USSR/POLISH INTELLIGENCE IN THE UNITED STATES

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06397917
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: July 13, 2023
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2022
• Case Number: F-2022-01153
• Publication Date: March 23, 1949

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'CLASSIFrTION
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO
11�IFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY poland/USSR DATE DISTR. 23 Mar 1949
SUBJECT USSR/Polish Intelligence in the United States NO OF PAGES 1
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OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U S. C. 31 AND 32 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
3)�.. 'alien I was assigned to Washington /191467, three men gave me instructions and
my orders were signed by all three: I-talked to Marshal Rola-Zymierski at
1 Klonowa Street, Warsaw, the old Army headquarters. As Minister of National
Defense, he is just a figurehead. Knowing the situation in Poland, I understood
w what he meant when he asked me to cooperate with my assistant, but he did
not openly order me to take orders from my assistant. I saw Lt Gen Murjan
Spychalski, Vice Minister of Defense at the same address. He is in charge
of political education, belongs to the secret police and, in my opinion, co-
operates closely with Radkiewicz. I saw Gen Waclaw Komar at 5 Stalin Ave,
which is a row of old officers r quarters thrown together. He is in charge
of foreign military intelligence.
2. I was asked many questions and these were usually on matters of interest to
the USSR rather than Poland. Gen Komar ordered me to inquire into the details
of US Labor Unions, particularly CIO where Communist influence had already
been established. He wanted me to report that the Communists mould succeed
in taking over the CIO and Warsaw was very angry when I reported they mould
fail. My assistant would disagree with me on these questions and he too would
be very angry. A letter to my assistant from the Polish Embassy in Mexico
City indicated an active interest in Colombia though there were no real Polish
interests'-there. This was shortly before the attempted revolution at the
_Al:n(6'0f the Pan-American Conference in Bogota.
In the Washington EMbassy, Ambassadors Lange and Winiewicz were themselves
closely watched by Ignacy Zlotowski who was Counselor of Embassy in addition _
to being a scientist. He was in close touch with Panyushkin at the USSR
Embassyl-this was the channel of UbSR control over our Embassy. Zlotowski
left before the spy talk in the US. Pe was replaced by Edward Bartol /early 1949
a very important Communist. Bartol writ, in actual charge of both intelligence
and Communist party liaison and was sent to clean up the mess in which de-
fections left the embassy. There will probably be considerable personnel shifts
under him. My assistant, Col Alef-Bolkowiak, had the job of watching over me
as Zlotowski watched over the Ambassador. (Fe had knowledge of the code, which I
did not. He and the code clerk both were of the secret police. In USSR and
satellite diplomacy, the code clerk always belongs to the secret police and the
CP and is completely reliable and trusted.) Consul ileneral Jan Galewicz in
New York is also a major cog in transmitting instructions and carrying on busine
with the US CP.
CLASSIFICATION
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