POLISH MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Publication Date: February 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL lNTELUW4CE
NO. OF ENCLS. 3
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Palerd
SUBJECT Polish Y411tery Information
DATE
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tr_e 47th Infantry Regimnt -apr MIX
Plechoty) was located at a caserne an the western outskirts
Table of 0 r~~nizatir2n and Eq_u ryen
this unit) IZIS trucks and US pre-war
mnnufactur d vehicles, a g, deeps, GMs, Studebakers and
Lodges.
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Members of unit did not have daily training in
the sense o an i ar. -ry unit. Their responsibility was to
control one road and two railroad border control points. The
guards pulled duty at one of these control points for 60 hours
and then returned to their barracks in Gumienice where they
followed one of three alterna t~_ schedules and then went 'back
to guard duty again. This schedule was a continuous one which
was followed over Saturday, Sunday, and holidays. The training
schedules were as follows.
Border Guard Schedule (60 hours)
0700-1100 Close order drill, rifle sighting and
firing position training
1100-1200 Lunch and duty roll call
1200-1300 Changing of border guards
1300-1700 Tower lookout
1700-2100 Guard post telephone CQ
2100-0100 Rest period (sleeping in guardhouse)
0100-0500 Lookout duty (Podsluch) (Lookout duty con-
sists of lying at one spot near the rail-
road tracks, generally about 50 m from the
guard post,)
0500-0900 Guard post telephone CQ
0900-1300 Rest Period (sleeping in guardhouse)
1300-1400 Changing of border guards
1400-1500 Lunch and cleaning of weapons
1500--1800 Political indoctrination classes
1800-1900 Dinner
1900-0700 . control and escort duty from
Giunienice RRi station to border guard posts
and return
0700-1300 Off duty (sleeping in barracks at Gumienice)
1300-1500 Lunch and free time
1500-1800 Sports activities and political classes
1800-1900 Dinner
.Alternate Schedule T 6 hours L
1900-2130 Home work and study of political lectures
2130-2200 Cleanup period and taps
2200-0500 Rest
0500-0700 Reveille, cleanup and breakfast
0700-1.800 Railroad escort duty from Gumienice RR
station to border guard posts and return
1800-1900 Supper (relieved from duty by other guard)
1900-1930 Cleaning of .~N.
19302130 Study of political subjects in reading room
2130-2200 Cleanup detail and taps
2200-0500 Rest
0500-0700 Reveille, cleanup and breakfast
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Alternate Schedule II (60 hours)
1900-2000
2000-2-14 00
2L00_0500
0500-07;0
20-0500
0-1200
1200-1300
1300-1500
1500-1800
1800-1900
1900-0700
0700-1300
1300-1500
1500-1800
1800-1900
1900-2000
2000-2130
2130-2200
2200-0500
0500-0700
Guard duty roll call and guard assignment
Guard duty at the easerne gate
Off duty
Reveille, cleanup and breakfast
Free time and cleaning of weapons
Guard duty at the caserne gate
Lunch
Miscellaneous details
Training in rifle sighting and border
problems
Dinner
Railroad escort duty
Breakfast and off duty
Lunch and miscellaneous details
Training (various)
Dinner
Weapon cleaning and free time
Study of political lectures In the wading
room
Barracks cleanup and taps
Rest
Reveille, cleanup and breakfast
Alternate Schedule III hours
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1900-2000 Dinner
2400--2130 Studies in reading room
2130-2200 Barracks detail and taps
2200-0500 Off duty
1900-2000 Free time and cleaning of Weapons
2000-2130 Studies of political lectures in reading
room
2130-2200 Barracks detail and taps
2200-0500 Off duty
0500-0700 Reveille, cleanup and breakfast
0700-1900 Railroad escort duty (1300: lunch)
00-0700 Reveille, cleanup and breakfast
Infantry Regimen.,
May to 15 Oct 51.
the )47th
were from
in January or Februai'I 1951
a unit of Polish infantry so ers con:. uo
train ng in the vicinity of Stobno (Stoeven) (5325N-1 25E).
Approximately two companies of soldiers were equipped rtth
rifles and mortars of an unknown caliber and PPSh guns.
