HYDRO-METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE

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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT ` .ydro-Meteorological institute
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1. the State Hydro-Meteorological institute (Panstwowy Instytyt Hydrologiczno-
Meteorol:ogicz:ny) is located on t1ica Oleandrow 6, Warsaw. Until the end
25X1 of 1951 the institute was subordinate to the Ministry of Road and Air
Transport, the latter being formed.in.1950 when the Ministry of Communications
25X1 was split into two, the other part being called Ministry of State Railways.
Since I. January 1952, the institute has been under the jurisdiction of the
Presidium of the Council of Ministers as an Institute for Science and Research
":::~.s : yt u t Naukowo-Badawczy).
2. The office directing this institute at the Presidium is still in the organiza-
tional stage, but all matters connected with the personnel are already being
dealt with by the Personnel Bureau of the Presidium.
Orgari.zati.cn prior to 1952
3. Dr eio rj. Lambor, director of the Institute, is a PZPR (Polish United Workers'
Party) member and pretends to be a convinced Communist, showing his admira-
tion for the new regime at every opportunity. He claims to have collaborated
with the Party before the waF and to be a friend of Stanislaw Skrzeszewski,
the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Romuald Guminski, vice-director, non-
Party, is in charge of the Meteorological Department. Prof. Emil Dembski,
vice-director,. possibly a Party member, is in charge of the Hydrological
Department.
4. The Meteorological Department was divided into the following sections:
a. Sy optical.s Stanislaw Rafalowski, non-Party, anti-Communist who served
with the Polish Air Force in Great Britain.
i) Central Weather Bureaus Stanislaw Rafalowski, who in mid-1951 was
given a deputy, Felix Jafra, Communist, formerly of the Air Force
Meteorological Service.
Synoptical Information and Forecast: Stefan Kucharski, non-Party.
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3) Aero-Meteorological: Wladyslaw Parczewski
4t.) International Collaboration: Antoni Platko-w .
5) Communications: Jerzy Sokolowskif
b. Climatological-, Dr. Leonard Bartnicki,
a. Aerological.: Dr. Teodor Kopcewicz,
telecommunications expert..
,Organization. since 1 Lnu,ary 1952
The institute has been divided into four departments (now called piony) 25X1
and an independent bureau, all under the same head, Lamborn
a. Administrative: Tadeusz Dolinski,
b. Scientific and Technical: Ananiusz Rojecki,
Meteorological: Dr. Romuald. Guminski
Hydrological: Prof Emil Dembski.
Central Meteorological and Hydrological Forecast and Warning Bureau:
Director not yet appointed; acting chief Rafalowski is considered unreliable
because of his bourgeois background. The communications section of this
bureau was directed by. Jerzy Sokolowski, assisted by Wojciech Cudny,
non, Party, electrical engineer.
6. 'Thetristitute has the normal assignment of similar organizations all over
the world. It controls 60 meteorological stations and weather bureaus all
over the country;
,the institute officially collaborates with the Central Meteorological Bureau
of the Air Force Command in Warsaw at ul. Wawelska,.but this is limited
to passing copies of all the instituters communiques and reports to the
Air Force Bureau as well as providing the latter with papers on specific
matters upon request.
The staff of the central offices numbers about 200 employees., of which
about 30 belong to the PZPR and another 20 to the ZMP (Union of Polish
Y'outh).. The staff remains under the political and. administrative control
of the Party since the P. secretary, Dolinski, is at the same time director
of the Administration Department. There Is no official control by the MBP
(Ministry of Public Security) in the institute, but there are several employees
suspected of being UB. (Security Police) agents, especially a certain
Tarasiewicz and Ruszyskie
Since' November 1951,. a widespread purge has been carried on and a large number
of employees are being dismissed every week; The first to be dismissed
were"all officials who had served with the Polish Air Force in Great Britain.
These were dismissed without notice,, but three months salary was paid them
as a parting gi.f tp
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10, All the technical equipment is out of date. Judging from comparison with
similar equipment in France,, it is about 20 years behind in development.
It is a mixture of American, English, German and Soviet makes and types?
which makes the obtaining of spare parts in the case of breakdown almost
impossible.
11. Continuous disruption in work is not only due to the state of the equipment
but even more to the procedure. applied in case of any breakdown. If any
part of a radio transmitter or even a tube is out of order, an inquest is
held in order to establish if this was caused by sabotage or negligence on
the part of the person operating the machine. Only then can the part be sent
to be r paired-or an order given to obtain a replacement. If, for example,
an original part of American made equipment is missing, and a new part was
manufactured locally which does not fit, no new order can be placed until
reasons of faulty functioning of the part can be found, again from the
sabotage angle. This,. in practice,. means that any minor repair takes weeks
and sometimes months, necessitating the use of alternative equipment,
usually 20 or more years old.
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