POLISH MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN WARSAW

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• Publication Date: April 26, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Prison in 7:arsawokotow was loceted on the south side of ul.
wicoa and bordered on ul..azi:nien-,owsha in the east and al.
Niepodle.aosci in the west. 2olish L:ajor arabicki, (fn)
was in charge of the -)rison up to uanciry
1951. One Lieutenant lioinowslci Ode), who 13tor transferred to the
Inspectorate of ?olitical ?rison9; acted as deputy prison co=lonant up
to October 195:). Pricon guards wore greal uniforns. Patrols ,of four KBW
(Corps of Internal Security), arled with cubnchino 7,1ins and. rifles,
:niarded the prison from the outside. The majority of the imates -Jere
2olish -oolitical prisoners. Prisoners of various nationalities were de-
tained in prison building io 10; Gen Conerals 5trob and
qeibel and T!ritish Colonel Turnez* anoxic; -,hem, The :,,ener!As ,Jere to be
tried. The British colonel -las alleE:edly sentenced to a year and a half
in jail, a Freneh woman scientist w,9s among the
?risoners in building iJo 10.
2. A departdent of the .iinistry of :3ecurity was located. at 37 HaT,cowieca.
It was in charge of the aminist'ation ',10 inspection, of all .ars
prisons. Only UB (;ecurity 2olice) officers were observed entering or
leaving the building. .
3. jsy January 19511 eight nen apartnent bui7.dinzs mre constructed on the
east side of ul0 i;azimierzowskal opposite the above mentioned de?artmont.
It was rumored anon the prisone7's that 113 personnel one their families
170r0 to bo aecommedated there Ihe-;:eidehtial area was bounded by ul.
Rakowiecka in the north, ul0 iisajowa in the east and ul. Urbuta in the
south.
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b.. A barracks, installation bordered on 0- ln the south, al,
2u1awska in the east, and al."Jia2odleGlci '.3o' In 1947 and
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two four-story buildinrn? each about 63x15 meters, ware constructed
on the site and stuccoed a bright yellow.
structures were school or adniaistration buildins, In January 1951,
nnothor buildinn? alout 30x15?meters? ras under construction,. It was
Live stories high with a net roof and was nainted yeller. A Polish
general was frequently observed at the barracks installation. Also,
field-gl'ade officers up ? to the rank of colonel entered the installation
daily by car. The installation was occupied by a?lCai unit. The entire
strength of the troops observed was estjneted at more than 1,000 men.
Units marching out wore orfenized into platoons and armed with sub-
=chine nuns, rifles and I:. :ht mathinc nano. Troops
belonged to the 1930 and 1931 classes
and served 2.?. years, The r?les observed were of 2olish make. Troops
doing guard duty were armod with a subnachine :un, which was sinilar to
the German model 43, but Wa provided wit: orforated cooling jacket
around the barrel. Polish 3oldiers had
submachine guns, The linh4, machine nuns with attachable drum magazines
were of Soviet origin. Polish troops
were anti-Soviet. For e.2::;mple, soldiers said that there would be plenty
of -polish deserters in case of war. They honed. for liberetion IN the
Americans0 their senior officers were absolutely anti-
Soviet. There wore mann pro-Soviet junior officers Who were devoted to
the Communist rogime, KITT cadet school was located in the western section
of the barracks inste'lation? opposite prison o I. The cadets, whose
strength was estimatid at several hundred, were never observed marching
in formation. (1)
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50 The barracks insts'iation on the east side of Belvedere Park was bounded by
ul. Podchorazych :in the south, by ul. Czerniahowske in the east, and ul, 29"
go Listopada in the north. A cloister was locsted just southeast of the in-
stallation. Two new four-story buildings, each about 80x20 meters, were beir4;
constructed besile the main entrance on ul. Podchorazych in January 1951 .
The barracks iaftallation was also occupied by AM: treops9 whose strength
was estimated ja exceed that of the troops acconmodated in the barracks in-
stallation on 11. a3kowiecka. No heavy weapons rem observed. Some units
marching out tarried telephone equipment. Training activity was apparently
confined to ilfantri trainian. (2)
6. A civil convict camn was located cp2osite the barracks installation, on the
south side pf ul. 2odchorazych. Its innatc,,s 71orked on the construction of
the two nen barracks buildings.
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In January 1951, a radio station .as located on the west side of an"
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towers linr seen. Two trellis-like towers, each supporting one rinc antenna,
were loc::ced near the building. The antennas rore interconnected by wires.
