URANIUM MINES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R001500020005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2012
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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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.
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
Poland
Uranium Mines
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 9 June 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
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1. The uranium ore found in Poland is of a very poor quality and contains impurities.
The government has therefore continued to search for new uranium fields. During
the winter of 1952, while searching for new fields, the government nmened two
new mranium mines; one mine is located at Wien (Loehn - 0 5T 59), near 4elenia
Qom- (1/rwehtMOWL. and theHother.i?awor (4auer0 52/B 90 in the direction
of Siekiersyce (Seckerwits) and inearer to this latter locality. 50X1-HUM
2. The authorities have instituted the usual security measures, such as barbed wire,
sentries, warning signs, and penalties, to-deter the civilian population from
-entering the swear Where the uranium mines are located. However, aside from
these security measures, the authorities have erected warning signs which read: .
Attention, the fields have not been cleared of war mines. 50X1-HUM
the fields were never mined during the war, since no person had 5UX1-HUM
been injured or killed by a land. mine in this area prior to the opening of the
uranium mines.-,HUt, in order to make the mine threat real, the fields have now
been mined and several fatal accidents have occured.
3, Some :Frontier UB Brigades (Jranicsne Brygady U.B. - G.B.U.B.) have been treated
in the frontier area where the uranium mines are located. One such brigade
has its headquarters at Klodsko and another at Jelenia Gora. However, these
brigades have nothing to do with guarding the frontiers but have as their
sole duty the security of the uranium. mines.
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