SOVIETIZATION OF THE POLISH ARMY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200020010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 10, 2010
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: March 30, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X1
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Sovietization of the Polish Army
DATE DISTR.30liar 1954
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO, OF ENCLS.
SUPP. TO
REPORT NO.
AMO 111. 0/ THE U.S. COOS, AE AMINOEO. ITS TRANINISSI-ON OA REVS.
LATIMI of ITS CONTENTS TO ON IECEIPT SV AN UNAUTNORINEO P1RI0N III
THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. Marshal Konstanty Rokossov.k r has now reached the final stage in his effort
to destroy entirely the national character of the Polish Army. Since the
end of Nov 1953, all high sommands in the three armies of Poland have been
entrusted either to Soviet officers or to poles who have lived in the USSR
and have been trained in the Soviet military schools. The sssond category
are, ,in any event, practically regarded as Soviet citizens. Generals Zubkov and
Barinov, who eoraltd the Polish armored threes, say be regarded as Sovietised
Poles. Their armored soonnd consists of .seven divisions.
2. PolandSs four motorised divisions are under the command of the Soviet General
Kosikov. The air foree, is eosmanded by another Soviet officer, General Turkiel.,
0-2 is under a Ukrainian general named Rusinski.
3. The Polish Generals Koresyc and Siwicki (respectively chief and deputy chief
of the General Staff) are maintained only as window dressing. They arc completely
topped by ARokcmeovslg, who assumed for himself the right to make all nominations
to positions, all promotions, and all changes of station.' The Polish General
Malinowski, in charge of liaison and communication, comes directly under the
authority of Marshal Vyrubov, a Soviet officer, to whom he is subordinate.
4. General Nassykovski,, formerly in the International Brigades in Spain, who has
sines become a Soviet citizen, directs the Higher School of War, where knowledge
of the Russian language is required before becoming a second lieutenant.
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OISTRISuTION ? STATE ARMY IV NAVY I IAIR F11
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Agencis indicated above. It L not to be transmitted overseas without the concurrence of the
odg1 naing od!!oe through the AnU tint Director of the Omce of CoUeotion and Dissemination, CIA.
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5. Admiral Cherokov, another Soviet officer, is in command of the Polish
fleet, such as it is, in the Baltic Future officers of the Polish x
Navy are required to spend a period of study at the Soviet naval schooli.
at Xiko v., on the ! 81ack . Sea. The Soviets have the right of permanent
oversight on the fifteen brigades of MOP (Military Frontier Police) and
the eighteen brigades of 1BW (Interior Security Pollee).
6. with the exception of seven armored divisions and four motorized divisions,
the great mass of the Polish Army (20 infantry divisions) is rather short
19th, of materiel and of transport. It still uses animal drawn transport.
In its present state, Polish infantry could not be used in time of war
except as security troops in the zone of eommunications, or as a reserve to
fill-in gaps smashed through the enemy line by armored units engaged in a
break-through.
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