B 1 and. Maintenance
8. The Motor Pool of the 12th WOP Brigade, located at a caserne
in Szczecin, performed first and second echelon maintex-anoe
for all vehicles assigned. to this brigade. all
vehicles requiring major overhaul were transported to Lodz
(51k5N-192$E), Wa->ILiz (5145N-1805E), and/or Poznan (Posen)
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The first registration ofI alms (1929) occurred in
October 1946
11. The Tune 1950 inductees had no choice of service as their
assignments were predetermined b'df the Regional Induction
Commission wi~iich conducts screening on potential WOP and K1PB
inductees. The officials of the Regional Induction Commission
screened Inductees t police. records, their neighbors, and
places of employment in order to determine their Aolitica
reliability.
remaining eligible personnel of the 1929 class were drafted
into the army and labor service in November 1950.
12, The oldest class now serving in the army is the 1928 class,
while the youngest is the clans of 1930. The army demobilized
the 1927 class in November `950 and the National Security
Corps (WOP and KBW) demobilized the same class in October 19500
The 1928 class serving in the Security Corps was demobilized
on 18 Oct 51 . The term of service for the 1928 class serving
In October 19511 an ir.du.ction
placard posted in Gurnien' ce announce that those
inductees of the classes of 1928, 1.929, and 1930 who had not
been called to service and the regular class of 1931, would
be called for induction beginning 1 Nov 510
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13. The strength of new inductees of the 1930 alsss was lass
then that of the 1929 class Assigned to the $0P .Brigade
in $zczectn. This .s based on the fact that the 42d:MOP
Battalion (4,-aining battalion), 8th NOP Brigade, was divided
into effect in September 1951. Each draftee, regardless ,l
his rank, is allowed to re-enlist for periods of three, six,
and nine years. He is immediately advanced to the next rank
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into eight :ompanies in 1950. In 1951 this same battali42
f; t'+edesignared tM l23? WOP Battalion Oct October was 50X1-HUM
divided into Bever companies.
15. Each selective ser,ice inductee (draftee-Poborowy) regardless
of his enlisted rank must now serve a period of time as ems'
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Air Force 4 years formerly 3 years)
Navy 4 years ((formerly 3 years)}
Army 3 years formerly 2 years
'SOP 2 years, 3. months 3 months baste training
1BW 2 years, 3 months 3 months basic training
Any volunteer who enlists prior to the regular induction year
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SoyietTactical Units
18. As of 20 Oct 51 there eras a Sov1.'~3t Pantry unit . (dtsignatiof
unknown) stationed at a caavrne .across the tatre :t -from the
WoP Oaserne in Szczecin..
'~ of &'eersaental size, The soldlex Were s
ou er oarda 'with
ov a ao
quartered in the caserne across the strue from nqr barracks
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this Soviet unit often left
the easerne by foot at night during the suu+aaer period of
both years then were rtieiwating in night
traininx
The only contsot
the firing range
was used by both the Soviet and Polish WOP soldiers. During
the short intermissions from firing, the Soviet and Polish
soldiers were allowed to converse, any of
the Soviet soldiers had been in the service long as
piac and seven years and had no Idea when they would be
returned to the USSR,, The relations between the enlisted men
were frierid.1y, , There was no contact between Polish and .oviet
soldiers during off -duty hours,
Soviet Training and organization In. the Polish Arm
20. The Polish Army and Security Forces were being trained in
conformance with Soviet field manuals.
Role of the Polish Army in an East--West Ccnfl ct
22.
the Polish border against the aggression 0
Powers.
Pur irn of Polish Ar!T~y Officers
Polish of f loex s allegedly .were vo rye
in espionage activities for the b-reatern powers. There were
reaxaors circulating among the soldiers and eiviliaxnis in Poland
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about the unsuccessful assassination attempt upon
Mar,shal Rckossovck:; It was said that Palish Lt Gen
'fGtneral. Broni) Poplawslcl refused to send six Polish Army
divisione t:: Korea at the request of Rokossovsky and,
infuriated with this request, snot 'at Rokossovak,/ with his
service plitol.
morale in the Polish AER
24. Enlisted men of the GPIC-13 often complained to their officers
about the long duty hours. Generally, the officers replied
that they were "living in heaven in comparison to wartime
hardships," Furloughs were granted only to those soldiers
who demonstrated an exceptional. Interest and ability in
the performance of their duties or in the case of 'a family
emergency (oeath or serious illness) . Sometime in 1950 four
soldiers of the 8th WOP Brigade; deserted and successfully
reached the Soviet Sector of Berlin, whereupon they asked a
Polish-speaking person for directions to the US Sector of
Berlin. This person, instead of giving them the desired
directions, guided. them to the Polish Consulate Where they
were apprehended. All four deserters were tried by a
military court in Szczecin., Two of the soldiers were sentenced
to death and the other two to life imprisonment. These
sentences were appealed to the Polish President who reduced
them to life imprisonment and fifteen years respectively.
the a rin - - --- - u t there was no news regarding their
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apprehension. Colonel Stanislaw Cla.rbowski,
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25. Most of the enlisted men detested political in-
doctrination lectures- Their absence from these lectures,
on numerous occasions, was covered during roll call by
friends who simply said that they were on guard duty. The
enlisted personnel in my unit did not resent officer
privileges such as shorter duty hours, higher pay, etc, but
rather took it for granted that those things come with the
commission. Throughout my military service, no one ever
attended church services. There xas no evidence of objection
to the curtailment of religious worship since the soldiers
had grown accustomed to this fact.
