"POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION: POLISH COMMUNITY, HARBIN"

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001100870009-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 16, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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COUNTRY Cbirx
SUBJECT Political and Economic Information: Polish
Community, Harbin
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DISTR:aUTION
STATE WAR NAVY
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PAGES 2
SUPPLE .N`T'
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l, The Polish re>a ity in Harbin number approximately 2,600 in May 1947. The
25X1 Po].ski. Kinitet Ob~rvate].ski of Manchuria in Harbin is (unofficially?) takitrg
the place of the Polish Consulate. The chairman of this Polish Association or
Committee is Livid r (first name unknawn) and the vice--chairman is V. Yabloltsski.
Another prominent n, ember is Ja]asadowsl i (first sane unknoen).
2., The bulk of the Polish cos aunity, inclning the rserabers and leaders of the Cons-
' mitt..., is not pro-Soviet. Appraactmately 2W Poles in Harbin are openly pro-
25X1 Soviet and call themselves "progresaiwe" x wliile the remainder seek to take a
middle-of-the-road stand on vol.iticsl issues.
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3. The heart of the Polish cou