THE PORT OF KOLOBRZEG (KOLBERG)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002700470003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 1998
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 1, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOUNTR'(. Poland
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT The Port of Kolobrzeg (Kolberg)
25X1A6a0470003-2
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INFO.
See below
300PCE Believed reliable
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DATE DISTR. 12 1:1LY IL949
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1. The arproach channel to Kolobrzeg (1114) is well buoyed to a distance of 12
miles from the port. This fe.imay has a rrximum depth of 19 feet and a
breadth of 400 to 500 raters, All ships enterin- the port must take pilots
and are not allowed in or out after dark.
2. Between 17 and 27 ]December 1948 there were no naval craft in or near Kolobrzego
3. Bettaeen theses dates there were three small merchant ships in the river an
loading coal; two of than were Svedish tuo-masted schooners, and the other
a three-nested Danish vessel of about 250 tons. The crews were not allowed
aohoro, and a Polish naval sentry was placed on the g?anC wqo
4. No dred!*in- has been done at Kolobrzen since 1943, but the Polish- edninistra-
tion intends to enlarge the port and build a breakwater ex~,ending 200 meters
outwards from both sides of the entrance. Because of the shortage of labor,
work in not scheduled to ber'in until 1950, but the cutting of stone blocks has
already started.
5. Grain stores and' elevators were destroyed during; the war, but reconstruction
has now be4sun and is expected to be completed by 1950,
6. There is only one 3-ton crane available and one 150 HP tug. Coal isiDaded
from railroad cars by Weans of conveyor belts.
7. The only troops stationed in Kolobrze,- are 50 to 75 Polish naval ratings under
the command of a naval lieutenant. There are no Russians, either civilian or
military, in Kolobrzeg.