Indoctrination of .Polish Youth of Preinduction A
26.
a cadet school (Szk:ola Kadetow) was located
n arsaw. All x'nale orphans Were reared in this school and
An or anization called ?'Ser-rice for Poland
Sluzba Poicsce) also gave military training to Polish youth
prior to their Induction into the armed forces.
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29. The headquarters of the 12th Border Security Guard Brigade
(12.-eta BrygadaS WOP) was located in the WOP Caserne on
Miokiewicza Street in Szczecin. At the end_of 1950, following
was redesiariated the 12th.
The brigadets telephone
icer was Lt Col Stanislaw Banski.
12th WOP Brigade Is euNordinateto the Ministry of National
Seourlty (Ministergtwo Bezpieczenstwa Publicznego) through
GbOP Leaning unknownj. The brigade was composed of seven
WOP battalions and two independent subdetachments of border
control points, GPK-11 and GPK--13.
30. The 123d WOP Battalion, formerly the 42d WOP Battalion was
located in the WOP Caserne in Szczooin. Each year from July
to September, new WOP recruits were assigned to this battalion
for basic training, Qualified Instructors were assigned from
all subordinate battalions and independent subdetachments
for this period, The regular guards of this unit performed
border patrol duty. the following sentry posts
(straznice) were hax3 e y i attalion
(a) No. 61 in Kamienice (5317N-1422E)
(b) No. 62 in Broniszewo (Barnixnslow) (5322N--1425E)
(c) No. 63 in Dol.uje (Neuenkirohen) (5326N-1424E)
(d) No,. 64 in Dobra Szczecinska (Daber) (5329N-1423E)
(e) Probably No, 65 and No. 66
31. The (?) WO? Battalion at the Port of Szczecin controlled
32. The (?) WOP Battalion was located at Trzebiez. The guards of
this battalion issued fishing permits and patrol.. ? the
forested area near Szczecin Bayer sentry Pont
numbers 67 thru 74 were manned by a guars of this
battalion.
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City of SZCZECIN (ST1 rTZN) (3325N-14353)
2.
Hain.railroad station in SZCZECIN
3?
Standard-gauge railroad from SZCZECIN to POLICE (POLITZ) (5333N_
1434H)
4.
Railroad from SZCZECIN to .W:TDtM4 (532142i-14414OR) and STARGARA
5.
(532'0-15031E)
City of ALTDJW
6.
Highway from SZCZECIN to KDLBASISAWO (MIITZOW) (5320N-1427$)
and ROSOWICA (NI uBo3CW) (5319N-1426E)
7,
Railroad station in OLUIENICE and berrac Iii of the Independent Sub-
detachment, GPK #13
a.
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d.
e.
RR station in GTEMICF
GPK #13 berreoke
RR officials' office building
Civil o uz3 toms of f ioe building
RR canteen and quarters of 1?..t stet Lon meeter
8.
Railroad station in STCBN0 (STOEVEN)
9.
Railroad from SZCZECIN to DOBRk SZCZIiCINWCA (DABIRa)
10.
State term settlement in z903CIN (IcDE9TIN) (5325N-1424$)
11.
Paewalaki Point (Peewvalaki Punkt) of the Independent Subdeteohmmt,
GM #13, on the 9ZCZ2 CIN-.CRAW railroad line; border guard
station
12.
Village of BOBOLINO (BOBLIN) (5323N-1423E)
13.
Narrow-gauge railroad track; 900 demolidaad and track renoovod
14.
Village of 8M0W (5322N-14061)
15.
Village of BRONMZEWC (BARNII W (5522N-14251)
16.
Village of A'RZrHCLAW (PRITZIDW) (532217-1427-U)
17.
Railroad station in Ii0LBA8TGGW0 (I4DIBITZOW) (5320N-1427$)
14.
Village of RCSOWKA (NEMOSCW)
19.
