1. GDYNIA BRANCH OF C. HARTWIG 2. SATELLITE SHIPMENTS TO CHINA FROM GDYNIA

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• Publication Date: April 28, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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:INFORMATION REPORT
't'his Documentoonte}ps lnforntation ttffeoting the `Na
.t1pr si Defene. of the Viilted States, within the inean-
inR of. Title 1t;'l5ec'Giofe 70 and 794, of the u.8. Codo, as
auiez-ded?' Its trapsinisetol or'revblation of its contents
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by law. The reprodiict$on of this form id prohlblted.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Poland/Soviet Orbit
1 Gdynia Branch of 0. Hartwig
SUBJECT 2a .Satellite Sh .pmente to China
om G?lysia
DATE OF. INFO,
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REPORT
DATE DISTR. 28 April 1953
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE,
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. The Gdynia branch. of the Polimh state forwarding firm 0. Hartwig is the
largest brush of this firm eland and employs about 5O0 clerks.
Personnel of this bra oh olode the follcwrimgs
untold Lzdruazkieiioze dlreestcr of the kx 44
Rssewakis assistant to the director'
e. Zislinwkis assistant to Rysetgwrls~:il_
d, Nrukowska s mlhief of the section charged with forwarding
"special goode's to 0himal her office is located on the second
floor of the Cotton House (D;ql 8e n ) at lira Dedowekie e 7
in a building other than the man at'rioe in Gdynia.
Frokouoeuks leader of the firms a council (rada zakiadowa)
The Hartwig forwarding organization divides the harbor of Gdynia into
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Tb`, Polish-Chinese Ocean Lime 'owns about 15 of the largest Polish and Chinese
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On the average, five o s ese
vessels and one chartered vessel, altogether totaling about 55,000 DWT, leave
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them vessels chartered by Czechoslovakia leave Gdynia for China;
these chartered vessels are also over 8,OOD'?E.? in size. In addition to
vessels regularly chartered, Czechoslovakia chartered three other vessels in
1952, all for only one trip to China. The vessels going to China are loaded
in one of the three port sections mentioned above - the section used depends
on the goods being shipped. Is a rule, however, vessels leaving for China
depart from the free zone, When the vessels take on "special goods", loading
takes place at the naval port at Oks is, In April 1952 three Chinese vessels,
with a crew composed entirely of Chinese, came to 25X1
Gdynia. From Aprill. to , the ships were painted, received Polish names
and hoisted the Polish flag; their crews were than partially made up of Poles
and Chinese and the vessels were put into service carrying cargo to China.
On other vessels of the Polish-Chinese Ocean Line, Chinese officers, as well
as an increasing number of, Chinese eeamen9are employed, but the ship captains
are 0 ,01 Polish.
3, Goods shipped to China are as followss
a. From Polands
1) Locomotives, Up until October, 15 locomotives had been shipped
in 1952. Those were manufactured at the factory at Chrzanow,
and they were described as fcllowes equipment for European
gauge, i.e.p 3.435 mmo span, with three small and three large
wheels on each side, and with a very large tender with four
small wheels on each side, two wheels of whioh are jointed
together (p draea, kolaslaaamrte azep).
2) Rails and other railroad equipment.
3) Special cars, such as refrigerating and hospital cars produced
at the factory at Sanok. about 50 25X1
such cars were shipped in 1932.
4) Ball bearings, of which at least 25 tons are shipped elrrery
mmoith,
5) All kinds of milling machines, lathes, drilling machines, and
grinders, produced in various factories in Silesia,
6) White zinc (Lc) in large quantities. It is impossible
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to obtain wh e z no-on the market in Poland.
7) Chemicals and drugs of all kinds; 80 to 100 tons, from various
factories in Silesia,
8) Precision apparatus produced by factories in Silesia; up to 50
ions a mouth are shipped. This equipment is never identified
by name nor is the purpose for which it is intended ever reported,
but they are destined for use in laboratories, hospitals, and
similar installations.
