SOIL INVESTIGATIONS FOR ALLEGED CONSTRUCTION OF A FUEL DUMP AND A CHEMICAL PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007900600012-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 11, 2008
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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stated that a l^rge fule duip was to be constructed there on orders of the
Central Office for Petroleum Production. (m)
2. During the r.eriod from January until?.pril 1954, soil investigations
for a construction rrjject located near !rostken (S 54/AA 95) were
executed by several brigades by the State Geological-Commission. The
new project had the desi,*na tion ';'ytwornia: Chemiczne (chemical production)
and "as to be located in the wooded area between Dombrowsken (S 54/A 95)
and Ostrokollen (s 54/A 95) on both sides of the roadwhth connects these two
r.laces. It was rumored that an ammunition depot for the Polish armed
forces was to be constructed there. The area which covered more than one
square km was surrounded by a fence constructed by civilian corkers of
state construction firms from Allenstein and .arsaw. Following a constructi n
rlan -?hich had riready been available, the geologists had to make five
drillings ur to a de;-th of 20 meters for each rroject. In the srnring of
1954, and aprronch road which ran northward was built from the :'rostken
Dlugossen road. Rail connection from the Lyck - Bialystok line as planned.
The bridge across the Lyck diver :?as under construction.
3. In April 1954, the cork at the construction site was done by the civilian
workers. A cantonment had been built for these workers in Prostken and
another one northeast of Ostrokollen. ie@td AWMW ci li clothing
who came from '.Varsa.w repeatedly inspected the construction site in tfie anring
of 1954. Construction material -as unloaded at the Prostken railroad station.
Residents in Dombro^~sken stated that Polish engineer units had. searched the
area for mines in 1953.1
4. In the snrin of 1954, a large installation, called ::ytvornia Chemiczne
(chemical -roduction) which w-s surrounded by a wall ~-s located in the
wooded area north of 131.a AU~ota (P 54'S 84), southwest of Bydgoszcz
(P 54/J 09). The installation was connected with 8ia4s Blota by a road
which led toward north -!cross the -'ooda. The area of the insta~!l, `ion
a construction site near B*aunsberg (':; 55/' 22). The sot). had bash
drilled up to a depth of 25 meters. The construction site which was
it as located in a wooded area east of Regitten.(w'
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1. In late 1 ',, employees of the State Geological Ccs issiorn in
stated th-t soil investigations for a large fuel dump had been executed at
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included scattered concrete buildings, about 20 x 10 meters which were sunk
in the earth. The buildings projected about2.5 meters above the earth
surface and were covered with earth on their sides. The installation
allegedly manufactured explosives in May 1954. Personnel of the state
construction f m in Bromberg were employed at the instllation.2
CP. is the state organizatiop for ftel supply. The construction
of a suupIy dump in thiit 4wea is teportedor the first It
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possible that a large.,tump is located in that area
immediately west of the dividing line between the .two railroad gauge
systems. Since the change of the railroad gauge makes time-consuming
re-layin >ork,ecessarx end the gauge charge railroad stations would probably
be expose 'to^ir raids, the Soviets are attempting to establish
a surply basis in the area of Brest. It is consequently believed that this
dump is being constructed at Sov%et request rather than for the Polish
armed forces.
Comment. Vague information indicated that a former Berman ammunition 25X1
?ith a storing capacity of 20,000 tons of ammunition was located in
the area of Bydgoszcz (Bromberg). The sizes mentioned in the report allow
the conclusion that the dump possibly is the former German ammunition
depot.
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