COAL EXPORTS TO THE USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001400280004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 8, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean=
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
ECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMAT;ON
COUNTRY Poland/USS
SUBJECT Coal Expor s to the USSR
PLACE ACQUIRED
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 8 June 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES 25X1
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. A''.the end of 1952, arrears of coal transports to the USSR amounted to four
million tons and, according to those competent to judge, cannot be appreciably
reduced without repercussionson-)other transports.
2. This state of affairs has contributed to dissatisfaction with the functioning
of the PKPG (State Economic Planning Commission) and, in particular, with the
transport planning section, and with the alleged failure of all stages of..
planning coal transports for the USSR. A purge is expected among the personnbl
of the PKPG.
3. on the other hand in early 1953 Poland was 25X1
sending to the USSR much more coal thah,at any time in the past. 25X1
It is not known how many millions of tons of coal have been sent to the USSR in
the past. However, it is estimated that at least three times,the amount formerly
sent is now being exported.
4. Trains parrying coal to the USSR are not only going along the main southern
tailrcad line but also through Brest, Grodno, and Olsztyn (Allenstein) to Kaliningrad.
Weekly coal shipments are also made from Gdynia by four to six Soviet ships,
each ship weighing between 6,000 and 8,000 BRT. Earlier, there had been about
two ships arriving weekly in Gdynia for coal.
5. Aside from the coal;'shipments to the USSR, numerous German freight trains
have been observed in central and southern P'P61&vddce t g(po 11 to' East",Germany,
On the other hand, very little coal has been shipped to Scandinavia in the,
past months.
6. Numerous freight trains carrying coal can be seen by anyone throughout Poland. .
However, there is an extreme shortage of coal in Poland; even the ports lack coal.
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