BUNKER INSTALLATIONS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR WARSAW, POSNAN, GRUENBERG AND LANDSBERG ON THE WARTHE RIVER

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTI
COUNTRY Poland
and Polish-Occupied Germany REPORT
TOPIC Bunker
Installations under Construction near Warsaw, Poznan,
Gruenberg and Landsberg on the Warthe River
EVALUATION
PI ACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
DATE PREPARED 10 September 1954
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REMARKS This is UNEVALUATED Information
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1. In October 1953, a large bunker installation in the area southeast 25X1
of Warsaw which had been under construction since about August 1952
was still uncompleted. The building site was about 1.5 kilometers
northwest of Wiazowna (R 53/L 28) on a hill on the edge of the woods
west of the highway from Warsaw to Lublin (S 52/R 18). A large radio 25X1
transmitting station, which consisted of numerous masts arranged in
several lines and interconnected with wires, was located north-
northwest of the building site. The casting of the concrete ceiling
of the. underground installation was observed last in October 1953 25X1
The ceiling was several meters thick. Mechanics who were
constantly employed at the building site by the building enterprise,
whose seat was Danzig said that the bunker had three underground 25X1
levels and was equipped with an elevator, Czech-made Diesel engines,
and highly sensitive measuring instruments from Fast Germany. All
matters concerning the construction of the bunker were subjected to
secrecy. The members of the labor force were forbidden to talk about 25X1
the project. All workers were civilians and they were accommodated in
hutments near the building site. At an unspecified date Polish and
Soviet officers inspected the construction work at the building site.
2. the fall of 1953, another building site was observed near 25X1
TP 53/X 26). This site was located in the northern section of
e woods, 800 meters south of the Poznan-Antoninek (P.53/X 36)
railroad station. The Antoninek stet Mn was on the rxilrnad line
frnm Poznan to Zwarzedz (P X
Construction activity at the site was began on in
early 1953. The site included an excavation for the foundation,
about 501 meters square, which allegedly was deep enough to hold a
multi-story building. The construction of foundation walls had been
started in the fall of 1953. The labor force employed at the site
totalled about 100 workers. In the fall of 1953 another minor building
site was located southeast of Poznan, in the Debina woods, about
700 meters west of the Poznan-Staro%eka railroad station, west of the
Warthe River and south of the railroad line which crossed the woods
and the Warthe River. This building site was designated Debiec. In the
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fall of 1953, activities at the site were confined to excavation
work which was done by dredgers. Since the area was restricted, no
other details were observed. Several pumps were allegedly used to
eliminate the ground water in this fairly low-lying area.
This
building site, which was not far from completion a was supervised
by Polish Army officers, was located on the edge of the woods north
of the highway from Gruenberg to Grossen (0 53/W 00). The distance
between the building site and the intersection of the highway from
Gruenberg to Crossen and the old railroad line from Gruenberg to
Sprottau (P 52/B 35) was about 1,600 meters. The so-called Wilhelmshoehe
(hill) was located east of the building site. The entire installation
was cordoned off by barbed wire. The restricted area was overcrowded
with workers who were accommodated mainly in hutments inside the
building site area. Most of the workers were convicts. Free Polish
civilian workers, most of whom were specialists, were also employed
at the site. The construction machinery together with the operators
required was furnished by several state-operated bui4iiag enterprises.
structures observed at the site included one brick ti?dI with
two wings which was still under construction in the fall of 1953.
Source's statements on the underground installation were based on
hearsay. This building site was also subjected to secrecy.
4. As early as 1952, concrete work at another building site near
Landsberg (0 53/W 08) was completed by a building enterprise
from Warsaw. The site was located in the woods, 1 kilometer north
of Wepritz (0 53/W 0'3), west of the road to Merzdorf (0 53/W 08).
An underground bunker installation allegedly was located in this
woods. In 1953, several small brick buildings were cots trueted near
this installation in the woods. The dimensions of the installation
near Gruenberg exceeded those of the entire installation near
Landsberg.
Even if the present information is substantiated, it is undetermined
that all of them are$ constructed for military purposes.