PORT INFORMATION: GDYNIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500080104-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2001
• Sequence Number: 104
• Publication Date: June 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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loading half the cargo at point (A) the vessel
moved to point (B).. This move was necessary by reason o the act that cranes
on the pier at point (B) are not high enough to reach over the side of a Liberty
ship when the vessel is empty. At point (B) there are 12 cranes, six on each side.
These cranes move on rails and cats be taken completely off the pier via the connecting
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harbor rail network. Gdynia harbor was ve buo
There were about 2O merchant chips at piers and waiting for berths while
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new Polish passenger ship was - berthed at point (C).
3. In addition to the merchant ships, there were three destroyers believed to be
Soviet and six or seven patrol boats of various sizes all tied up at the ship- 1
yards, point (D) The destroyers had four
guns forward in c ose mounts an two guns a in one enclosed mount, and
an unknown number', of antiaircraft nd machine guns on the port and starboard
SId66 . Lain tic.0,1. yer- had one funnel , not raked, and a large mast rorward ana a
smaller one aft. The forward mast was equipped with a radar antenn-,. The patrol
craft did not appear to have radar and each had one gun forward. All of he naval
vessels were painted grey
5X1A 4. the entrance to Gdynia harbor is still mined, as shown
on le o c. artsaa t at the Polish pilot was especially careful in bringing the
ship in. The mine fields are ma:-"ed and the channel through the fields can be
followed without a chart A number of wrecks .vere still. in the harbor during this
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8. There are plenty of 1?gicla'? on the streets One, can do 25X1A
business with these persons for a cigarette or any kind of food or clothing. In ??
addition, there are six houses in the approximate location narked (l:)' wherb 'ttfyon-
can go to dance and drink. The women in these house's are all 'available. In Gdynia,
there are both Soviet soldiers and sailors, and these individuals were re,orted to
frequent the same houses a^.d appear to have na special regulations which they must
follow.
not observe any care or trucks of Soviet
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yard is in Rood renair anti ,..._ IDar S
7. Public transportation in Gdynia consists of old and badly worn busses, OS GUC
trucks and nR Tw... s,
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u ng schoo_s, hospitals and the police. "At the 2 5XJA
top, there is always a Russian, 2 Fj~(
6. Ashore Polish people were friendly. They seemed hungry and willing to trade any-
thing for food or clothing, with fruit being an especially desired item. Any kind
of foreign currency can be exchanged in the town. While the stores are open to
foreign seamen, prices were very high and there was littl
are in charge of ev a to buy. Soviet nationals
ery'thing in-2 di
Each man desiring to go ashore was given ayw _ Pass- Half of this was teen.
from him by the guard upon leaving the vessel, and upon return to the ship the
other half was taken by the guard. Three guards with machine guns were around
each vessel a:, the pier and a harbor patrol craft was always on station.
9. While in Gdynia net a
girl
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hospital, point
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t h e hos it4: appeared ~ , t' nvnpa.tia,L. on this tour LOJ~"I
p to be very crow and a high percentages of the patients were
suffering from tuberculosis and venereal disease. The girl told that 2 5X1A
there was a great shortage of drugs with which to treat such diseases and that it
was the practice'to administer cocaine or morphine, of which the hospital had an
ample supply, to relieve the suffering of the patients.. She said that when he ever
returned to Gdynia, if he could bring penicillin and streptomycin she would-trade
him 10snowm for these two drugs. The girl claimed to have access to an almost
unlimited amount of cocaine, As proof, she showed a large five
gallon jug almost full of what she said was cocaine an over which she had custody. 25X1A
10. No naval vessels of any kind nor aircraft were observed during either the approach
or departure through the Baltic area.
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Port and Roadstead referred to in the forego report,
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