1. GENERAL ATTITUDE OF THE POPULACE 2. RAILROAD TRAFFIC

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• Publication Date: August 3, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY Poland
1. General Attitude of the Populace
2, Railroad Traffic
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tional Defense of the United States, with'.n the mean-
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1. As of 21 July there were no indications of active unrest or resistance
in the Warsaw, Bydgoszcz, and Wroclaw (Breslau) areas. Hopes were
aroused by Beriale arrest and the softened East German policy, and
radical government changes were expected. However, the failure of
theme changes to materialize disillusioned the people. The Polish
population is more depressed by the living conditions than the East
Germane. = ited as an example the cost of tomatoes; one pound
of tomatoes costs 28 zloty.
2. A German railroader made three trips to Brest since 17 June and has
seen no evidence of sabotage along the Frankfurt/Oder-Brest railroad
line. Neither did he see any indications of rioting or unrest among
the people. The Poles are aware of the East German uprisings from RIMS
and are more friendly to German railroaders. In 0 opinion the
Poles did not actively resist because of the difficulty in escaping to
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3. Normal guards patrol the Frankfurt/Oder-Brest railroad line. However,
for the two-day celebration of Liberation Day, there were extra patrols.
Traffic has been normal since 17 June. No detours were required. More
locomotives were assigned to the Frankfurt/Oder-Brest run on 10 July,
permitting 14 to 17 trains daily in both directions. Heavy traffic
causes a six-hour delay between Frankfurt/Oder and Rzepin (Reppen).
Polish railroaders stated on 25 July that a partisan attack was expected
in the future on the Brett line between Kutno? and Poznan .1
4. No unusual military rail shipments were seen since 17 June, except six
to eight trains seen in Frankfurt/Oder on 9-16 July, loaded with cars,
trucks, searchlights, and kitchens, accompanying air force troops being
shipped to Brest.2
5. Three trains of refrigerator oars were noticed on 25 July, and three
additional ones were observed on 26 July. The cars were dripping water..
It is possible that they were loaded with butter for East Germany. One
train with grain from Brest was observed on 27 July, however, a Soviet
officer handled the papers and not the usual German crew member. A
second railroad
states that the USSR is running grain trains 1-.
back and forth between Brest and Frankfurt/Oder, indicating large ship-
ments of grain.
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Cow. The Scrahaczew-Siedloe stretch can be most easily
sabfotaged since the track runs through a heavily wooded area.
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Dommentt. This may confirm the assumption of the movement of.
IL-28 units to the Ukraine.
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