SOVIET UNIT IN STETTIN HARBOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004100680006-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: January 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Soviet Unit in Stettin Harbor
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ACQUIRED
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Early October 1949
to A Soviet unit of about two hundred men t:,earin,p;, r ed epaulets
was stationed in the area of the STETTIN free port o The
unit Included skilled personnel employed as crane operators
or in other work relating to the unloadin, ; and loading of
ships.
Au.' ust 1949
20 About two h=.dreti recruits with red epaulets and with
rifles and submachine runs arriv' d in the four-story building
of the forz:aor custo:as office of the free port.
3. The port area was surrounded by a woven-wire fence. Wooden
watch-towers were at points permitting a panoramic vier
Soviet soldiers did guard duty. No obstacles to the seaward
navigable route were known.
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The report does not indicate that a large Soviet unit is
stationed in the area of the STETTIN port
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CLASSIFICATION Si " .~
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CLASSIFICATION
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDE?.T:AtL in accordance with the
letter of 1;: 0,'otior 1978 from the
Director of :n.off Bence to the
Archivis_ ..1.'. L',i:'oJ States.
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