GDYNIA - PORT CONDITIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500640252-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 252
• Publication Date: October 4, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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DEC 1951 NAVY Dec Iassificati '"
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CONPIDNTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT Gdynia - Port Conditions
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PLACE ACQUIRED
(BY SOURCE)
DATE ACQUIRED
(BY SOURCE)
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DATE D I STR.4 #x1954
LThe Office of Naval Intelligence (DIO 1 ND Ser 15-54) furnished the following information to CIA for LAC dissemination per Par 3c of NSCID #77
1. Arrival and Cargo. Our ship called at Gdynia, Poland, from 13 to 1S August 1954.
There we loaded 696 tons of hams and sausage consigned to New York and 168 tons
of Christmas tree ornaments consigned to New Orleans for ,;ffloacling at New York
and further forwarding by rail. On arrival the ship was subjected to a two and
one half-hour search. Another search of about three hours was conducted at
departure. I think this second search was to try to discover any children who
might have been smuggled aboard.
The military search at the pier was carried out by a Croup of 15 men. The
whole search group in Gdynia consists of 30 men who are divided, when neces-
sary, into two groups of 1.5 men each. So far as I know, the group has never
been divided into more than two groups. This allows the handling of two chip:-
at the same time. If there ore more ships to be searched, they mu:-t at
anchor until the search party is ready for them. The pilot, accos_ianieed by two
guards for security purposes, boards arriving vessels outside the harbor.
During our stay in port there was one pier guard at the bow, one amidships who
collected crew passes as the men went ashore, and another one aft. :Each one
had a machine gun. At one time when there were four vessels tied up at the
pier I observed a total of 27 guards.
2. Seaman's Club. The new Seaman's Club is now open. It is located nbout. 1-5
minutes walk from the dock area and in a southwesterly direction. Although I
walked by the place I did not go inside. So far as I know none of thL, crew
actually visited the club. It is supposed to have a bar, orchestra, a dance
floor and girls.
3. Other Vessels in Port. While we were in pert I observed the Danish skis
PATAGONIA. She was discharging a cargo of jute from the Far cast. came
from either the Philippines or China; I think it was from the former. I also
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saw the Swedish merchant ship BRAZIL, owned by the Johnsson Line, or North Star
Line. She was discharging a cargo of hides from Brazil or Argentina. Also in
port was the Soviet (ex-US Liberty ship), JAN JONES which was discharging a
cargo of grain loaded in Brazil.
The Shipyards. I saw no naval` i,essels under construction in the shipyards; Only
tug boats and fishing craft were being built. The yards were doing some minor
repair work to Polish merchant vessels.
LIBRARY SUBJECT AND AREA CODES
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756.571
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551
55M
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