THE PORT OF SZCZECIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R011600220002-1
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 9, 2006
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONFIDENTIAL
CD NO.
COUNTRY Poland
25X1 SUBJECT The Port of Szczecin
DATE OF
INFO.
October 1951
DATE DISTR.
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24+ April 1952
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The Port .of' Szczecin is divided into three part; central, right, and left
harbors. The central harbor, which is in Russian hands and in which only
Russians and trusted Polish Communists work, is the dee est.and. most
useful.* The traffic from this section is, however, not heavy.** II 25X1
two cranes which are 20 meters high in this part of the por .
2. The left part of the port is divided into the following piers:
a. Odra Pier, which has three 15-ton cranes.
b, Ruk 'f' a.er, which has one 7-ton and one 8-ton crane. *X x
c . Arsenal. Pier, which has three cranes with a load carrying capacity of
5 tons, 32tons and 171-tons.
d. Wulkan Pier, which has one 30-ton crane.
The right side of the port has the following piers:
a. Dunczyea Pier, which has seven cranes with a load carrying capacity of up
to five tons each.
b. Corny :flask Pier, which has one crane with a small bridge and three with
carriages.****
c. Bytom Pier, which has four cranes with load carrying capacities from five
to seven tons and a 700 ton/hour bunker crane wIicb: is now under construction.
d. Katowice Pier, which has four cranes.
e. Parnica Pier, which has three 7-ton Czech cranes.
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f. Kaszubskie 'Pier, which has a 7-ton and.an 8-ton crane; Kaszubski.. Pier also
has two- 15-ton cranes which are used only by, the Russians. `
4. In addition to this equipment, the port has three movable (sic) cranes of
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30, 60 and 80 tons each.. Two movable cranes imported from the Netherlands
are also being.assembled.
During the period from May to October 1951, an unspiecified number of Russian
soldiers and.off icials arrived in Szczecin with their families. They live in
Plac Sprzymierzonych, Ulica Wojska Polskiego. Russian barracks and quarters
are located between the north yard and the electric power station, In, July
1951, 300 families were transported to Szczecin from that part of Lubelszczyzna
which was annexed by Russia. These persons, most of whom work in the port of
Szczecin, live in barracks located in the suburb Pomorzany.
6. The director of the Szczecin section of the Zegluga Srodladowa (State
Enterprise for Odra River Traffic Management) is (fnu) Hirsebbei.n; his deputy
(fnu) Jagidlo, The Zegluga Brodladowa has its headquarters in Wroclaw,
The office of the SZecin LB (Urzad Bezpieczenstwa-Security Police) is
located in kzczecin on Malopolska Ulica. (Fnu) Sawicki is chief of the Port
Authority UI3 and (fnu) Szymczak is first secretary of the port's Party cell.
(Fnu) Samek is Party secretary for the entire port. Uniformed female police,
who have completed three months of training, have been brought to the port
of Szczecin beginning in July 1951. They serve principally -n the left
section of the port. 25X1
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-Previous orma on on the central narUZY-
can be found in both
.cement and ;potash cargoes are dispatched in the cen ra .
25X1 Comment: date of infoti.cki April 1950 re orted 4 or 5 25X1
Soviet commercial ships of about 10,000 toos'loading weekly. IL date of
information December 1950', reported expansion of the central harbor's facilities,
indicating it is inadequate for Soviet needs.
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the Huk dock as being near the Warta
and Notec basins. Inasmuch as these are believed to be identical with the
Notecki and Warty basins and they are adjacent 25X1
to two basins apparently within the right harbor complex, we are unable to
account for source's placing the Huk dock in the left harbor.
***x I -J Comment: I possibly referring to the Gornoslaski basin
south of Ostrow Mielenski Island and. adjacent to the Kaszubskie basin, The
Kasubskie basin is the only definitely identifiable one in this report. This
area was under construction January
1951, to increase its cargo handling capacity. 25X1
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