1. ORDER OF BATTLE OF POLISH ARMY 2. NATIONAL SECURITY CORPS 3. LABOR UNITS 4. PLO

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000300030018-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 30, 2013
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: November 19, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
Poland
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REPORT NO.
? DATE DISTR. 19 Nov. 1953
SUBJECT 1.
Order of Battle of Polish Army
NO. OF PAGES 3
2.
National Security Corps
Labor Units
PLACE
PLO
NO.OFENCLS.
ACQUIRED
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(LISTED BELOW)
DATE
SUPPLEMENT TO
ACQUIRED
REPORT NO.
DATE OF INFORMATION
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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7. Order. of Battle
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a.. had no knowledge of the numerical designation or location of
50)0 Military Districts and Corps Headquarters.
b.
the following Polish Army units:
Unit
Subordination
CO Location
50X1 Remarks
U/1 AT
Unk.
Unk. K2LOBRZEG
once Visit-
Unit
LN 54-11
E 15-3.5"
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e he Unit's
dental section for
Officers'
Q,14 School
Unk.
Unk. Unk. ? POZNAN
5 52-25,
E 16-5g,
Ulica
(Street)
Dombrowska
an hour. He paw
some AT guns,
caliber, type and
number Unknown, and
said the men- wore
light gray uniforms
with black cap 50)0
bands. 50X1
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Unit
SuborUnation
CO
Location
Officers'
Unk.
Unk.
POZNAN:
Armd. and
Motor
Ulica
Dombrowska
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Trans.
School
Officers' Unk. Unk. Unk. LODZ
Political 5 51-45
School E 19-2?,
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no other information on Army OB.
23. National Security Corps
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50:00 knew of the following units of the Military Border Guard
WOP WOjsko Ophrony Pogranicza):, Internal Security CorpsAKBW -
50:00 Korpue BeZpieozenstwa Wewnetrznego), and Public Security Office for
the Province Wojewodzki Urzad Bezpieczenstwa Publi0znego):
Unit , Subordination
u/iKBW Unk.
Unit
U/I KBW
Unit
Unk,
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CO Location
Unk. POZNAN,
Ulica
Dombrows
Unk. Unk. RZESZOW
50-03,
E22-00
U/i WOP Unk. Unk. Unk. TRZEBIA-
Unit TOW
54-04,
E15-1
U/i WUBP
Unit
28. Miscellaneous
? Unk. Unk. Unk. GDANSK
4 54-21
18-40
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Labor Units in Poland:
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Unit Subordination
U/1 Labor Unk.
Bn.
(Batalion
Roboozy)
U/i Labor
Camp
(ob oz
praoy)
1951 U/i Labor
Camp
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CO Location
Unk. KOLOBRZEG
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Unk. Unk. Unk,
?Unk.
KOLOBRZEG
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Unk. Unk. JAWISZO-
WICE
5 49-572_
E 19-02/
additional
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Remarks
The
strength of the unit '
was about 500 offi-
cers and EM. The
men wOre old US
or British uniforms
colored dark green.
Labor Bn. officers
wore Polish Navy
uniforms; engineer
or technical offi-
cers) wore Polish
Infantry uniforms,
which were dark
green with red
cap bands.
The inmates worked
in the streets of
KOLOBRZEG, clean-
ing rubbish from
the city roads. The
city had been 5
destroyed by the
Soviets in WW II,
as told by
c v ans that the
Labor Camp was
transferred to
KOSZALIN 5 54-12,
E 16-117.
IV;
saw the ,
inmates marching to
work in the coal
mines. He be-
lieved there were
about 1,000 men in
the camp. The men
were always under
guarcL
information on the PLO:
Until sometime in 1950 or,1951, exact date unknown, the PLO was known
as the Gdynia-America Line (GAL - Gdynia-Ameryka Linia). The PLO was
subordinate to the Ministry of Navigation (MZ Ministerstwo Zeglugi)
located in WARSZAWA 5 52-15, E 21-ogi Ulica (Street) Filtrowa, 4.
50X1 visited the MZ in Feb. 1953. No further details.
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