1. M.S. ELBLAG AND MAZURY 2. SINKING OF A SOVIET FISHING CUTTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000800250007-9
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• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2010
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTEL-L_IGENC_E AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within. the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 79,7 and 794, of the US. Code, as
amended. Its tr8nsmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The -reproduction of this form Ys prohibited.
SECRET/CONTROL 4 U0S4 OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
SUBJECT 1, M0S,,. ELBLAG and MAZURY
20 Sinking of a Soviet Fishing Cutter
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORT 25X1
DATE DISTR. 9 April 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES 25X1
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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- he is now undergoing repairs. The work will take about two months to
complete. _ --Her -grew,was told- that repairs-,-were being done in nw 25X1
stead of eoauee the food'situation was much better in the
In fact, the ELBLAG was directed by Polish 25X1
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ity authorities who were of the-opinion-that the crew would have less
opportunity to contact emigre Poles and that the chances of escape would be
less,
The L4, ELBLAG was damaged One side
-haul in the 'Gdynia shipyard
TheMAZURY is being transferred to the Soviet
si.s,uui x maae... two, trips
and loaded the following cargos
let trips 800 tons of iron plates, 3-5 mm. thick
4 Diesel, engines,. packed in 13 cases (each 6 to 8 tons)
2 other machines of unknown type were taken aboard at
They appeared to be sorters (sortownioe),
spare parts of machinery
1,180 tong total weight of cargo
2nd trips zinc sheets
iron sheets
cocoa in barrels
30 a Soviet fishing cutter, with a crew of five, sank off 25X1
E610. The vessel had been built to Soviet order in East Germany and was pros
needing from the shipyard to the USSR when an explosion 'took placed The sea
was 'absolutely calm at the time. relating the incident 25X1
said "the Russians ,trust the Germans, ' and ,yet the latter carry out acts of
sabotage even in the construction of new fishing vessels", An hour later 25X1
was arrested by the UB (Seouri'ty Police).
25X1
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