(SANITIZED)1. CONDITIONS IN THE UB JAIL IN CHORZOW 2. POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION IN THE POLISH AIR FORCE 3. VOA BROADCASTS (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000300180002-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland DATE DISTR. a Hb..19M
SUBJECT 1. Conditions in the UB Jail in Chorzow No. OF PAGES 3
2. Political Indoctrination in the Polish Air Force
3. VOA Broadcasts
DATE OF INFORMATION
PLACE ACQUIRED
THIS IS IJNEVAWATED INFORMATION
the UB
headquarters, a four-story building located on a side:-street about
?5 m. north of the central railroad'station and about 25 M. west
of Kolejowa Street which passes in front of that station.
three by five meter basement room which was
already occupied by 12 other men.
The basement of this building contained seven rooms of similar
size; each room had a heavy steel door opening on the hallway and
a transom-type window facing the street. There was absolutely no
furniture in any of the rooms. Two-meter-long planks forming a
platform one meter high along the three-meter-wide wall (street
side of room) served as a bed for the 13 inmates. Esc was
furnished three blankets.
Toilet facilities consisted of a covered bucket which was emptied
once a day. Every morning permitted to leave the room one 25X1
by one under guard to wash in a wash basin located in
the hallway.
[==~eals consisted of the following:
breakfast - - - - one cup of unsweetened, black coffee and about
200 g. of black bread.
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luncheon - - - - one bowl of nondescript vegetable soup.
supper -- - - - - one cup of unsweetened, black coffee and about
200 g. of black bread; occasionally we got some
of the unpalatable soup instead of the bread.
The 10-month training period at this school included a course in
political training; this 240-hour course consisted of lectures
on such topics as the tradition of the Polish Army; friendship,
aid and exemplary patterns of the Soviet Union; biographies of
STALIN, ROKOSSOWSKI, and BIERUT. Constant reference was made to
the "Western warmongers", "enemies of Poland and peace".
The most frequently repeated statement at these lectures was
STALIN's "Wrro a trzeba a otkac w ep 1 uzbroeniu" (The enemy
must be met fully armed).
A. Listening to foreign broadcasts from the West was not forbidden
officially; however, one had to. be very careful not to get
caught and charged with being a Western spy.
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most of the youths joined this organ 'olon 0xvillUr
o alleged advantages to be derived therefrom or because
pressure was exerted by teachers or other superiors.
only about five per cent of those who join do so
voluntarily.
All inductees who were me members in civilian life were auto-
matically enrolled into this organization in the . About
Army
55 of the 77 boys in my
Living conditions in postwar Poland were best during 1945, 19W#:
and 1947. During those years food and clothing were plentiful
and relatively cheap. In 1948 and early 1949 one began to notice
some deterioration of the market. It was not until late 1949s
when ration cards were introduced, that the situation with
respect to availability of consumer goods became very bad. Food
and clothing were becoming scarce; prices began ;to skyrocket.
Today, with the state in control of practically all business
and enterprise, the situation is intolerable.
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