CUKMANTL AREA, AND TORISKI

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00423R001500450004-2
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 12, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY: Czechoslovakia
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Cukmantl Area, and Toriski
1. Q. clearly defined is the border between Czechoslovakia and Poland
in the Cukmantl (Tsukmantl) area? What type of boundary marker is used?
Where are the legal and illegal crossing points?
A. A small stream about 15 meters wide separates Czechoslovakia and Poland
in the Cukmantl area. At various intervals small bridges cross the
stream, but are fenced off to prevent traffic across the bridge. Legal
crossings include a hard surface road 15 meters wide between Cukmantl
and the Polish city of Glucholazy. Other roads from the sari area into
Poland lead from Skrivanko, Rozmital, and Ondrejovice. I believe that
illegal crossings can be and are made in the dense forest area between
Ondrejovice and Mikulovice, and in the forest area near Rozmital. I
understand it is relatively easy to cross the borders in these areas in
both diirections, but preferably at night.
;ioned above are generally open to traffic throughout the
Paths and trails through the wooded areas can be travelled by foot
during heavy snow periods; snow shoes and skis are preferable. Snow
begins to arrive during the latter part of October, and leaves in April;
December through February is the period of maximum fall.
In the Cukmantl area the border with Poland. is visibly guarded, and in
the neighboring Obec of Ondrejovice (Andrze jewicze) I saw the border close
at hand. It was marked by a small stream crossed by bridges, and I re-
member seeing rolls of wire on them so put as to prevent rapid movement.
I did not see the appearance of the border in the fields. The Border
Guard consists of the Narodna Bezpeenost (National Security), and I also
noticed guards patrolling about two km short of the border. I don't re-
member the features of border markers, but at Ondrejovice, in Poland,
they apparently consisted of Polish flags about one. km apart flown from
the houses.
What forms of vegetation exist in the Cuk ntl and Toriski areas?
What edible nuts, fruits, or roots? What is the density of the forest
and* at are their composition?
A. Edible fruits exist like wild strawberries and blueberries. Mushrooms
are also to be found, although I don't know their exact names. The Slovaks
in the east had their own names, but we called them Griby (common mushroom,
Boletus edulis), Lisecky (fox mushroom, Conthaarelluss ciborius), Naslia ;i.
(?), Rid.zicky (Lactoria delicosa?), and others. The forests are compara-
tively dense, consisting mostly of spruce and Scotch pine.
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5. There are no dangerous animals in either the Cukmantl or Toriski areas.
There is a variety of small animals in both areas; roe-deer, elk, Jack
rabbits, and wild boar may be found there. There are not many fish in
the strew, although trout are native to the areas. There are several
species of poisonous snakes, but I know only that one of them is the
Adder.
As far as roads are concerned in Toriski, a highway was under construction
in 1951 that branched off from the main Levoca -e arok highway at Levocka
Dolixa. and ran in the direction of Toriski. Otherwise, there were only
country roads in Toriski. Some are used the year around, while others
only seasonally. Much the same situation prevails in the Cukmantl area,
where country traits and roads are comparatively numerous. In ' addition,
highways run in all directions from Cubmantl; the one mentioned to. the
Polish city of Glucholazy, toward Jindrichov, toward rmanovice, toward
Dooni Grunt, toward Ondrejovice and Jesenik.
There is really little difference between the C tl and Toriski areas
in character. For example, in Toriski it sometimes happens that snow
arrived in October, and at other times in January. In Cukmantl there is
usually snow cover in December, but it may cry even later. In both
areas the lumbering industry is carried on throughout the year, with
cutting primarily in the winter and spring, when logs are hauled from
the hills into valleys by horses, and then usually transported to the
mills by truck.
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