State Custom Police Control Point (Urzcd Celny)
20.
Berlin. Point (Bo!^lineki Punkt) of the Independent Subdetachment,
GPK #13, on the 3ZC2.ECLRT-BMMIN railroad line; border guard
station
21.
Point Ro?owke (Roeonke 11unkt) of the Independent Hubdeteohment,
GEE 113, on the SZCZECIN..?G.AMZ highway; controls vehicular
traffic
22.
Approximate line of the Garmm -Polish border
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1. MZ.ekiewieza Streets a double-lane, oonerete road
2. iron-gate entranee to WB' aaaaerne
Wooden guardhouse a one tom' aontx7, wined w1.th a Soviet Mh gun,
. potted here 24 hours a day
4. Officers oluba 2-story brick building, appromd mately 20 x 1,5 me
with a red tile gable root
5? NOR garagesa three single-atoag brirc buildings, gash apprazimaately
40 x 15 m, with tar paper-oovered shed-type roofs
6. tJ aregea dimensions and conotruotion the aamiss as WO' garages
(point 5, above)
7, %V vehicle repair ohopa about 40 x 30 ml gonatruotion came as
point 5, above
8. lOP berraolm a 3-atory, br ioke building, a'doufl 40 x 15 m in size, with
a red tile, low ge.ble-typa roof i it van oat*apied only during
the summer season (7usae~9aptember) by now 'HOP reerultm
q, TOP graT+aeit
10. 8tahlea all horre& used by units of the 12th WOP brig were brought
here for phyeioal oxaminritiono Rnd x edioal ears
11. Wooden guard towers used only for training purp?oea Burin barrio
trainiag period
10. HerAquertarc building, 12th W0i' rigs 3-ctpry brisk ptti1dixg,
about 40 x 15 n, with a aged tile, low 9a01e-typo. roof
130 Swimming pool
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33. The (?) WOP Battalion was located at Cho,na?(525' d-1427E).
In :L950, this unit was the 40tkh WOP Battalion, Ito respon-
sibility was to control Oder River traffic and roads in the
vicinity cf Cho jna ,
34. The (?) W0'"-- Battalion was located at Mieszkovice (5247N-1430E),
In 1930, this unit was the 38th WOP Battalion. Its respon-
sibility was to perform border patrol. The area of security
is not know.
35. The (?) WOP Battalion was at Miedzvzdrnie (M Reirnv)
(5354N-1427E .
36. The (?) WOP Battalion at Swinioujscie (S
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nemuende)
(5355N-1415E), was responsible for the security of the
Swinioujacie coastal border and shipping in that area.
37. The Independent Subdetachment, QP,K-11, was at Gryfino
(areffenhagen 531.5N-1429E) . The area of security responsibility
for this unit included the control of shipping 'on the Oder
River near Qryfino.
38.
actual strength of the GPK-13 was five officers and 47 enlisted
mena
aCe o my 11,11a 0,1 action in October 1951. This unit?a barracks
was located near the railroad station in (umienice The
Indeendentt Subdetachment , CPK l~Clumienice=~
Position Rank Name
co let Lt Stanislaw Rutkovrski
RR Control Off 1st .Lt Pawel Leoniec
RR Control Off 2d Lt Kazimierz Kashkur
(Russian)
RR Control Off WO Jozef Ey i-iewicz
Platoon Leader WO Jan Dorociak
1 Sgt Antonin CWojdzinski
1 Cpl Stanislaw Cendrowski
5Pfc
40 Pvt
Weapon
1 TT pistol
1 TT pistol
1 TT pistol
1 TT pistol
1 TT pistol
l TT pistol
1 TT pistol
5 PPSh guns
40 PPSh guns
39. The members of this unit were responsible for railroad
security control at the railroad station in Gumienice, and
for providing escort guards from Gumienice to the two rail-
road border control points and. return. One railroad border
control point was located approximately 400 m east of the
border on the railroad line from Szczecin to (}rainbow (5325N-
1421E). A second control point is located approximately
800 la east of the border on the railroad line from Szczecin
to Berlin.
40. The actual documents check i as performed on all incoming
and outgoing trains at the railroad station In Gumieniec.
The officers and NCOs checked all the passengers for proper
documentation (special pass i;nd/ore pacssport) while the
enlisted men searched underneath and between the cars for
possible stowaways. Upon completion of the search, two
enlisted men boarded the train (one in the power oar and one
in the last car) for escort dut7 to the border points. In-
eomi tratno from Germany were stopped at.. the border 'wntrol
points where two escort guards accompanied the train to the
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