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DISPATCH

NICATION

10н0.

FUSIO"

xX.

Chick, FE

PROCESSING:

"'ACTION.

•MARACO YOR INFINING.

NO LADI KING BUVIRLD.

¡ ONLY QUALILIED:

MANQUARTIRS DESA

CAN. JUGE INDE LINE

RESTRACT.

MICROFILM:

MISKID

Chief,

Chite! of Stat loi, Copenhugen

SURVICEBEDOX:

Provocations Arainst American Seamon

LiON RIQUIRED RECRIMIS

ACTION FEUSIFIO: As appropriato

Mail: 1a: On 5 Doceaber 1962, the Brbassy Consular Section Informed the Station that

DROR:

ó December 19131 New Jerseys USA.

Fesidence: a 17 Carollyn Road, Elizaloth, New Verser. USA

Foressions Chlof Sterard, S.S. MOROSATA, Moore MCCormack Iine

Coast Guard Identity Number Z-67610-D1

nau cond to the sabassy to report certai incidents invalue Aerica feare earn.

the Polish authorities.

The subsequent interview with DEMBINS:I turned up the

rolloming intomation of possiblo interest to readquarters fund da lette

On 1 Dacember 1962, when the MOR'ACSACA was dockod in Caynia, Polard, Is Die

DEBINSKI was approached by a rollsh official who had come onboard with tre other

Inmigration officers to Iscue lanling canis to the crex.. The official in question

requested DEMETS"I to come ashore where the two could talk privately. DENBINSKI

declined stating that they could talk just as privately in DElBINSKI's Cabin. After

going to the cabin, the Polish official again. insisted that DE!BINSKI meet with him

Unless DEMEINSKI agreed, the officer threatened to refuse DEMBIN

SKI a landing card. DA!BINSTI became angry, said a fow dirty Polish vords to the

official and the official departed in a rage: later in the ship's dining room where

the landing cards nere being handed out, the same official once more asked if

DEIRINSKI had changed his mind. Then DE!BINSKI replied in the negative, the officer

tore up the landing card and thren it on the deck.

3! Later the same day, DEUBINSKI had a chance to speak with the Polish driver

(nane not known) of the official automobile owned by Moore licCormack.

inforned DENBINSKI that the official who had tried to pressure DEMBINSKI was one

\ FNCKSZINANSKI Thon the driver desuribed as "a very rough man".. The driver cautioned

DELBINSKI to be very car-ful with this person. The driver further pleaded with

DEBIlSKI not to divulge the fact that he, the driver, had tipped off DEBISHI as

terie no Destis o as asked to describer steal, but er ade orty to say that-

but was able only to say that

DIS CARE.

41 tena

4886 APace do pierci

DATE TYPED

DATE DISPAICHED

Distributien:

2 - Chief,

2 - chief,

Baron. in 19e

¿CROSS REFERENCE TO.

6 Dec. 1962

DISPATCH SYMUCK AND NUMBER

CDCA-10892

7 Dec. 1952

MEAAQUARTERS FILE NUMBER

CLASSIFICATION

nila sit

- 60-5-12

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DISPATCH

00C6-10892

¡e 15 avout 5'11" In height, about 130 Ibs, anl circa 40 years of age.

DENSTSKI

never sar: SIMAlSkl until this incident.

Lo DE:BINSKI roted thai another segmai on the MORNAGSACa, one R$ ENTi

HOSCHIStONSKI, was also seen talking to SalAstl.

This seazan rriaivid

went ashore.

DENDINSKI also mentioned that an unidentified best o

has had meetings with a suspected Polish security official.

This Cosin, a raturaliza

American, returns to lolaid evory year to spend his holidays.

's.

In addition to uno foregoing, DEBINSKI stated that lo at

quite friendly with

X hatre

-211510'1

5?S10K

Current address:

Astor Jon 3 inesse,

released and surrently works lu a radio sher.

On a nunber of occasions DEMBISKI

befriended COSIOR by giving him foal, clothings and cigarettes.

and cosion used to warn DaloriSkI when the latter was being followed or ander sus-

picion. To convince DEBINSKI of his sincerity, ROSIO: once offered to shon DEUBINSKE

a copy of the official dossier heid on DESISKI by the authorities. in vien of the

latest incident with SZYANSHI, DENSINSKI is not planning to ever go ashore in Foland

unless he has protection. He would, however, like to see O051JF again an: considers

out DE.BINSKI does

not wish to risk his neci in so doing.

6. There are no Station traces on any of the above mentioned persons.

let 5 caterer

Kenneth S.

s00" 530

3.6c

CLASSIFICATROY

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Chicago 16 ta0 62

Re.

Baptisk Chuch inchin

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INTELLUCENGE REPOR!

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

RANING:

This astertal

contalas

sporation affect no Bi.

Nätlonäl

Mlesse of the taired States miedin

ise meanine of the Esolonige loos:

COUNTRY.

POLAND

CONFIDE. TIẠI

36

INTELLIGENCE REPORT

N//1

Frie 18 ISc, seca 993 and su.

ise urinalisten or perelation of

sarner. to an useutbor

probibited or las

деродт. по.:

SUBjECT.

DATE ON.

INFO

(C) RECRUITIOST CE AGEIT IN

GLIVICE (GLEIWITS)

MiCROFILMED

FEB 4 1963

DOC. MICRO. SER

DATE DE NEPORT

MO OF PADES

2P

EFERENCE

M-SO DIRMS 656, 6B5;

57.300: 154.31

PLACEA

DATE ACO.

1957 - SSP 1962

GERMANY/ 31 OCT 62

EVALUATIONi.

BRUNCE

"ROBOT

JOS 1, 2000 SW (USAFE)

PREPARKO DY

SALYATO/S.DION:

ailment

(C) Porsonal doscription and biostaphical data of, an agent of the Pollah Socrot Police.

Recruitmart mothoda.of Poliah Secret Polico.

i. GLINCE 5018N-18395 (34U-C1-33874).

All information containod in thia report 18 basal on statemento of SOURCE's

brother inlan in GLIWICE, who parsonally had the exporiance described in this report,

ard discussod sane with SOURcE..

thoro sacrod no roason to doubt SOURCE's raliability,

uho vas cooperative, enorerod questiona willingly, and no irconsistarcies in his stat

CAN AW H

SOURCE furnished the following Inforation about his brother in laus

Coors, DOR: & Eob 1926;

POEL GLIWICE, tradosanachane, prosent occupation! [laborer

In coal mine CLINICE SONICA, PreSent residences A 20 ULIZA TILIA, SONICA, GUCHICE 3. POLAND

MOAN is married to a Pranch national, WEXMAN", Loona, DOS: 192? o= 1923.

has two girlo, l2 and 10 yoaro old.

During 1957, while working togother with two other minars in the above mantioned

coal miro, WEIMIN! discussal a rocant upriso of the laborerg of another nearby coal mino

ajairat their adminiatration, with his two co workers.