9) Textiles of various kinds and qualities, both finished and semi-
finished, including linen for use by military services, hospital
linen and socks. These goods are produced at factories at Lodz,
Tomaszow. Mlazowiecki, and Zyrardow.
10) Paper of various kinds in large quantities, several hundred
tons a month,
11) "Sport" arms, together with necessary ammunition, up to 50 totes
on every ship.
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b, From Czechoslovakia.
.1) Trucks of the Paga, Skoda, and Tatra models, up to 150 a
month,
2) Cars, mostly of the Tatra model; in October, about 200 had
been shipped in 1952.
3) Large busses of the Skoda model, in October, about 100 busses
had been shipped in 1952.
4) Motorcycles and bioy len9 of which several thousands had been
shipped by October 1952,
5) Radio receivers and accessories, mostly of the Tools. model; up
to three tons are shipped a month, .
6) Cameras of the Opema, Flexaret9 and Etareta models are shipped
in quantities up to two tons a mouth,
7) Typewriters and accounting machines in large quantities.
8) Topographic equipment and medical equipment for hospitals, up
to three tons a month.
9) "
this a Lti ment ie alw s asked in ahes s w thou amy other
description being given and this equipment
probably consists of radar apparatus,
10) Ball bearings,up to 1.00 tons a month,
11) Roller bearings (losyeka _g- ), up to 80 tons a month.
12) Iron poles of various kindsp and wire for use in industry,
13) Pipes-for use in water and gas installations; up to several
hundred tons are shipped a month,
14) Milling machines, drilling machines, grinders, and leather bins). A
least twice as much of these goods are shipped by Czechoslovak.
am are shipped by Poland, but the quantities are not known.
15) Precision machines for production of precision tools, weapons,
and motor accessories; up to 50 tons are shipped a month,
16) Textiles of all kinds, including the most luxurious,
17) Chemicals of all kinds, up to 80 tons a month,
18) Drugs, up to 30 tons a month,
19) Preoision apparatus, descriptions of which are not given.
20) Paper of all kinds, but in lesser quantities than those shipped
from P61and,
21) Saccharin.
Formalities connected with the expert of Czech goods are occasionally
handled by the former pr+vate, now nationalized, firm;SPEDRAPID, and
by C. Hartwig.
0, From, East Ger;g~8
1) Cameras, Contax model, both cheap and expensive models,.
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2) Phote 'aphid equipment of all kinds, up to two tons a month.
3) Precision tools packed in chests, several tons a month.
4.) Optical apparatus
large quantities of the above-described goods., as well 25X1
*t to China.
From the Soviet o ;a
1). Bicycle chainsq up 'to 70 tons a month,
2) I tehes, up to fine ton$ a mouth.
'' other East German prodt cts,are also leaded at $ nsoin` (Stettin) for ship-
These goods come to Gdynna'en board Soviet vessels and originate in the.Baltic
Soviet Republic$*
a. From AuaaM:
1) Tooling machines in large quantities,' several hundred tons a month.
2) Telephone equipment and switchboards in large quantities.
3) Transformers, both large and smal.v several thousand tons a month.
4) X-uy equipment and installations for hospitals., laboratories., and
scientific establishments.
5) Complete hospital laboratories, several tons a mouth.
6) Drugs of all kinds is large quantities from the Hungarian state
firm Medimpex; Hungary ships much more of these products than do
Poland and Czechoslovakia.
7) Cameras, similar to those from Czechoslovakia.
6) Topographic equipment, similar to that from Czechoslovakia.
9) Textiles of very poor quality.
10) Bicycles, severotl thousand; a month.
ii) Saccharin, a great deal more than is shipped by Czechoslovakia.
12) Watches of varieue MOM models, up to five tons a mouth.
13)
Expensive silver products and ornaments, up to five tons a month.
Except for large machinery rails, locomotives, poles.. wire,, and similar
bulky goods, nearly all products going to China are packed in large chests.
