WARSAW BROADCASTING STATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004300710007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 5, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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J414Ut a CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT t-rarsaw Broadcasting Station
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE DISTR., 5 JUL 50 50X1-HUM
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REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
fir The principal station of the Polish Broadcasting System is located at Ul.ca
Noakovskiogo 20, !Jarsai where the following personnel have been identif'ieds
Wilhem Bill.ig, General Director;
Centner, Technical Director
1rszard Rtdylowics, Personnel Director)
Paulisz, Administrative Director
2. Within the principal organizational framework of the Polish Broadcasting System
is a large section knot, as the ?Jydzial Polttycsno-TnformacyjiV (Political
Information Section) which is responsible for an lectures and speakers and
the censorship of all iteris broadcast over the Polish radio, The leading
personalities of this section are as follows=
a. Stanislaw I'letkowski9 Chairman
b, Janina Lewicka, Derxaty to Mletkotrski? reanonsible nor the censorship of
all radio programs
e, Polak editor and censor.
da Sokolov, censor and lecturer,
e. 'Janda Odolska, censor and lecturer.
f. Stanislaw Ziebicki, censor, lecturer, and announcer.
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h. Zhigithw Przybora, censor and announcer.
i. ICrzyzanowska, announcer.
T ahros, announcer.
k. Gallis, correspondent and censor.
1. Andrzej Rokita, correspondent, announcer, and censor.
m0 C. eslaw Novicki, reporter and announcer.
n. Captain Jozef Chm ircsy1
3. It is believed that approxirnatel,y 80 percent of all material presented on
the daily pro mm of the Warsaw Broadcast: Station is rre' nred in 'loscow.
The topics cover literature, politics, culture, and like subjects, and are
e. It is generally understood that an altera-
prepared in the Polish languag
tion in the text is not pernissible. It is only in the technical and opera-
tional phases of running the station that the Poles are riven any freedom of
action.
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Since 1948 the technical personnel for the tlarsaw 3roa.dcasting Station has been
furnished by the special Radio Technical College located in 17arsaw. Enroll-nont
in this school is restricted to Cori iunists Cabo have succeeded in passing a more
rigid security investigation than usual., Only graduates of this school can ex-
pect to attain any ixnport.;ant position or Job in the Polish Broadcasting System.
5 The following is a list of the equipment used in one section of the '.darsaw Broad-
casting Station:
a. 1111egaphone ;le'etion
1) 9 Gormxin Units w- r% B.--l.
2) 2 Gorman Units -- H.T.S.
3) 2 Ger ian Units - Dery
6. The UB mainta two short wave transriitters in Warsaw for operational purrosos.
One such transa_tter is located in the headquarters building of the UI3 on the
street A) a ja ntalina (formerly Ale ja Ujazdowskie) and the other at an unidenti-
fied address in the 'Warsaw suburb of Sluzetriec. Detww;n 0900 and 3..100 hours
daily, coded rze;ssagess are transmitted by these stations on the I( r .w.. lenflth.
7. 11 foreign !ol.is'h bro-?dcasts are recnitored on a 24 ho i basis by the U13, which
o lerates from Ulica I'Iysli.wiecka 3-5, 'Tarsau.
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8. A secret Soviet transmitter is located in the Warsaw-Praga area, Ulica;
Targowa 60 (?), behind tJlica Zabkowska. This transmitter is known in
Polish as "Pszczolko". The transmitter was originally `iuilt by the Soviets
in 1945 and used by the Poles until the completion of the larger Warsaw
transmittgr. After that time it was officiallsy published that the C?PszczoIft
transmittctr had been demolished, but in reality it was taken over 'o; the
Soviets for their own use. The area surrounds this transmitter has been
securely fenced off and is guarded by Soviet sentries.
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