During this discussion, ho took

the part of the rebels, and sado sovoral unfavoratle atalazalta about the prosent commu-

nist regimo in poland..

when loaring the coel mino at the aid of his ahift, WEIMANN was

arrested by the Polish Socret Polico, who had obviouals boon tippad. off by

one of the

two co-workors of WEIMAN.

The polico questioned WEIMANi thoroughly about the pooplo

wto had told his about the uprising in the nearby coal mine, and firally irtornod him in

the local jail: For a period or two minths, WHIMAN! remainoil imprisral in the GLIWICE

jail; allogolly, the security polica constantly attempial during this time to gathor in

forsation fron HEIMANN about his contaots and about whoever might have possibly informed

hit about the above incident. Finally, after ton noaths, listlat was told that he could

chooso one of to things: he could either agres to mork for the Polish secret police as

an agent and would then be freod limediataly, or he could turn dewn chai offer, but would

cher be prosocitad in court and bould dofinitaly and up vith a longine jail sentence.

OS COPY

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PAGES

JOEL, 2000 SW

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DAI

in, and agrest to vork sor tho Polion Intalliconco:

•Ho was 1uno

diatoly

reloaded fron cupid, ves divere cover nano anu a cover number.

SORCE was told that WEiMe

tho

covor nano "nacler" an aignature

on all written roporte,

che'

talothoro corver

nuavor

would serve as an Idontification during

are man to colloct any kind of Intolligenco infon

mation,

aubait reer reports on tho political rellability of ac-

quaintai

the noral

Trierids,

rala:

nolthbors, and co-workere, and roports about

local

arreld on his

ation At chio stazo, SOURCE himsolf became a Littlo

brothon li

and kept away from hli ad much as posalblo.

Whan

di scuaatin the subject:

for Most Goruary,

SOURCE

a brother trader chortly beforo Sourcela departure

reporto, but hed

told that wellent had allegedly novor subaittod any

always

acurat hmool! Mih "lack of occasion" to gather inton

mation.

•SOURCE veg told to cherosoro the bocrot police coon discontinued to

bothor WILMANN.

sourcE did not thirk that WEIMANN 10 provently still working for

tho socret polico.

rosettler.

SOURCE pointed out that MerMaN would liko to come to Wont Gormany an a

Ho foaro that tig past connoctions with the police might make an eul-

gretion 1moseiblo, but idli coat probably take an attempt to procuro a paseport

in the very near ruturo.

No further information.

Captein,

Toam Contardor

APPROVED:

MAJOR USAP

IOT MEREDITH H.

SHADE

Colonal, USAP

Commander

(Cio: 51116099001)

SCAFIORTIAL

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INTELLIGENCE REPORT

INTELLIGENCE REPORT

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

DARNING

Tri:s

incureation aficitics the

Doterse of the thing states sithin

the sonine of for; Exciorase

POLiD

CONP IDENTIN

Titte 18. use, Sece 701 an 134.

the transsiasion or rese atien of

which in any sanner to ay cauthor.

i2ed

person is protistsed sy las

HerOAT NO. 1523951

BUDSECT

(0)

SENST POLICE. ACTIVITIES

НО. OF РАДЕ!

APR 62 - JUN 62

ENCES DIRH

159:100

7A

MICROFILMEOD

AYR 3 1963

DOC. MICRO

PLACE

PDATRACO.

• ROM

EVALUATION

JOE-9, 7000 SU (USATE)

HILDEURAN P/ RUMB:

SOURSE L

•vassas

(U) Livarton of secret police office, matiod or nécruicing repatriato for

spy vort, description of secret police agent.

I. BYTON: 5021N-1858E (QY5147).

In Dec 61, SOURCE lad applied to the KATOWICE: 5016N-1J0LE Province Adrint-

stration for an exit permit to west Geriany.

In Apr i2, still walting for an

answer, he vas approached by a secret agent who tried to talk him into colla-

borating vich the Polish Intelligence servico:

Because the agent had invited

hir to tlie Hotel "DHISTOL" in DITOM, SOURCE ohtalued reliable confirmation of the

assertion by friends that this hotel was the location of the BYTOM branch office

of the Polish intelligence service.

SOURCE, an artist of above average intelligence

and experience, soon understood what the agent vas driving at, and refused on che

grounds that he was completely incompetent for intelligence work.

SOURCk related

his experience in the desire to drav attention to the subtle nethods applied by

intelligence service. His

staterents were accepted as credible tecause

of the honesty with which SOURCE descrited lis our attitude and reactions.

INGeS 1:t5

III. The azent introduced hinself to SURGE under the namelzAKRZEWSKI" and as

DESCRICE an emplare of the KATOWICE Province Alminiserasion o

Ho came to SOURCE's hOri

in BYTON afar first asking for SOURCE's percission over the telephone.

CCi: PiS OFFICER ANATOLICE,

dark-inal hair, black eyes;

thin eyebrows, fleshy cheeks, closely shaved,

unfurrant forchead, fleshy hands with sort and thick fingers.

He was conser

vatively and elegantly dressed, his norements were lively, and he spoke a cultured

Polish sithout any accent: His behavior and say of speaking were of a canner

charaiteristic of the former pre-var educated Polish society.

RETHIKINTE FINIS WORK

venience he was causing, and assured SORCE that his mission vas by no neans

intended to embarrass or otheryise disconfort SOURCE. He also showed SOiRuB an

identity dard with his photogranh. which, as SOURCE observed after a casual

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Fabu

JOE.?, 7000 sw

(ISNE)

Inspection, Identified Mr. LARZEbiNI as employee of the misspore diviston in che

KATONICE Province diministration.

then explained that he was authorised to

offer Solnck a straight

deal which, if solkce only cared to consider li realistically, would turn out to

their mutual benefit.

soUrcE's personality, particularly his

academic education

and hia reputation as a painter together with hin knows lovel attitude towards

the state, qualified SOURCE as the ideal partner in a sumerlar delicate under-

taking:

The personalities of influence, for vhom ur. -urstsky was authorized

to speak, could not think of any one

with qualtiicarions better clian SOURCE's.

souRcE replied that, of course, he would gladly become a partner to any efforts

intended to promoto

the arts because they vere the oily things he really cared

for. SOURCE had, after Mr. ZAREEnSKI's' Introductory resarks, quite correctly

guessed what was meant by the fatraight deal" and he; therefore; tried to aroid

the subject..

Мг.

ZAKREEWSKI then asked SOURCE frankly how he did with his

rainting: source could only trithfully renly that his art was definitely not

suited to provide a living for his and his wife.

This was also the reason,

SOURCE emphasiied,

that he wanted to leave Pöland because he could no longar:

bear to lire from his wife's income.

"This 1o all well knowm to us" said Mr. ZAKHELUSKI, "but do you in all

Berlousness

believe that you will do better in West Gemany? They havo palnters

by the thousands and you, as a nevconer to thia crowd, will only be sorry to have

Joined then.

You will have to depend on your win's income more than with us in

Poland". Mr. ZAKHZEWSKi. then continued that the ald which SOURCE vould recoive

would enable hin to better devote hiaself to hia art because financial vorries

would be taken from his mind.

