HEADQUARTERS FOR SHIP CONSTRUCTION NO. 2 (CBKO 2) IN GDANSK

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• Publication Date: October 20, 1958
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SUBJECT Headquarters for Ship Construction DATE DISTR.
No. 2 (CBKO 2) in Gdansk
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civilian experts and officials (aside from a small group of naval experts ,.~..
who work at the office for varying lengths of time in connection with
of the Navy. However, the office is in charge of a civilian chiefO ith
Okrztowych No. 2, CBKO 2) is assumed to be directly under the mana
1. The Headquarters for Shi Construction No. 2 (Centrale Biuro:construk
that are in use in Polanda
lating and re-working work descriptions and drawings received from the
Soviet Union, and in changing the Soviet standards (norms) to the norms;
contracts. To a great extent, the work of the office consists in trains=
plans that are necessary to aid the navy's shipping yard(s) in fi
29 The duties of the office are to plan, work outgand adjust the drawl
3.
The Soviet drawings, plans, etc. come to the office via the navy shipping s'
yards at Oksywie in Gdynia, from;;where they are usually procured by one
the officials from the office who has an armed escort. All of the Soviet
plans and drawings are classified "Secret". One of the projects that was
received from the Soviet Union was the so-called "Project 50", on which
the subject was a large naval vessel, but during the summer of 195 Q
work on this was stopped, and the drawings and plans stored in one the
office's basement rooms. It was claimed that the whole project was too'"..
obsolete, that it was just something the Soviets wanted to get rid of,
and that the Poles had paid six million roubles for the drawings and
plans. Before Gomulka came into power,, there were eighteen-twenty Soviets -=?
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e m p l o y e d at the office, b u t - . . t h i s n u m b e r had been cut d o w n to f o u r in 295T.')
Work at the office in 19
57 was mostly concentrated on the three p
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"361", "254"9 and "254 N". No further details about these are know
the drawings were of Soviet origin.
There was absolutely no political activity within the office itself0 The
personnllAl manager ("the leader of the cadre") exercised a certain amount
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a. The Planning Section (or Plan Department)
Personnel: Chief engineer Szponar
Engineer Demant
Engineer Szulc
Engineer Wankowicz
Engineer Name unknown
This section (department) was., among other things, supposed to make
checks on the throretical calculations and to take care of the
scientific problems that might crop up. Besides being connected ni
the Technical Department., the Planning Section is also directly under
the technical director of the office.
b. Department for Secret Matters
Personnels Chief Redo
Vice-chief aStanistaw Krosta
Typist Krolikowska
This department is, at the service of the other departments
where secret matters are concerned; they are 'entered on, _ _ __
the records., to be stored or to be sent on.-ief cases and chests
with secret matters are also delivered here from the other sections
at closing time.
c. Model Department
Personnels Chief Zdanowski
Vice-chief Pietkun
Technician Zbigniew Krzyzanowski
two others
Models of the ships and other objects that are produced at the
naval shipping-yards are built in this division.
PhotogrEphia Department
Works in cooperation with
These departments have the job of photographing and copying the
models., instructions and drawings., as well as taking care of the
binding of these. They also carry out some secret work, on the
orders of the directors. The personnel of the Photography Depart-
ment are not known. The personnel of the Copying and Bookbinding
Department are:
.e. Copying and Bookbinding Department
Chief Pietreniuk
Assistant Bradtke Gebska
Assistants Three others, names unknown
The Archives:
Chief Name unknown
Assistant Kochanski
Three others., names unknown
Carry on ordinary archives work, writing up of journals, etc*
of political influence, but otherwise all the rest., from the leaders on
down,, were too busy with and too interested in their work to pay mach
attention to politics. There was very little of either T7 B. (Security-,
Bblice)activities noticeable within the office.
6. The main organization of the office is shown in attachment 1, which
indicates the divisions of the office with their sub seems and depart-
ments. The Technical Department is divided into the following divisions
and sections:
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Purchase Department
Personnels Chief Engineer Siedlecki
Engineer darvga
Engineer Brzostek
Engineer Bronieki
Technician Tytus
This department carries on business transactions with domestic
(possibly also foreign) firms concerning the purchase of various
machines, electric generators, pumps, and other equipment.
