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RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE CZESTOCHOWA, POLAND(SANITIZED)

Document Type: 
CREST [1]
Collection: 
NGA Records (Formerly NIMA) [2]
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP83T00574R000100110001-3
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
3
Document Creation Date: 
December 28, 2016
Document Release Date: 
June 10, 2010
Sequence Number: 
1
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
August 15, 1982
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10: CIA-RDP83T00574R000100110001-3 ROUTING TO: NAME AND ADDRESS DATE INITIALS 1 a 3 4 ACTION DIRECT REPLY PREPARE REPLY APPROVAL DISPATCH RECOMMENDATION COMMENT FILE RETURN CONCURRENCE INFORMATION SIGNATURE REMARKS: FROM: NAME, ADDRESS, AND PHONE NO. DATE SECRET 239 (Security Classification) CONTROL NO. Z-11172/82 NPIC/PEG (8/82) COPY OF Warning Notice Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION Unauthorized Disclosure Subject to Criminal Sanctions SECRET (Security Classification) Tr Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10: CIA-RDP83T00574R000100110001-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10: CIA-RDP83T00574R000100110001-3 Iq Next 2 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10: CIA-RDP83T00574R000100110001-3 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10: CIA-RDP83T00574R000100110001-3 SECRET (c) NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION CENTER Page 1 of 1 Copy RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE CZESTOCHOWA. POLAND Attachment to Z-11172/82 NPIC/PEG (8/82) TWO PART GRAPHIC 1. (S/D) SIGNIFICANCE: A VERY LARGE BUT ORDERLY CROWD HAS FORMED IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH OF THE BLACK MADONNA (GRAPHIC 1) TO COMMEMORATE THE 600TH ANNIVERSARY OF POLAND'S MOST SACRED RELIGIOUS OBJECT, THE ICON OF THE BLACK MADONNA. 2. (S/D) REMARKS: ADDITIONAL CROWDS ARE APPROACHING THE CHURCH FROM THE RAIN STATION, STREETCAR STOPS, AND FROM NUMEROUS TEMPORARY CIVILIAN ENCAMPMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN NEARBY OPEN FIELDS (GRAPHIC 2). LARGE NUMBERS OF BUSES AND PRIVATE VEHICLES ARE NEAR THE CHURCH. NO UNUSUAL SECURITY ACTIVITY IS EVIDENT IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE AN ORDERLY GATHERING. ACTIVITY AT CZESTOCHOWA ARMY BARRACKS 1 1 NM 25X1 SOUTH OF THE CHURCH, IS NORMAL. TWENTY-FOUR POLISH TENTS, ON THE PARADE FIELD WITHIN THE INSTALLATION Ord 25X1 REMAIN. THE TENTS WERE NOT PRESENT ON 25X1 3. BE N/A COORDINATES N/A COMMENTS AND QUERIES REGARDING THIS BRIEFING BOARD MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE NPIC/PEG OPERATIONS OFFICER. These notes have been prepared for briefing purposes only and should not be used for detailed ana- lytical work. Their use should be restricted to the particular briefing board(s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the reporting period as indicated by the date of issue. WARNING NOTICE Intelligence Sources and Methods Involved SECRET r i tr ---- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/10: CIA-RDP83T00574R000100110001-3

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