"Is not this a straight deal?", Mr. ZAKRZEWSKI

asked, "you help us and we help you, and ve know that your help will he worth the

money.

When SOURCE asked what was meant by "un" and "me" and what kind of

"'help" he was expected to offer, Mr. ZARZEWSKI cautlously replied that, before

being more specific, he would need SOURCE's agrocinent to the proposition.

"Please try to understand", Mr, LNKRZENSKI Bald, "I reprosent, as you have seen,

the government; and it is part of the deal that details of your mission ll be

made known. to you the moment ve know that you are willing to help."

SOURCK then

refused by emphasizing that, as an artist, he fole in no way competent for the

mission

which doubtlessly will be assigned to him In Corsany.

His nerves would

not stand. the strain and,

gooner or later, he would fail, aid thus ruin himsell.

Mr. ZAKRZEWSKI.accepted SOURCE's refusal without the slightest. sign of dis-

appointment;

impatience or anger.

He. listened to SOURis's words with a friendly

smile on his face, and commented that such a reaction vas only natural and even

reasonable from a man like SOUrcE, and it was only further proof of SOURcE's

Inordinate intelligence and integrity.

He assured SOURCE that there was no

hurry, and important things quite raturally need some rise to be carefully thought

Inviting SOURCE to carefully reconsider the offer, he asked for permission

to approach the matter a second tine in a

fer wecks. On this occagion, soURcE

after Mr. ZAKHZEsSKI's telephone call, to come

to the hotel

"BRISTOL'' on ULICA PIERSZEÇO MAJA" (Pirst of May Road), where matters could be

discussed more casily.

SOURCE agreed to this arrangement decause he was afraid

that, by a flat and uncompromising refusal, he rould jeopardize his exit permit.

The hotel "BRISTOL" was an impressive four-storied building with a tavern

and a night-club, which had been renovated in 1960. It was patronized ly well-to-

do members of the intelligentsia and tourists.

He renembered having heard from

fellow members of his painters' club that the secret police had rented a wing in

one of the upper stories of this hotel.. The rooms, nuber unknow, were said to

be furnished as offices and club rooms.

Between abore conversation in Apr 62 and SOURCE's departure en June 13th, 1962,

(hiss 88/16841004)

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JOE-9, TOOU SW

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3 raji:

Mr =UR DOSKI or another Deader at the secret police tried

ring up soUrcE In

his home four times.

In

all four instances, Selfes's wife answered the telephone

• and told chè caller that her hustani vas not at hose and that she had no idea

where he ras.

The callers alars asked her politely when she chought he would

he at haze.

sOUNcE's wife vould then explain at great length that her husband's

occupation sas such that he hinself could never tell when custoners bould shou

up and shere he would work at a certain tlese.

She rould then give a day at random

with which the callers seemed to be satisfied.

SaRis obtained the exit perit without haring seen Mr. LARZEtSKI or any

other senter of the polish secret police a second time.

LisAr

Major,

US AF

Element Cormander

APPROVNO:

for

MEREDIT SS. SHADE

Colonel, I'SAP

Commander

meant melon.

CANTInETIAL

660-5-13

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INTELUIGENCE REPORTS

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

WARMING:

iraig: Enterial contatas

laporantloa altestlad tho. Natlocal

Classifinioni

CONFIDENTLAL

Defense of the

lotton sentes wista

tte

peanine ic!

ere Lapionage Lais

POLAND

SUBJECT

(C)

ALLIGED SECRET POLICE OrFICIAL

IX. ZAURZE

INTECT CENCE REPORT

DAI - 1918

Tsile 18. 18C.

in 194.

the trustasion or revelation of

which lo any minner to an uauthor

ined person to prohibited to las.

REPORT NO:

1523828

DATE OF RÉPORT 5. NOY 62

1Р

NO. OF PAGES

1

DATH OF

INTO

PLACE:

PANCACO.

EVALUATION

SOURCE

1949 - OCT 61

GROANY/ 2 NOV 62

8-6

MICROFILMED

FEB I

DOC, MICRO. SER:

-ARENCES M-6-61; DIRM GAL; 153.100

ROM

JOE-9, 7000 SW(USATI)

HILDEKURAND/WALDMUELLER:

I.

The alleged

secret police officlal resided at the eastern outskirts of ZABRIt:

5019N-184TE (34UCA425745) da ULICA PIOTRO SKARGI (street name). The house number wäs

possibly 15, 17, or 19.

Firon 1949 to Oct 61 SOURCE personally observed the individual about tulco per

month on ULICA PIOTRO SKARGI. SOURCE resided in vicinity of the individual, on ULICA

CURVICZA $23.

SOURCE gave information freely and no inconsistencies. vero noted.

MI: ALLEGRO SECRET POLICE OFFICIAL:

ESC: UP OFFICIME.

Pantly a 6 pos circa 1930,

AGLINICE POLAND

175 ст,

stout appearance, dark hair, round

face,

eract postare, cynical face expression.

SROKA was observed by SOURCE either

dressed in civilian clothes or in the greenish-grey uniform of a Polish secrot police

officer. Time of observation vas betreen 1700 and 1800 hours during weekdays..

SROKA waS

usually carrying a dark-brown suitcase in his right hand. SOURCE was several times warned

about SROKA by local ethnic Cormans, who considered SROKA a very dangerous informer and

ardent hater of Certians, although SROXA had been affiliated with some German-Nazi reuth

organizatton during bl II. Shortly after the end of by It SROKA had Joined the Polish

MILICIA (dirtia) and adranced very rapidly due to his ruthless behavior towards the

German residents of ZABriE.

After several years olth the MILICIA, SROKA had jained the

local secret police in ZABRIE.

According to hearsay, SROKA had become a leading secret

police official in GLIVICE: 5017N-1840E. in 1957 or 1958. No furcher information.

APPROVED:

for

MAJOR

USAP

MEKEDITH H. SHADE

Colonel, USAF

Comwander

CS COPY

Major, USAF

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AIR FORCE

5 Septs, 62

# 1508482

Re: Agent of the Polish Secret

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Ie: Andize saroslar Tiekalkuwrcs

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105-5708 Teanü 29 Oug. 62

105-106375 Eu-fuw

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3) 105-12720 28 Aug 62 Clicago .

se: Edlused a Maiw Karasiwicz- Kisitos

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24 August 1962

MEMORANDUM FOR:

SUBJECT:

REFERENCES:

Chief, EE/Poland

UB Penetrations of Israeli

Embassy in Warsaw

A.

YT -1103, 25 November 1961

B.

YT-1251, 6 Fobruary 1962

1.

During the course of investigations into the information

contained in paragraph l. a of Reference A one of Juliuez HIBNER'o Pier 2122

two sisters,

ho are living in larael, has been contacted. She la

Mra; RacheWROSENFELD, born in 1909, who settled in Palestine

in 1929 and is currently employed as a clinical psychologiat in

Haifa, In questioning her, the was sincerely cooperative and

(1-A35037)

two occasions. In 1946 she was sent there by Jewish national insti-

tutions to make arrangements for the transfer to Palestine of

Jewish children who had gyrvived the Naze holocaust. She met her

we brothers, sulute and Tozer HiBNEl both of whom were sym-

pathetic and assisted her with her mission.

