES IN POLAND
AND MAXIMUM SECURITY LIVING AREAS IN WARSAW (C)
Summary:
information on government sponsored rest
government officials. Included in an annex are loca-
tions of two maximum security living areas in WARSAW.
homes, maximum security living areas in WARSAW, and bodyguards for high
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GOVERNMENT SPONSORED REST HOMES IN POLAND
AND MAXIMUM SECURITY LIVING AREAS IN WARSAW (C)
The following is a list of locations referred to in this report, with coordi-
nates:
JURATA (N54-42, El8-43)
MIEDZYWODZIE (N54-01, E14-41)
SOPOT (N54-27, E18-34)
ZAKOPANE (N49-18, E19-58)
1. Government Sponsored Rest Homes
rest homes (domy wypoczynkowe) of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnetrznych), formerly the Ministry of Public
Securit (Ministerstwo Bezpieczenstwa Publicznego), were never referred to as such.
All were always referred to as rest homes of the
Office of the Council of Ministers rzad Rady Ministrow) and those of the Central
Committee (Komitet Centralny).
ao Rest Homes of the Office of Council of Ministers
These homes were utilized only by members of the Council of Ministers,
Premiers, Vice Premiers, the Minister and Vice Ministers of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs, and high Party officials. These homes were usually the most beautiful and
most luxurious villas in the areas.
These homes were utilized by lesser, but prominent government officials
and by all personnel attached to the Ministry of Internal Affairs except members of
the People's Militia (Milicja Obywatelske) and the WOP Border Guard (Wojska Ochrony
Pogranicza), since both of these organizations had separate rest homes for their
personnel.
co Rest Homes of the Ministry of Health
The Ministry of Health (Ministerstwo Zdrowia) had rest homes located
at all resort areas throughout Poland, most of the Ministers
and Vice Ministers of Poland spent their vacations and holidays at these homes.
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In addition to those mentioned above, there were the rest homes of the
Ministry of National Defense (Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej - MON), which were
utilized only by members of the Armed Forces, There were also government homes
which were utilized by many lesser government employees. In addition, each Ministry
had its own rest homes which were utilized by personnel attached to that Ministry.
(cities in which they were located are shown below.
City
Office of the
Central
Council of Ministers
Committee
JURATA
Two homes
Two homes
(names unknown)
(names unknown)
MIEDZYWODZIE
One home
Two homes
(name unknown)
(Polonia and ?)
SOPOT
One home
One home
(name unknown)
(name unknown)
ZAKOPANE
Two homes
(Tadeusz and Telimena)
(names unknown)
eo Security Measures at Rest Homes
the only security measure which was evident was
that persons who called on frie a or acquaintances who were staying at the rest
homes of the Council of Ministers were required to show their Identity Books
(Dowody Osobiste) to an attendant on duty. The attendant would then telephone the
person to be visited and inquire whether he wished to see the person,
2, Maximum Security Living Areas in WARSAW (See Annex A,)
Private residences of the Premier and Vice Premiers were located on Parkowa
Street (Ulica Parkowa)(Item 2, Annex A), bound on the north and east by the Lazienki
Park,on the west by Belwederska Street (IIlica Belwederska) and on the south by
Podchorazych Street (Ulica Podohorazych)o This area was a residential section for
pre-war rich, and the homes were palatial estates, kept in the beat of condition.
There were no visible signs of fixed security measures except the ever-present Skoda
and Citroen automobiles Parked at the northern and southern entrances to Parkowa
Street. as man as 10 plainclothes men stands in the vicinity 25X1
of the parked vehicles. they were
security men (Bezpieczniaki who were posted there for the protection of the resi-
dents of the areas all persons who were promoted to higher
government positions were forced to move into maximum security living areas.
Another such area was located in a triangle formed by Avenues Roz, Koaz kowa.
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and U azdowska (Aleja Roz, Koszykowa and Ujazdowska). (See Item 1, Annex A,) ~
Vice Ministers, and other high Ministry of Internal Affairs officials lived in this 25X1
area, On several occasions Internal Security 25X1
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Corps guards (Korpus Bezpieczenstwa Wewnetrznego - KBW) stationed at all corners
of this triangle, and on one occasion a KBW guard challenge a pedestrian 25X1
who apparently had wandered into the area accidently.
3< Bodyguards for High Government Officials
when an individual rose to the position cf Vice Premier
or Premier or became a high Party official, he was automatically assigned two body-
guards, who were in his company constantly. 1? Personal bodyguards were always
assigned to such an individual by an unidentified section of the Ministry of Internal
Affairs.
OOMULKA was constantly approached on the subject of
bodyguards. He flatly refused to consider either. He claimed he was
working for the good of the Polish people and therefore had no fear of
assassination.
living in a maximum security area, as well as on the subject of personal
Premier CYRA.NKIEWICZ went to great lengths to lose his "shadows" while
he traveled about in WARSAW and its vicinity.
Vice Premier JENIBYCHOWSKI at first flatly refused to take his bodyguards
with him when he made a tour of China in 1957. After lengthy discussions
with unidentified members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, however,
he conceded and took them with him,
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Annex A
Map Reference:
Country: Poland
Scale: 1:259000
AREAS IN WARSAW
(LOCATIONS OF MAXIMUM SECURITY LIVING
Ujazdowska (Aleja
Koszy2rowa Ica A__ Stalina)
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