CANAL PROJECTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004900320010-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2002
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 2, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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I F RMATIO REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Canal Projects
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. Poland plans to begin construction }.cork during 1950 on the Bydgoszcz (Brom-
berg, PSG./J09) Canal,. tar sole watertaay to the test,, to make it navir able
for vesoelo up tc 1,000 tons. Ur to the present., the canal has been open
only to ships up to 400 tons.
2. Recohstruction is ,lanmed to open the Upper 1.1isle (Vistula) from Kralove to
the an River oetuar r for navigation by vessels up to 400 tons. The Middle
'lisla is to be m do navigible for vessels up to 750 tone, the L o r 'Tula for
ships up to 1,000 tons. All side canals of the '?Tiola are to be .djusted to
accommodate 1,000 ton ships? Cost is estimated at almost one billion Gold-
3,- Alao pled is a ter between Posen a?.. ThLrea-a,# to be realized by a
ct ae.l running rrom the 4arthe River at Pocien to the '.ri; la. The connection
will be extended via the 13ug River and tho ? Snigs the latter join-
ing the Or!insIeiego (Oginski) Canal.
4,; Budgeted at 600 nilhion Coldmr rks, a coal canal had been planned to ran from
Krakow-Katowice to the Bydgoszcz, taihieh empties into the t?lisla. It is said
that this elan is being abandoned,, clue to shor ,ages of labor and rnteriale.
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L C- nt: :'ro;aurnabJ y" the Dniepr-Bta.gr Canal is indicated.
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