1. GORNO-NOTECKI CANAL 2. BYDGOSZCZ CANAL 3. ODER SHIPPING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013200050007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: August 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT 1. Gorno-Notecki CanDO NOT CIRCULATE . NO. OF PAGES 2
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3. Oder Shipping
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SECURITY INFORMATION
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
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DATE DISTR. 4 August 1952
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The total length of the Gorn,p Notecki (Upper Notec) Canal is 114 -5 km; the
navigable depth is 150 cma_ permissible tonnage for barges is 250 tons, Its
course runs as followso
aR The canal begins at the junction of the Warta-Gopio Canal in Lake Goplo
and continues along the lake for a distance of 2708 kmao
b. It then follows the canalized. Notec River for 18 kms, as far as the
northern part of hake Pakose, where-it continues along the lake for
12.4 kms. At the junction of the canal and, Lake Pakose there is a lock
42x 5m
c. From Lake Pakose the canal follows the canalized Notec River for. 27.e5 kms
as far as Labiszyn (52038' 15?3T" E). There are no locks in this sett~or
The canal then continues for 4 kms along the Noteco Three locks of 142 x
mo are located in this sector..
d. After this, the canal leaves the river bed of the Notec and iwna due nt rth
as.fa.r as the junction with the Bydgoszcz Canal. this sector of 24.8 kms.
in length has four locks of 1+2 x 5 m
2. The Bydgoszcz Canal has not yet been restored for public use because only
about thirty percent of its locks have been repaired. The initial r.econstruem
tion program provided for the reopening of the canal on 10 April 1952, but work
was delayed.
Transport of goods on the Odra (Oder) River between Wroclaw (Breslau) and.
Szczecin (Stettin) is hampered to a~great extent by the acute shortage of
trawlers and 'barges o All available ones have been requisitioned by the
Soviet Army authorities, who use them for towing equipment from Szczecin
upstream. The barges going up river are for the most part heavily laden,
while those returning are almost, emp 3v,
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1. Anyone using the Szczecin and Krosno sector of the Odra river must be in
possession of a special permit issued by the army authorities and approved
by the WOP (Border Security Guard). This part of the river is constantly
patrolled by WOP motor boats.
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