Mrg. ROSENFELD's

second visit to Poland took place in August-September 1955 when

she accompanied her daughter, Tamar, and her sister. During

her aix weeks stay, slie lived at the house of her brother, Josef,.

but met Juliusz HIBNER frequently./

3.

Mrs. ROSENFELD is certain that she did not altend any

official function at the legation building or at the home of an Israeli

diplomat in Warsaw. However, she visited the legation seval

times and also had several talks with one of the legation employees

in, the latter's lodgings at the Bristol Hotel. She believes that, on

these occasions, she may have mertioned certain matters of in-

terest which she had gleaned from conversations with her brothers..

V -H

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NAGE COMANCO CONCOL

Mrs. ROSENFELD stresses that questions pertaining to Israel,

the siquation of Pollah Jewry and emigration were frequently

discussed with her brotherg who showed a keen interest in the se

subjects:

; On one such occasion, Juliusz HIBNER stated that he

and other Polish leaders were in favor of Jewish emigration to

Israel and intimated that official authorization to this effoct was

about to be given. Mra. ROSENFELD is virtually certain of

having passed on this item of information to her acquaintance

at the legation. She cannot remember where the talk in question

look place, but is inclined to believe that they met at the Bristol

Hotel:

4. With reference to paragraph 3 of Refereno A, no useful

comment is available at the present writing.

Startin C. katin

STEPHEN C. MILLETT, JR.

Chief, CI/SPG

SEONST

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Re: US. Embassy-Poland

sect

a Quigi mean

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DEFECTOR RECEPTION CENTER

REPORT NO. RC-6514

COUNTRY

SUBJECT

Poland

" Polish lnrder Sécurlty Troops'

Oferatlong

DATE OF INFORMATION : Septenher 1955 to July 1961

PLACE ACOUIRED

• Oermany

DATE DISTR.

.12 JUN 62

NO. OF PAGES i5

REFERENCES:

SOURCE!

MIOROFii

JUL Y 1962

THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATIONPOS MIGRO, HTS:

D8-962, a Polish Border Quard ileutenant, defected in Casablanca;

Morocoo, on 12 July 1961 while serving as a student on the Pollsh

Navy training ship ISKRA. •His stated reason for, defoctiön iag his

dissatisfaotion with conditions: in Poland.

He was born on 5 Noven-

ber 1936 in Szwejkow, near Munasterzyska, formerly Poland, now

Ukrainian SSR:

He attended elementary schoola in Monasterzyska and

Zlotoryja and secondary school 1n Zlotoryja, graduauing. in 1955.

In 1955 he was inducted into the Börder Guard Erigade.:

; He graduated

from the Frontier Security Porces Officers' School in Ketrzyn In'

August 1958 as a secord lleutenant.

From August to November. 1958

he was assigned to the Baltle Border Guard Brigade, 1n Konzalin and

was senti to a counterintelligence course in Odansk.

Upon completing

the course, he became agsistant to the commanding officer of tho

Border Guard counterintelligence post at Dzlimow from November 1958

to June 1959.

From July 1959 to August 1960, he cömmanded a Border

Quard counterintelligence post at S11mno.

From Auguat 1960 to July

1961, he attended the Westorplatte Higher Naval School (Wyzsza Szkola

Marynark1 Wojennoj Imien1a Bohaterow Westerplette) In Gdynla as an

officer student...

1955-1956 and Josned the Pollah unitedho uaton (pominh yo thrty

(Communist) Party

1n June 1956.

H1s standard écore on the Army Non-Langrago Tost 1n-

dicatod well-above-avaerage nativo intelligence.

His boria fides has

been established for intelligence exploitation purposes..

The infor-

matlon 1n this report waa acquired by sourco from observation and

hearsay when he served in the Border Quard.

This report was prepared by the Army unit at DRC and is circuldting

In the Dopartment of the Army as Report No. 962-P-3403.

DOWNGRADED AT 12-YEAR INTERVALS

NOT AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED.

DOD DIR 5200.10

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'POLISH BÖRDER SECURITY TROOPS' OPERATIONS (U)

Table of Contents

Page Nr.

Introduction-

OPERATIONS OF: THE BORDER SECURITY TROOPS--

i.

Border Are

a. " Forbidden Strl)

b.

Border Strip--

c. Border. Zone--

d. Coastal Waters-

2. Criteria for. Selection of WOP Personnel--

J. Training--

4. DutY--

b.

d.

e.

f.

h.

1.

k.

1.

0.

p.

Border Sentry--

Guard Checking Patrol----

Border Inspecting Patrol--

Listening Patrol------

Roving Patrol-

Observation Patrol--

Technical' Inspection Team-

Ambush Patrol--

Pursult Detail-

Screening Detail

Gangplank Guard

Border Convoy--

Search Detail-

Alert Detail--

aitpost Sentry---

Charge of Quarters-

Duty

Officer-----

5:

6.

Planning of Border Security--

Password and Sigris--

17. Reporting Procedures of Border Violations

B. JOINT MANEUVERS--

•1. Particisating Units-

b.

c.

Defending Force

Attacking Force-

Umpire Staff-

2.

Miss 1on-

3.

Area of Operations--

Execution of Maneuver

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Table of Contents (Cont'd)

C. AIR AND HOME TERRITORIAL ANTIAIR DEFENSE FORCES-

Comments-

Annex A--

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PULISH BORDER SECURITS TROUPS' OPERATIONS (U)

Intratiuction

source obtained most of the Information In Gils report from November 1958

to August 1950 nhile

serving with the Polish Eurder Security Troops (Wojsko

Pogranteza-dOP) as counterintelligence officer at DZIhNOd and SLIWNO

Posts of the Baltie w0F Brigade.

assignment, he attended a J-year

coursa at the forder Security Troops Officers' School at KETRZYN, from which he

graduated in 1950 as

From September 1960 until his defec-

¿lon he attended the Higher Naval School At ODINIA for WOP Officers.

Source's over-all knowledge of the Polish Border Security Troops'

operations can be credited to his interest in

sarvice and to his assignment

as a counterintelligence officer, which gave him

opportunity to work with

bOP units on all levels and with local police and security organs.

UTMs and seographic coordinates of location

Coordinates are not shown for well-known locations.

