POLISH ARMY ATOMIC INSTRUCTION BOOKLET

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000400330010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: February 3, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
DATE OF INFO.
Polish Army Atomic Instruction Booklet
Thu material contains information affecting the Na-
tioeW Defense of the United States within the mnean-
ing of the a Laws, Title 18, V.S.C. Sece. 493
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person Is prohi25X1
by law.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES 3
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
ARMY review completed.
STATE .X1 ARMY
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25 YEAR RE-REVIEW
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Polish Army Atomic Instruction Booklet
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DATE DISTR. Dec,22,1954
NO. OF PAGES X2
DATE OF INFORMATION', REFERENCES:
PLACE ACQUIRED
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
the examination was t:F be on the contents
Warsaw/Bemow received word from a Captain Kochanczyk, (fnu), a.cadre officer 25X1
1. In July 1954 the Military Technical Academy in
of the aeademy a Signal Faculty, that all school cads ci ioe a were to take an
examination on the subject. "The Atomic Bomb and Its Actign"o
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o a classified booklet which was. entitled The Iola Bab and
Its Ac_n ( a Each cadre officer was to draw the
booklet from the academy's classified documents library and study its contents.
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it was about 12 cm. by 20 cm., bad light-colored 25X1
hard-paper covers which were possibly green, and contained approximately 50 pages.
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on the front cover was a picture of 25X1
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since the Ministry of National Defense published all Polish 25X1
army manuals, was probably the agency responsible for the publication of the
booklet.
an exploding a
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1.
the officer
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students at the Military Technical Academy were given eight hours' training
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and a one-ho
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xamination
]subsequently changed
on the subject. F
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only cadre officers were supposed to st
udy the
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booklet and take the examination.
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2. This is the first instance known)
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of any report of printed
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book outlining defensive measures against atomic attack.
the existence of an individual sol er a hand LOA I
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