NOTES ON THE POLISH NAVY

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• Publication Date: December 16, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT notes on the Polish Navy
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The pre-graduation himdillrht in the course consisted of a visit of the Polish
training ahip Iakra to Leningrad about 25 Au?uet 1949. THe was the first such
trip in connection with the effort to proruate the naval relationshir. between
Poland and the Soviet Union.
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1. On 25 Se;oter+ber 1949, the 11avy Officers School at Gdynia.-Oksrwie graduated its
first. "roue of Post-war naval officers. The graduating your consisted of 31
officers who had completed a three-mar training roriod bapinninn in the autumn
of 1946. Since this date a new class has been enrolled each year.
2. The graduation exercise was avernrenG-arren ed with ouch pow, cozemgiy, and
propaganda. The Principal address was delivered by the Oo!rjander-in-'lief of
the Arr7, Marshal ,?ichal Zymierskci, also in a lonrr speech praised the Soviet
Union and belittled and insulted the Western Powers in typical Corunist fashion.
Speeches were rade by other government officia s b t which deserve no special
mention. It was, however, noteworthy that. neither the Cog. antler-in-Chief of the
Polish Navy, Admiral ?dlodziriierz Steyer,, or the Co ,riandant of the school spoke at
the occasion.
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The command and military instructor officers at the school have been identified.
as follows:
a. Cors*.^ander lidars Ryohel, School Co anrlant until -id-1948., then replaced by
a civilian from Lodz, identity unT:cnown. R?rche1 was a pre-w? r naval officer.
b. Ifilitary Instructors:
Lt. Comrander Zbigniew Przybyazewski.
Lt. Comander and inginoer Adolf Zelenay
Lt. Coriander Stanislaw Cioszkowski
Lt. Conmanrler i3ronislaw '3onczak
fa,jor (Ar"ty) iarcin Pioszynski
Major (Agar) Stanislaw Zoehotgs'ki
c. An additional number of civilian instructors and politruks are assigned to
the school.
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5a Dredcing has already begun at the site of a new Polish submarine base to be
constructed at two small forcer German fishing posts, namely Dziwnow (Dievenov)
and Trzebiez (Ziogenort or Trzeb) bet-risen the email island of iolin (north of
Szczecin) and the mainland. The area is to be drodred to a depth of 10 to 12
resters, and other construetiou of installations is to begin soon. The location
is considered good for small-scale submarine activity.
Concerning the patrol activity along the Polish coast, it Is understood that
it is shortly to become obligatory for Polish Coast Guard personnel to learn
the Russian language sufficiently well to. be able to conduct simple conversa-
tion. This requirement will first became effective in the areas of Gdansk,
Gdynia, Puck, and Hal and affects principally the menbere of the !TOP. This
program of instruction is to be handled by the Polish-Russian Prienaahip Society
(Toinrzystwo Przy3azni Poleko-Radzieckei 1) at 'arzeszez (Danzig~Langfuhr , silica
Piramowieza Nr. 1. Recently this or-anization has been making every effort to-
ward en:oa.g Russian language instructors. It is assumed that this action is
a forerunner of a more strict Russian control to be exercised over the '.TOP patrol--
ing the Polish coastal arse,. F
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