The documents accompanying.goode so packed, as well as the goods themselves,
are never chocked by customs officials; the latter only load cite a vessel
those goods having docuameat's ' stamped by the custom house, All formalities
connected with the shipmeu '?of the "special goods" are arranged by Krukowska.
The ".specialgoods", which are always packed in large chests, are always
loaded onto a vessel first and are placed in the bottom of the vessel; load-
in takes pace either : ik the naval . part of Oksy wie, or at Paged, the part
of the port of Gdynia which was converted into a naval port. An average of
100 tons of "special goods"'are shipped to China, with every ship going there,
except for chartered vessels which never carry cargo of this kind. "Special
goods" are never stored in thee storage areas of the three port sections
mentioned in paragraph one above; storage is always handled by the navy at
Cksywie or Paged. Loading of "special goods" takes place as follower a
"vessel goes to Okeywie or'to Paged entirely empty, and then the crew is
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given leave to go into town or is assigned to a shipyard or to perform some
work in another part of the port; meanwhile, the "special goods" are loaded
an the vessel by soldiers who have been specially assigned to the job' or by
very reliable port workers selected from several sections of the port.
Occasionally; however, in the course of loading, chests containing "special
goods" have been broken and these goods' hav4a been seen moreover, workmen
have been wounded or even killed, as a result of these accidents. Information
about those goods bas~as a result` .eked out, in spite of all restrictions and
orders. Workmen have seen the following in these chests
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Infantry weapons such as rifles and machi
Ammunition. for these weaponas, as well as a
Disassembled artillery pieces, rrinoipally
guns (sic) without wheels.
ne guns.
rtillery ammunition.
antiaircraft and anti-
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Disassembled fighter planes without any insignia indicating nationality.
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come from all
he satellite countries.
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in addition to "special goods , each ship receives a cargo of about 50 tons
of "collective goods" (T, ems Zhiprowi ), which are loaded onto the vessel
directly from freight ooze which have been brought into the port area,
Although the freight care are Folieh these. "collective 25X1
goods" also come from other satellite countries. These goods are also packed
in chests, but on the chests can be read descriptions, such as precision
apparatus, analytic weights, electrode weights; the chests bear no indication
of the shipper or of the receiver, All formalities pertaining to the ships
meat of "collective goods" are also handled by Krukowska and no other employee
of the C. Hartwig firm is entitled to ask her for any information on these
shipments. "Collective goods" are handled by customs authorities in the same
manner as "special, goods".. 25X1
chests contain ,arms. 25X1
Most of the vessels employed by the Polish-Chinese Ocean Line return to
Poland empty, or car*iag very little cargo. On the average, these ships
bring to-Poland about 49000 tons of rubber each mouth. In
addition they also carry about 50 tons of natural s? yarn or cocoons,
about 40 tons of wolfram ore which occasionally has alre dy been ground, and
about 15 tons of mica. During June and August 19529 vessels of the Polish-
Chinese Ocean Line brought to Gdynia during each mouth 8,000 tons of rubber
loaded the sollowing day onto Soviet vessels and shipped to the Soviet Un
-altbaether 16,000 tons of rubber were shipped to the Soviet Union.
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and canned meat to England and bring to Poland from England milling, grind-
ing,and other machines,
9o Goods shipped from Gdynia to the Soviet oat entirely on Soviet
sesse1s, include coal, sugar,
canned Meal;, woolens, and leather, During 1951, over 200,000 tons of sugar
were shipped from Gdynia to the Soviet Union and up until October r 50,000
toms of sugar were shipped in 1952p The difference in the amounts shipped
in 1951 and 1952 are caused by the'fact that shipments of sugar take place
every year during the sugar campaign, i,e,a at the end of the year. More-
aver the expert of sugar to the Soviet Union in 1952 was expected to be much
lower since the yield of beets had been very low and in large.areas beets
were frozen in the fields,
Gwent s all cargo taken on by Polies 25X1
vessels as "ere at gne to Hartwig in in reality intended for the
Polish-Chine, Shipping Company for delivery to China. 25X1
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