LOCATION

BIALOGARD

DARLAWO

DEINNCW

KARNIA

KETAZYN

LEBORK

MIEDZYWODZIE

MRZEZYNO

NIECHORZE

NCHOGARD

POBIEROWO

PUSIXON

RINAL

ROWY

SADLOWO

SLINNO

SLUPSK

TORUN

TRZESIATCW

USTKA

WRZOS 0H0

ZOLCIN

UTM

5÷ O0N 16 00B

52 25N 16 25E

54 02N 14 46E

• 54 SIN 18 15E

57 09N 21 226

54 31N 17 23E

55 CON 14 415

54 ON 15 18E

54 C6N 15 028

53 ON 15 07E

Unknown

Unknown

57 O5V 15 01E

57 ÷ON 17 03E

Unknown

57 04N 15 01E

5÷ 25Y 17 013

53 01N 18 36E

57 0÷Y 15 165

57 35V 16 515

5÷ OLN 14 483

Uninown

GEOORAFHIC

ww 6534

WA 9131

VY 8587

XA 2079

EE 2492

XA 7847

vy 80C4

WA 1900

WV 0594

WV 0746

Unknown

Unknown

WA 0193

XA 3260

Unknown

WV 0291

XA 3138

CD 40/7

wy 1790

XA 2050

VV 8785

Unk.7own

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FCLISH BORDER SECURITY TROOPS' OPELATIONS (U)

Introduetion (Cont'd)

Listed below are die offlolal abbreviations, Engllsh translations, and

transliterations or iros in the original language of organizations used

throughout this report.

ABBREVIATION

WOP

MO

WKR

ENGLTSH TRANSLATION

Bonier Security Troops

CItizens! MIlItia,

DIstric: M1l1tary Headquarters

Counterintelligence Post

GPK

AK

Border Traffic Control Point

Home dinü (underground during

NAME IN CRIQINAL LANGUAGE

Hogsto (chrony Pogranicza

MIlleja Obywatolska

Wofskowa Komenda Rejonowa

Placowka Zwiadowcza

Grantezny Funkt Kontrolny

Armla Krajowa

World liar II)

WSW

Military Internal Security

Wofskowa Slusba Wewnetrana

Service

KEW

Internal Security Corps

MSW

PKM2

MON

Ministig of Internal Affairs

4.5-ra antlaircraft heav

achinegun, ZPU-

Ministr of National Difense

Korpus Besplaozenstiwa

Wewnetrznego

Ministerstro Spraw Wewnetrznych

zeciw Lothlozy Karabl

aszynowy Dhill Lufow

Ministerstro Obrony Narodowed

A .

OPERATIONS OF THS BORDER SECURITY TROOPS

1. Border Area

The border area was established by a law passed by the National Council

dated 21 March 1958, which revised the existing law governing the security of

the Polish frontier. Source could not recall any details

of the law, except

that it stated that the border area was

divided into three parts: the forbidden

strip, the border strisjand the border zone.

a. Forbidden Strip (Pas Wabrontony)

This was a strip of land, also referred to as the border control pach

(Pas Drogs Granioznes), which was completely under the Border Sacurity Troops'

(Wojsko Ochrony Pograzicsa-WOP) administration and controi.

There were no

markers indicating its limits.

The width varled, depending on the terrain;

It was never narrower can 10 m and seldom wider

than 100 m, however.

The

forbidden strip was a: evacuated area, but by special permission tha local

population could entor it for a limited time to remove firewood and harvest

nay.

The forbidden strip was 6 m wide and was plowed; a telephone. line

ran parallel to it; as wooden observation tovers on it were

spaced 3 to 5 km

apart, depending on die :leld of vision.

To the best of Source's knowledge,

there were no physical ecstacles, such as barbed-wire

fences,

electrifler

fences, and trip flares on the Polish frontier, except rest oi szuzbein.

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In the coastal areas the forbidden strip reruined off limits to

pedestrian traffic

Ritober to 15 April, and irom sunset to sunrise from

15 April to 15 Cutober.

There vere no movement restrictlons within tie strip

In the daylight hours äuring the vacallen season from 15 April to 15 Ditober.

The physical security means along the coast were lie same as along

che inland border except

owers sometime in Iyci I wat radar losers were to replace the observation

b. Border Strip (Strefa Nadgraniesna)

Source described the border strip as an area over which the Border

Security Troops exeruised operational control.

It extended 2 to 6 km from

the border of from tie coast and it was marked with a sign

All persons desiring to reside within

the border strip were required to obtain

permission ¡rom their county Citizens' Militia (MO) office.

Upon arrival

In the border strip area, they were required to register for permanent or

temporary residence with the local Registrar's Office (Bluro Meldunkowe). In

the coastal area, during summer montha (15

April to 15 October) tourists and

vacationers were not requirei to obtain encry permits from their local MO:

they were required to register, however.

Transient passenger traffic through

the border strip required no special authorization.

C.

Border Zone (Zona Graniczia)

Source defined the border zone ay an area over which the Border

Security Troops brigades exercised limited operational control.

extended up to 30 im from the border.

The entrance Into the border zone was

not marked and no special documentation was required to enter or reside in it.

d. Coastal waters

The coastal waters were divided into two zoneg:

the territorial

waters, extending 3 nautical miles fron the shore at low tide, and waters of

the adjacent strip (Strefa Wod Pizyleglych), extending Into the sea for an

additional 3 nautical miles.

The WOP exercised complete opprational controi

over the territorial waters only.

It was within the hOP authority to enforce

existing water traffic regulailons; to prevent fishing within the limits of

the territorial waters by foreign fisning fleets, and to search all craft, ior

stowaways, proper documentation of the crens, and contraband.

2. Criteria for Selection of WOP Personnel

The WOP enlisted men came from normal conscription channels. Source

did not know the criteria for selection used by the District Military

ofrice (wojskora Komends Rejonora-KR), but he thought that to quallty a

conscript, had to have only a clean police record and a minimum of l years of

education; volitical reliabiliiy and membership in the Communist Party were

Conscripts with I1 years of education (olmazium) were selected For

officer candidate training upon graduation,

and sent. directly

to WOP Officers'

School at KETRZYN, OF

for NO training, or here assigned to port battalions

or to border traifle control pists.

3. Training

After passing the medical examination at the local WKR, early in

Otober, the conscripts received orders to report directly to WOP Brigade

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headquarters. Here, they were assigned to the Brigade Feirult Training Center,

where they underwent a weeks of arellainary

training and cursory medical

examination, and were organized ines training companies, platoons and squads.

Following the 2-week preliminary training they were given li weeis of basie

Infantry training and basic bonier security training.

The conscripts were snorn in after 8 weeks of hasic training, usually

on New Year's Day.

Upon suocess..l completton.of the hasic training in early

February they were selected for specialist training and NO training. The

specialist training prepared the craftees for duty with port battalions or

with border control posts.

The iralning lasted from ó to la weeks.

Con-

scripts who were selected for Nüd training attended the Brigade NCO. School,

which lasted 9 months.:

The mandatory training in the outposts was conducted by officarg and

noncomnissioned

officers.

Because

of the staggered hours

of border duty,

the training was conducted tuice isily, from 0800 to 1100 hours, and from 1300

to about 1600 hours.

Garrison irgining

was rather Inefticlent and the schedule

was not rigldly followed because of the shortage of personnel.

The main stress

in garrison training was placed

an border guard sub lects.

the

methods used by

border violators, border regulations, detection and inter-

pretation of tracks left on the piered strip, familiarizacion with documents

and permits used

in le border sone and at border crossing points, types of

patrol duties, searching and conveying of arrested personnel, and use of

service dogs.

