REMARKS CONCERNING THE POLISH NAVY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R013600020007-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 30, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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REM XS CONCERNING THE POLISH NAVY (4 pp; Polish;
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distribution: 4 December 1952;
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The 4-par-re docus?ent,attached tol
report includes information on the o ish avy an a brief
criticism of foreign radio broadcasts to Poland.
The Naval General Staff located at 1daszyngtona Street, Gdynia has seven sections:
1) personnel, 2) intelligence, 35 operations, 4) underwater defenses, 5S artillery, 6) fleet,
7) air force. The Polish Navy has divided the coastal region into three districts: 1) GON
(Gdansk Coastal District), UON (Ustka Coastal District), 3) SON (Szczecin Coastal District).
The report supplies information on GOIT`N located at Oksywie, listing some of its
personnel, the type and number of ships under its command, location of naval observation points,
and some of the locations of coast artillery.
The information concerning the UON lists part of the personnel, types of defensive
equipment, training in the S31', (School for Naval Specialists), types of courses, length of
courses and number of students accepted annualy.
The information concerning the SON specifies where the command is located, includes
information on the location and. area occupied by Soviet Military personnel, type of military
equipment in the area, and total number of personnel in the Navy (9,000).
A few remarks concern political indoctrination courses, and the change of outlook
undergone by the officers concerning the lectures explains the attitude of naval personnel
toward these lectures.
Brief remarks on necessity of obtaining a special cer ficate after discharge to
get work, on the Greek partisans brought to Poland location and fortification of various in-
stallations, including probable location of subma7ine base at Szczecin.
Brief criticism on foreign radio broadcasts to Poland: listeners are located n my
in cities; few in villages. For example: the VOA (Voice of America) announcer speaks polish
with a foreign accent, should have native pronunciation, etc.
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