GOVERNMENTAL EFFORTS TO SURPPRESS OPPOSITION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 1, 2009
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: December 8, 1947
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Polmnd
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the WAjarity of pales are still antagonistic toward their present regime and
the '"bloc partied.' . #n tagoniss is particularly strong ag U ast the PPL whose
members are ,regarded as having sold out to the USSR of having sought P1* membership
merely to 4ain food, john, and personal security. P?k members do. not have the
Ideological sincerity to con nd the people's confidence.
The regime employs the follo ng methods in fighting against unity resistances
(a) no VE institutes political trials, using them to undermine the coolmanity1s
faith in Underground leadership and conspiratorial work by demonstrating the
futility of resistance.. The trials are publicised, bar the preae end the radio.
(b) The PP*, under the guise of combating speculators, is sting to#destrcy all
private trade wnd Initiative.
(c) Persons caught discussing current problems or Conditions are arragted, con.
victed by, military courts, and sentenced to prfan terse of fn! fire to ten
yearrs.
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6. '3" rc?risels vg.inst tae Op osition fre being intenelfiad, with arrests curing
Tu1 send [+vg 47 resc:cing prooortion3i rerTiniscent of -)m-election
'7. 'The TP'e, thief target is ine _'SL. In We T rnobe eg eiatrict, for exerm?le, the
entire local m-:n3: ;ement of PSL r:r.s arrest-6. The )riwonrrs rere o- rged -.1t.11
fictitiou6 crimes and v.ere thre:^-tenen vith Ion;, ;)rison ter: racy r?caort*ttion if they
L. did not i ors i'ie the ?SL.
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k11 UFO ,rovinci l offices wive received s;.*e:rific orrler,s. to cdisrniss err.,lo'ees r'-.10
belong to the 7SL. Re sult:ant civniss^ls Frt t. been a^ rt1c-j1?r1y hum -sous in the
provinces of yc'gosr,c~, r?i'lysto4, !''n.rsn., Lo::7, Kielce, L=+blin, `=nc' '{rr.:itov..
9. The UP h-3s concentr7tecl its ~,ttertion on viii.: Wes where the majority of the oeoole
belong to the PSL. Fvcry r='y members are sumxoncd to OF ae-i0f c %rt rs i'here they
are threci tenet? -end beater. to obtain "confe .siozc."
10. ,"=.e UB hrs not only become r,-ore efficient th.: ri formerly, but as increzt.sec' the
nurtbc r of its agents. since 1 Jul 47, aeci:F 1 sumc of trot: five to fifteen million
zlotys Lzer month nc:ve been al'ottef to )rovincl-l T:U brr.rlctte3 for the exornsion of
taeir confif'entin1 services. Five taousand r,dnition%l Pi gents have Yee i sired - !,,1l
2 , )R members. These agents 3:re to establish contracts or E?ica smorig such vort:ers as
sreitresse's, secrets ri?e, :artiste tIna ty?i=ty in r?rioua a'LE.ses of intdustry. F.ch
' gent is issi nE d a minimum cuot -. of 0 cont,-.?cts, with 8 ject? 1 e:aa:artsis ,l?+ccr` on
the enli::,tmcnt of romen. In enlisting contracts Et vty eesi,Y,n'ted institution,
s tUB egent first secures a roster of the institiat oafs em?sloyees. its then ee_
terrines from study of the roster r.?.-dch employee is so iev,?nt-Weously ?1..ce(? .,s
to be the best, ?Otenti%l cc,r,t-:et, The "caosen" crzntrcp in subsc.^,ucntly '.?3ror.ched
with Promises of a jsy money. If these offcrs rre in' eegrr}cte intimififition is used.
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ll. infoc'n:. tion rcfn tes re_.ortc t'xr:t the US is using more
hum^ne metclods _thrn formerly in conr?ucting its inveeti r:tiona.
ttte r?P, in trrria; to throttle ell 0>?o ition, continues to. employ
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(a) Pouring v-a to corn .)risoners' noses.
(b) Leaving sue?ccts in rater u) to their waists for ,erioes of several days.
(c) rising red-hot irons.
(e) Kee ing suslects' eyes oaen rob 0,- Ys 'ind nights ' t. time-
1?. The tTB resorts to these "direct mcct.:ore!' in stifling c'eter>rinee resist nce but em-
Toys a more subtle met :od in cef.lin; v,ith those rao rtmve &1rc:.ccy "lost fe.ith in
bette', dravs.7 These venkcr element;. o.re coczrr.ed rith ?romises of better jo'rs ?nd
more money. Promises of this sort ern be convincing bec!,in4c it i!~, veil-known the t
only ?'R members rre being em?loyec' in the Government ^n;' the T.. The V?a 'ill not
even hire members of the SL.
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l?. 12o2*nc?'c juriicir.ry system hl)-- no indesenr".enee rrhrntever. It i s controlled cor:ilF.tely
trr the Government.
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A12. courts were recently order++d to Increase the severity of their seat.
Capital punishment was made mandatory In all oo ations of es rionsg. and be--
ts ,i of secrete, including betrayal of PPR secrets.
14. Atsi 1$46 the Warsaw courts alone tried approximately 20, thousand c risimal
use.. lleo'IM the same peried they handled only 30698 civil oases of which
2 *464 were d vorces.
16. Ps2.ish prison. are m precedeatedly crowded. In Warsaw's Nokotow prisen, for
moo. A coil built to ac omodate l2 prisoners' now holds 42. A female prison
In )brdon, intended for three thousand inmates, is housing seven thousamto
Ilsesir$tionU,,,APolttti l Vesua_n
16. Population transfers-s can no longer be classified as ssconsaic trahsfers' in
connection with the lt.ooversd Territories. They have become terroristic
political weapons with which the PPR can effect deportation of PSL members,
Dan-path , and political suspects.
1?. cruel technique used in 'transfers" is illustrated` by the fol.Lawing cases:
(a) Deportees from Jaroslaw, Prse sl, and Jubacsow districts were held in a
concentration camp at Prsewor&c without shelter of any sort. They frequently
bad to live more than three weeks in the most "sordid hygienic and food
conditions.'
(b). Sierra Apr 47, entire populations of villages in itsessow Province have
been transported to Soceecin Province by cattle train. Transfers were
affected as a result of secret orders to the US, MO, and Army, Villages
were, first surrounded by the JW9 (provincial branch of the U'9), and
military units. Trensterees were then notified to report to a collecting
point within two hours, bringing i,ith them any personal property they could
either carry or load on a horse cart provided they possessed one. Convoy.
were strictly guarded and proceeded' under the worst possible donditions:
Transferees were divided by the into three categoriest (1) those
suspected of Underground activity, (2) those suspected of having aided
partisans, and (3) partisan sympathisero.
18. In Lublin Province the inhabitants of Wlodawa, ]h-bisaka, Rrubiessow, Bels,
Voim ow, and Bawa Baske have already been transferred, while those of Chou
are is the process of being moved. Railroad workers were the first to be taken
from Chelm.
19. The Lublin transfers were effected u ,r the tse of repatriating the West,
JocaL Poles, however, believe that Soviet authorities intend to deport all Poles
as far as the Sam fiver.
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