All WOP personnel sere required to qually with their individual

Garrison training was suspended from September through February, during

which time part of

the

old conscripts vere discharged while the new conscripts

were still undergoing basie craining.

4. Dutz

The duty of securing the sorder was always assigned to a patrol

(element) cons1sting

ino enlisted men. There were several types of

patrols, each charged with a specific duty.

a.

Border Sentry (Hartesis Graniozny)

The patrol consisted of two or more statlonary guards designated

to guard a limited sector of the corder, a road block, a

railroad

barriers. The tour of ciry was 7 hours every 2 hours.

equipment consisted of an Ak Kalismikow submachinegun azi 70 rounds of live

ammunition; a flare pistol, a-inith six white, three green, andthree red

flares; a flashlight; an Individual first ald kit; and deld glasses.

equioment was considered

standars ior all types of patrols.

b.. Guard Checking Patro! (Element Kontrolny)

16035

The patrol consisted : an armed officer and

one arred enlisted

man or noncomnissioned

The duty of the patrol las to check the

performance of the patrols posied alons the entire sacico of responsibility of

the outpost.

The patrol was required to make one check of the sector every 4

hours.

The tour of duty ias i hours.

c. Border Inspecting 2310l (Element Badawazy)

ne patrol consister s tho or more walking riands cesimated t

ward a well-defined sector o: in bonder, or the entire lengu

of the sector. of

responsibility. The satrol insanial the plowed strip for tracks.

In localities

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where civilian population lived

ciose to the border,

Wie patrol also checked

documents and passes of all person

permitied to work within the forbidden

strip.

The length of duty was 5 hours.

d. Listening Patrol (Podsluch)

The patrol consisied of two stationary guards designated to guard

natural approachos to te border.

It occupied a concealed position w1th a

good field of observation and maintained absolute silence.

A service dog al-

ways accompanied the listening astrol. The length of duty was 4 hours.

e. Roving Patrol (Patrol kahadlowy)

The patrol consisted of two or more guards designated to inspect

In the forbidden strik and in tie border strlp.

mission was to Intercept all unauthorized civilian traffic in the forbidden

strip and to check documentation of all suspected persons in the border strip.

The length of duty was 5 to 7 hours.

f. Observation Patrol (Obserwacja)

The patrol consisted of two or more armed enlisted personnel, .

designated

to observe an ascigned border urea from a tower or from a con-

cealed position.

The length of duty was I hours.

4. Technical Inspection Team (Element Kontroll Technicznej)

The patrol conslated

or two communications maintenance men designated

to check and maintain wire communications, trip wires, and flares, if present,

in the sector.

In addition they were used to maintain observation towers, road

barriers, guard booths and existing physical security means along the border.

Their length of duty was 8 hours.

h. Ambush Patrol (Zasadzka)

It consisted of five or more enlisted men, armed with an officer

in charge,

designated to aporenend horder violators, acting on a warning from

the CI offloer, who gave the approximate route of escape and time of escape.

Accompanying the ambush patrol vere a dog and dog-handler team and walklo-

talkie radio operator with a radio, type unidentified.

1. Pursult Detall (Grupa Poscigowa)

The composition of the patrol was similar to the ambush patrol,

except that the patrol acted on a confirmed border violation and pursued the

violator until apprehended.

J. Screening Detail (Grupa Taporoiva)

echelon of the unit to which it was subordinate. The detail was designated

to seal off penetrated areas within the entire border zone. If the situation

warranted, the border zone could be sealed by screening details of the whole

brigade and adjacent brigades.

k. Gangplank Guard (dartowlk Blokujacy)

It consisted of one or ino armed guards designated to control

leaving and entering traffic aboard ships berthing in harbors. The guard

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the vessel. The

length of duty was 7 hours.

1.

Border Convoy (Konwojent)

The patrol consisted of two or more arned guaris, designated to

escort apprehended

violators to the hisher headquarters, or civilian author 1-

m. Search Detail (Eklpa Kontrolna)

ships,

length of duty was 8 hours.

n. Alert Detall (Grupa Alarmora)

The alert detall

consisted of about 10 men or more designated

for immediate deployment as directed by the duty officer.

alert detail was always commanded by

an officer.

The dotall used its own

personnel to organize

the varled patrols necessary to apprehend a border

violator. The strength of the

detail depended on the echelon of the head-

quarters to which it was subordinate.

0. Outpost Sentry (Wartownik Straznicy)

A single armed guard was designated to guard the outpost,

keeping on the alert for approaching personnel and vehicles, and reporting by

telephone to the charge of quarters all unusual accidents, such as pistol

and illumination from trip flares. The tour of duty was & hours.

p. Charge of Quarters (Podoficer Siuzbowy)

The duty was performed by an extended serviue NCO designated

to assast the outpost duty

officer in carrying

out the outpost operations

for the day. His duties Included:

to rake up each guard 30 minutes before

duty; to issue each enlisted man ammunition and equipment necessary for per

formance of duty; to assemble the patrol; to bring the patrol to the duty

officer for orders and instructions; to receive the patrolo

returning from

duty; to follow the training schedule and set the proper personnel to the

proper places at the proper time; and to raintain telephone communication

with the patrols on the border.

The length of duty was 24 hours, beginning

at 1400 hours.

a. Duty Officer (Orficer Sluebory)

All outpost officers and qualiiied carrier noncommissioned

officers (podoficer zawodowy) performer the duty.. The duty officer was

responsible for the over-all operation of the outpost and for the security of

the border sector in accordance with tie operational plan for the day.

His

dutles included the dispatch of border patrols, maintaining telephone liaison

with higher and adjacent headquarters, arranizing and dispatching alert details

In case of border violations, reportine all border violations to the outpost

commander, battalion duty officer,

local w0F counterintelligence officer,

adjacent outpost duty officers, and the local commander of the Citizens'

Militia.

The length of duty was 24 hours, beginning at 1400 hours.

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typical

order

of the offloer of the day to a patrol boing

posteri was as

follows:

"DIVATE! ANIOLEK and FENTELA, I designate you to safeguard the

borders of tho Pollah People's Republic as a rovina patrol. The patrol

cormander will be Private ANIOLEK.

you will perform your duly on the right

flank of the outpost from the big oak tree on the extreme limit of the sector to

the first road crossing.

Your dut; will be to prevent unauthorized violation

of the border within your sector; upon arriving at the designated border

sector, to patrol its full length and to pause every half hour and observe 1t

from conceulment.

Your route march: Dirt road towards the woods, then along

the northern edge of the woods.

At the end of the wooded area turn sight and

using the path along,

the plowed strip walk to the big

oak troe. Halt all

peraons and

ldentify them.

In case of suspicion of any one's Identity,

notify

the outpost by telephone.

Your return route:

the bituminous road to

the road crosuing with

the bus stop.

You will be there approximatuly 0730

hours, at which time the morning bus should arrive. Upon Its arrival check

of all passengers.

