EARLY INDICATION OF POLISH SHIPPING PLANS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001100570001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 1, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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Poland/India/China
SUBJECT: Early Indication of Polish Shipping Plans
PLACE ACQUIRED: - - - -
DATE ACQUIRED: 1949
DATE OF INFO: 1949 and earlier
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1. "After World War II,when the provisional Polish government was in the
process of gaining control of the Gdynia American Shipping Lines, they
established a Purchasing Mission in the UK for the shipping industry.
The head of the organization was an opportunist with no shipping
ability. The Purchasing Mis'on was renamed the Shipping Mission in
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"In early 1949, it became: evident that the young men like myself were
being given offers as overseas shipping agents for the Coniinunistic
Polish government. I was approached by the head of the Shipping
Mission and asked if I would go to Poland in preparation for a very
lucrative position in Calcutta, India, or Peking, China.
"Now that I see Polish ships taking the Far Eastern route, I can
understand why the long-range offer that was made to me. At the
time, however, I could not understand why UK shipping agents could
not be used in the Far East by the Polish government."
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