Mrs. Mandeldost,
etc., is done in this office. Formerly led by a woman officials,
h. Administration Office
Ordinary office work connected with administration, correspondences,
i. Standards Adjustment Department
Personnels Chief
Technician Andrzejewski
Designer Wtadyslaw Grabowski
Designer Lewandowski
Woman workers, Zofia Bogusz
This department controls and corrects- the Soviet and Polish
standards (norms) where necessary. They also did the standardization
of the drawings for the *'Headquarters for Ship Construction No. 1'1.
Interpreters - Translators
Personnel: Chief Szezurek (now deceased)
Engineer name unknown
Technician Grigorij
2-3 technicians Names unknown
0 Typist Pool
Four typists
Do the ordinary typing work (not the classified material) for the
whole technical department.
1. Technical Library
Librarian: Teresa Rogalska -
The library contains technical literature, periodicals., etc. mainly
in Polish, but there are also some in Russian and in a few other
languageso
m. Technical Section
The Technical Department also has a so-called technical section.,
whose job it "is to help the various departments when necessary, for
example, with reworking construction plans that have to be changed.,
translating and standardizing Soviet/Polish plans, etc. The Section
hae no real manager or permanent organization, but the personnel are s
SEC -t-EZ
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Engineer Jan Stepanow
Designer Salek
Antoni U pert ("secretary of the cadre")
A technician
Biographical data
is led by Engineer Roman Grabowski,
Technical Director at the office is Engineer Stefen Pup
Secretary of the Party organization. at the office is Antoni 3Aperrt~
Chief of the Technical Department ?t s Engineer Sladoweld.' & ,former
commander in the Polish. Navas
8. Sketches of ORM P
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A legend to sketches showtnpr of CBK') 2
following pap;(-,s.
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Legend to Sketches of Layout of CBKO 2
Room Division, etc. (see sketches)
Basement
2. Stairs
15. Toilets
20. Photographic department
20A Photographic departse nt
21. Bookbinding department
21 A Bookbinding department
22. Archives
23. The stored documents concerned with unit "50"
:.:24. Hall
25. Storage Room'(evidently not planned as such)
`i-26. Storage Room ( N N N " " )
27i Corridor
28. Office for mechanics
19. Office for carpenters
-''31. Storage room for bookbinding department
47. Unknown
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7B
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Kiosk for sale of groceries,. etco
StaL rs
Guard, doorman
Telephone board
Office for personnel department
Planning department
Planning department, Engineer Szponar
Technical Department "DOT"
n N ", Chi ef, Engineer Sladkowski
Party secretary
Office for machinery department
Administration office
Interpreters, translators
De artment of Secret Matters
a window through which secret documents are received
b) a small fence
So-called main office
Meeting hall (with stage)
Toilets
Hall on first floor
Garages
Office yard
Corridor
To model department on second floor. Entrance from the stairs.
Entrance to chief guard's room, where all the office keys are kept.
Chief guard's rooms (number and location unknown).
Unknown
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2. Stairs
15. Toilets
32. Hall.
..32A Anteroom
33. Office for Technical Director Stefan Pup
. Director, Engineer R. Grabowski
35. Office for Equipping Department (non-metal)
35A Office for Equipping Department (non-metal)
35B Office for Equipping Department (nonmetal)
36. Corridor
37. Machinery Department
38. Conference room
39A Model department
39B. Model department
39C Model department
40.. Hall
la.. Stairs. down to first floor
45. Unknown
Third Floor
2. Stairs
15. Toilets
49. Radio and electric department
119A Radio and electric department
50. Hull department
51. Corridor
52. Hall -
53, large constructions room (department unknown)
54. Room for skilled military from the Naval shipping yards. Direct
telephone lines to the Naval shipping yards.
55. No room roof
56. Unknown, see sketch
57? Unknown
Fourth Floor
2. Stairs
15. Toilets
55k No room - roof
58. Technical library
59. Number of rooms unknown, but most of them belong to the radio and
electrical department m
60. Standards Adjustment department
61. Bookkeeping and Gudget
62. Corridor
63. Hall .
64. Storage Pr office material
64A Storage for office material
65. Two of the head construction engineers, Engineer Sladkowski and another
mans have this room.
66. Engineer Wojnowskifs rooms
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