Improperly documented persons escort to

the

on the border will begin at 0400 hours and end at 0000

On your right flank until 0600 hours there will be a listening post,

(namess given); on your left flank until 0500 hours will be a border sentry

patrol (names

fiven); you will establish contact with both of them. Muintain

communication

with the outpost every hour by telephone, and in emergency by

two green flares in case of penetration into Poland, three green

flarce in case

of penetration out of Poland, and

The password

for the day is "Bayonet' ('Bytom"').

the

plowed stilp mark your foot prinis with a letter X Inseribed in a circle

Do you understand your

orders? Repeat your order.

was required to repeat only the pertinent parts of the order.

5. Planning of Border Securitz

The outpost commander was responsible for the security of the border

sector charged to his outpost.

In preparing his plans for the safeguarding

of his sector he guided himself by

order's and instructions received from higher

headquarters

(battalion and brigade); by the analysis of the local situation

officer and his recommendation; and by the terrain features existing

In the sector.

The commanding officer could order normal operations or reinforced

operations (sluzba wzmocniona) .

The reinforced operations were ordered in the

event of border violation, or an expected border violation; during political

unrest, such

as the Hungarian revolution of 1950 and Poznan evente of 1955;

during national holldays, 1 May and 22 July; during Christmas, New Year, and

Easter seasons; and during locally organized political conventions, vazaars,

county fairs, and local celebrations in the border strip.

The reinforced

operations were ordered under the assumption that during the increased

traffic near the

border the incidents of border violetions increased

and the

alertness of the border troops decreased.

During reinforced operations the

number of posted patrols was increased by 40 percent and the tow of duty

was extended up to 10 hours for enlisted men and career noncommissioned

officers and to 6 hours for officers.

Upon deciding on a plan of securing the border for a given time period

the commanding officer entered a detailed plan of action in the outpost opera-

tions logbook (Kslazka Operacyjna) ..

In his plan, he decided whether normal

or. reinforced operation would

be conducted; designated by name the various

border patrols and

their sector of responsibility; organlzed the area of

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and prepared alert plans

for border violations, fire, air attack, and in case

of the outposts alon

the Baltie Sea, against airborne and waterborne attacks.

Source had no information on the alert procedures except that troops were

form in full field equipment in predesignated assembly areas, and

that the noxt higher headquarters were notified about the alert,

6. Insenord and S1gns

Tho challenge (Haslo) and the reply (Odser) of the password for the

by the brigade headquariers.

The challenge was always a com-

ponent part of a weapon and the reply

was always the name of a city, which

started with the same letter as the challenge soni. The procedure for

challenging and replying was as follows:

Challengor!

"Halt! Who goes there?" (Stoj! Kto idzie?)

Challenged:

Challenger:

"Border Service." (Sluzba Grantegna)

"Challenge?" (Haslo)

Challengod!

"Trigger." (Kurek)

Challensor: "KRAKOV; thank you; free passaje." (KRAKOW; Dziekuje; Droga Wolna)

Thare were no other means of mutual identification known to Source,

except murking

of the crossing of

the plowed strip described in paragraph ir,

above.

7. Roporting Procedures of Border VIolations

Whenever tracks on the plowed strip, or other indications of unauthorized

movement ware observed,

the patrol notified outpost headquarters at once by

telephono and by flares.

The outpost duty oificer alerted the entire outpost,

the CI offleer, the battalion headquarters, and both flanking outposts.

He

dispatched the service dog and the dog hanuler team to the place of violation,

deployed the alort detail

in the expected path of the border violator and

ordered roinforced operations within the sector of responsibillty.

At battalion headquarters the duty officer alerted the brigade head-

quarters, tha CI Section and adjacent battalion headquarters; and deployed the

battalion's reserve detail, paying particular artention to securing by road

blocks all road junctions, bus stops, and railroad stations within a rallus of

15 km of the point of border violation.

At brigade level the duty officer alerted the brigade nesdquarters and

deployed the reserve detail in the border zone,

road junctions, bus

stops, and railroad stations within a radius of 30 km

from the point of border

violation.

When it was determined that an Illegal border crosser had left Polish

the outpost duty officer obtaina: trough command channels permission

to pursue the violator into the foreign territory.

B; mutual agreement of the

Communist bloe countries such permissions sere promptly given, and border guards

on both sides of the border mutually cooperated.

similtaneously, the outpost

duty officer notified the local CI office:, who, assisted by the service dog

handler team, tracked hack the probable route di

escape in order to establish

the point of departure of the border violator and to determine whether any

help was rendered to the violator by a local accomplice.

The CI officer also

alerted his "Agentura" in order to deteruine whether any strangers were ob-

served in the area, and to obtain any inforsation on the suspect.

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Border solators apprehended in the outpost area were first interrogated

It the outpost heaiquarters by the Cl officer, then convoyed under armed guard

rough channels to the brigade headquarters for final disposition.

In order

to test and stimulate the alertness of the Border Security

Troops and the confidentlal Informant net, the chief of the CI Division at

brigade headquarters dispatched a fictitious border violator every 4 to 6

of the violator the personnel responsible for the

apprehension were rewarded as if a real border violator had been apprehended,

and were never informed of the true circumstances.

The usual award to wOP

personnel was 14 days of home leave, a radio receiver or money. Confidential

intormers were rewarded financially.

B. JOINT MANEUVERS

In July 1y5y, while assigned to the SLIWNO PZ Post as CI officer, Source

received orders to report to the Baltic WOP Brigade headquarters at KOSZALIN,

to participate in joint maneuvers scheduled to take place on the coast from

25 July to 10 August 1959. Upon arrival at the Brigade headquarters, he was

briefed by the chief of CI Division, Major BRZOZOWSKI, (Inu), on the general

situation, then on his specific assignment.

Source was assigned the dutles of

a Cl officer in Lebork County with a mission to organize a

reporting force, alert to airborne and seaborne hostile forces.

Source recalled from the briefing on the general situation the following

alignment of forces:

1. Participating Units

a. Defending Force

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The commanding officer of the force was Brigadier General waclal KoMAR,

who until his retirement in ly60, was

commander of troops of the MSW.

retirement the position of the commanding offleer of the NSw Troops was abolished

Subordinate to General KOMAR were the following elements:

Baltic NOP Brigade; •

Elements of the Pomorska woP Brigade, consisting of

orle

or two

companies and an unknown radio-telephone element;

Elements of the Lubuska WOP Brigade, consisting of at least one

radio-telephone communication platoon and a battery of eignt ZPU2;

A separate KBi battalion from KOSZALIN, strength unknown, but

observed major Items of equipment consisted of unknown number of 65-mm AAA

guns, M1939, unknown numbers of 76-MM AT guns, and 82-mm mortars;

One or two company-size units from an unidentfied KSW major heari-

quarters from KATONICE;

One or two company-size units from unrecalled KBW major headquarters;

Unknown, number of KEW helicopters and fixed-wing reconnaissance

planes;

Unknown number of WOp cutters and motor boats from KCLOBRZEG.I

The commanding officer of the WOP force was Colonel Jan TRAN; the

cortarding officer of the KBW elements was a KBW colonel, name unrecalled.