L:otor ve'licles from the Ministry of iocurity'nent to and frcn. the radio
station. Kal sentries were also observed there. (3)
8. A res!lential area for air force personnel, referred to as Building -i'roject
No 16, was under construction on the southern perimeter of :a)kotow borough;
on tl-c south side of ul. Naruszevicza. The area bordered on ul. Krasnickieg.
in the east, al. nepodieglosci ir the west, and ul. ;;oronicza in the south.
The residential area included ore 32-apartrlen block, three 48-apartuent
bloiks and one boiler house.
9. On); civilian guards were soon at Fort Maotonski up to late 1950. In two
ciiies, it was observed that old boxes with. Gennan inscriptions were un-
,naded there. They possibly contained ammrnition.
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10. A fuel deeot was located in the southwest corner of the :Comer
race track, on the vest side of al. Pnlawskel south of bluziereic.
The race track was more than 1 km long. The fenced-in area of the
depot was rectangular and enclosed by a brick wall. Thedbeot was
an underground installotion. Ten to 12 eMbankments, about 15x8
meters and about two meters high were observed. .a.ch embankment had
an opening with teo standpipes. The depot also contained two large,
empty tanks, which were 12 to 18 meters 'long and 11.7 to 2 motors in
diameters the depot
was to be enlarged. It was equieped with a special pllmp installetion
housed in a building about 6x4 motors. An aviation gas pump (:.;aef-
stelle) was also observed thore. In generel,. standard fuels were dis-
-tributed in the deeot. Except for the aviation gas pump, no other in
serving the air force were noticed. No fuel drums were
observed stored in the open. Fuel was ieEued to army, iqr;? and UB
units and other agencies. Up to janunry :1951, the depot entrance was
guarded by two Kir; sentries. Only one truck was admitted at a time.
The depot was almost exclusively aeproaeed from al. fulawska. A rail-
road spur entered the delot from the west. (4)
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11. A supply deeot was located south,eest of the fuel depot at Sluziewic.
Four lere warehouses with flat roofs were observed up to January 1951.
In late 1950, the area was fenced. Rations, household utensils and med-
ical supplies were stored in the depot. 6ource believed that government
officials and high-ranking officers were supplied from the deeot, The
installation was guarded by Ki-flY troops. ())
12. A fuel deoot was located west of ul. grrojecka, north of kol. 2akows, and
cast of the railroad track leading toward the civil airfield in Okecie.
The depot was an undercround installation.. Electrically operated pumps
were installed in two buildings, each alJeut 30 meters long, with two in-
door ramps. About 23 motor vehicles could be refueled in each building
at a time. A railroad spur led from ::arsawis main station to the Okecie
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the other. There was a wooden shed in the depot area, about 100x10 neteral
in which grease and lubricants were stored. In January 1951,
the deect was directly assigned to the Linietry
of !.iecurity0 fuel was picked up by KTU motor vehicles ex-
clusively.
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13. An a-munition and ration supply eeeot was located in the old, circular Fort
Traucutta, about 500 meters west- southwest of the northernmost bridge over
the Vistula River, and on the west bank of the river. The installation has
four stories. ;idfles? submachine guns and light machine guns were observed,
5uperier headquarters of the depot seemed to be the Yinistry of Security,
because Prison No 1 was supplied with ammunition and rations from this
depot up to January 1951. The de-pot was euarded by about ten KH:r sentries.
Only a few Polish civilians were observed working in the fort. Two PoliSh
ordnance officials were assigned to the depot. Infantry weapons were tested
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11;o In the sorine of 1950. Puldier ',1roject No 110
was located west of 'Ole Zami
and ul. Dmochow. L.:;risonors sentenced to J.,-1ort torl';:s wore tohea to
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The Ursut,. Tractor 12c;'im.,7-7m locAed on the esst side of 11. 3L'o-
jeckno 7 to 3 1-.1 outhvest of .mie airfield. - broadcastin3'
station ith a vary t,X1CP was observed &out,
the factory in Lay 1949.
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(1)
This Installation quart:rot; a 7J7uard rinent of two batt3.1:johs
and a aG cadet school.> it lrobally houses also the KM. Heanuartors
as is incliaTitod 1):7 the 7eat nun:bor of oZicers observed there.
(2)
?here have been no reTular conccripts of the 1')31 cla,s to dae, The
treaos of this cl:;ss were arobaly voluneem,
The barracks installAion was ?roviously re7)ort3d to quarter a
::;uard rejaent of several battah.on$.
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A. radio station of the idlistry of L;tato tocurit
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The fuel on rotion coa?oly (7epots mre proviomIj
rc,:iorted, a-lvd
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