GDYNIA - PORT CONDITIONS/BUOYS WITH RADAR REFLECTORS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500400176-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 176
• Publication Date: February 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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OF THE UNITCD STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS TSS
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J.. 1is-c?: o iI vi anon. Source's vessel called at Gdynia from 26 - 29 Dec 53.
:c :11 observed the fare lighted buoys equipped with radar reflectors, which
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no from two to three feet. '21 e source said that he had ;studied
Ile, trulaion of these ro lectors as best he could throuZh binoculars,
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3. Secuxitt,,. Security measures which have come to be accepted by the source as
Utandard for Gdynia were imposed on thu vessel. There was a three-hour search
inbound, and another three-hour one outbound. Security measures while in port
were strict. Radio equipment is not sea=Led regularly every trip, accordinc to
the source. :erocedure is varied: the radio will be sealed on one trip, and then
be left uneealed for the next two or three trips.
+. Ilaval Vessels Sighted. Source said that he had observed no naval vessels of any
,.ype on this visit, except for the Polish naval training ship stationed at Gdynia.
He said that he had not observed any destroyer or (jestroyer-like craft.
I?ierchant Ships Sighted. Source said there were nine or ten merchant vessels in
-sort, some British but the majority Polish. He say no Soviet ships or barges.
`). Unusual Lvent. For the first time in the course of perhaps sixteen or eighteen
and a pair of Polish guards. The carpenter was carrying out some work under the
supervision of the Chief Engineer; the latter was in uniform, the carpente' was
not. The Engineer moved away and one of the Polish guards on duty on board said
to the;:arpenter: "Ah, Comrade, I see that the lousy capitalistic officerlis
malting you do all the work?". The carpenter answered: "I am not your comrade;
if you repeat what you just.said I will punch you right here!". The guard6
walked away. I
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