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The commanding officer was unknown.

the battallen of naval intantry tron SINNOW;"

Elements of an airborne division, Commandos (Komandos1), belleved

to be stationed in the vicinity of WARSAW, consistino of 200 paratroovers.

(source jad na

further Information on the unit.)

c. Umpire Staff

The chief umpire

was an unidentified -ilitary colonel from MON

headquarters, WARSAw, assisted by a team of military umpires.

2. Mission

The object of the maneuver was to test the abillty of WOP CI organs

to organise

the population

Into a civil defense force with the cooperation of

all local

siull authoritles, social and political erganizations, labor and

Industrial enterprises; the adequacy of existing WOP SOP's; radio and wire com-

munication means along the coastal zone in the event of a surprise enemy attack

Irom air or sea; and the alertness and reporting procedures of the WOP outposts

deployed along

the Baltic coast.

3. Area of Operation

The limits of the maneuver area extended alcia a line from NONOGARD

through BEiLOGARD to LaBORX in the south, and along te coast line from DZIWNOW

to KARWIA in the north.

4.

Erecution of the Maneuver

The line units of the Baltic WOP Brigade remained in place and conducted

their normal border security duties.

remaining elements of the defending fore vere assembled in a wooded

area in the vicinity of KOSZALIN.:

Frot about 2? July

to about 6 August the Ci officers organized

the

civil defense force and radio-telephone communication net in the naneuver

area; reconcoitered their areas of responsibility for possible landing beaches

and air dres sites, and reported then to the chier of the CI Division at KOSZALIN;

and

received, interrogated and further processed captured paratroopers who

were dropped in small numbers (three or four) in die taneuver area for the

purpose of elsiupting contunications, simulating destruction of radar, radio

stations ans bridges.

It was established from the interrogation of the POW's that the enemy

sea force, preceded by a massed air drop, would land en beaches in the ricinty .

of ROHY and tEZaZYNO.

A Milly motorized reserve force, strength unicorn, was kept in the

headquarters of the Baltis WOP Brigade, and in the Assembly area near KOSZALIN

as mobile reinforcements to be used when and where needed.

About & August 1957, under cover of darkness, about 80 paratroopers

were dropped in the vicinity of LaBORK.

Their mission ras to penetrate south

as deeply as possible and destroy bridges and communication centers. An unidenti-

fied KBA uni: captured the paratroopers.

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On y August at about 2300 hours a detall of about 15 naval Infantrymen,

unli unidentified, landed in small pneumatlo assault boats in the vicinity of

ROrY. The detail was met by WOP troopers performing their normal border

security dutles and was quichly captured.

About 10 August at 0400 hours a battalion-size amphiulous force

landed in the vicinity of MiZEZYNO.

The force Identified as the naval

Infantry battalion from DIWNOW captured MRZEZYNO, but by 1000 hours juined

forces of WOP and KEW, reinforced by the reserve elements from KOSZALIN,

surrounded and captured the force.

The maneuver terminated on ll August, followed by a critique given by

the chief umpire and Brigadier General KOMAR. According to General KOMAR's

statement the maneuver was well executed and was a total success.

C. AIR AND HOME TERRITORIAL ANTIAIR DEFENSE FORCES (Powietrzna Obrona Preciw

Lotnicza Obszaru Krajowego-POPLOK) (See Annex A for Source's schematic concept

of the organization.)

could not give a detailed description of this organization, but from

lectures heard at the WOP Officers' School at KETRZYN? and

from briefings

atténded during the joint maneuvers described in paragraph B above, he

described it in the following general terms:

The supreme hadquarters for the organization was the headquarters of the

Warsaw Pact Forces, through the Polish Ministry of Natlonal Defense. Source

did not know the structure of the warsaw Pact forces headquarters and the Ministry

The Minister of National Defense was Lt Gen SPYCHALSKI.

Subordinate to the minister were the ground forces, the navy and the air force.

POPLOK was a component element of the air force, commanded by Gen BIELECKI.

Subordinate to Gen BIELECKI was the deputy for avlation natters, rank and

name unrecalled, to whom were

subordinate the fighter units, the bomber units and

the special aircraft untts (transport, reconnaissance, and observation); the

deputy for air home territorial

antlair defense

matters, Col MANKIEWICZ, (Mu),

to whom were subordinate the radar units, the AAA units, the rocket AAd units,

the searchlight detachments, the

smoke generator detachments, and the civil

terrltorial air defense, consisting

of the three military districts (Silesian,

Warsaw

pIlots' School at an unrecalled location; and the Officers' Padar School at

JELENIA GORA.

Comments:

1. For the description of the physical obstacle area, radar towers, observation

towers, organization, equipment, and tunction of WOP units see Army

Interrogation Unit report 962-E-33yl, entitled "Order of Battle Information

on Polish Border Security Troops (C)" also published as AC-6496.

2. For the criterla for selection of persounel for WOP officers and officers'

candidate training see forthcoming Army Interrogation Unit report

"Border Security Troops Offleers' School at KETRZVN, Poland (C)."

3. source's biographical details on this and other field grade WOP officers

mentioned will be provided in a forthcoming Army Interrogation Unit

report entitled "Polish Burder Security Troops Oificers (C)."

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4.

For Scurce's additional Informition on the untdentifled separate naval

infantry baccallon, see Navy Intorrogation Unit report entitlec

"Activitles

of the Polish Navy

"circulating in the Department si the Navy as CINCUSNAVEUT

Frankfurt Report F 71-5-01, dated 25 November Lyol, also published as RC-6403.

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Annex A

SOUPCE'S CONCEPT OF THE ORGANIZITION

OF THE POLLSH ALN HOME TEHRITORIAL.

HITTINIE, DEFENCE POACHE (POLITIZIA

YSIANCHUSO)

Ground Forces

Naval

Forces

Deputy for

Aviation Matter.

Chief, Warsaw

Pact,

name unt manhai

Wat, 1 ora).

Is fense

(It Gen

SPICHALSKI)

Air Force

(General

BIELECKI)

Air Defense of

of the Polish

Territory

Date of Intos July 1461

Panin of Into:

Liaturass at NOP Officers'

School at Kirklin and

briofinus at initis

WOP BrIGADE At KOSLALIN dUrInA Jolnt

manGuveris, July-August, IsSy. Bource

no on-the-job contact with the organiza-

tion, and had no further information on

components.

Fighter Pilots'

Schooi, DEBLIN

Bomber Pilots'

School,

location

unrecalled

Officers'

Radar

School at JELENIA

GORA

Fighter Units

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pec1al Aircraf

nits (Iranspor

and Reconnaissancel)

Radar Units

Searchlight

Detachments

AÁA Units

i-

Smoke

Generator

Detachment

81lesian M111-

tarj District

Col Michal

KOBYLUNISKI

Rocket AAA

Units

Warsaw M111-

tary-District

Territorial

C1vil Air

Defense

Pomeranian M111-

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