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Saturday 24 February 2018

Soviet marine traffic radio station at Leba, Poland according to a CIA report dated 30 October 1951

An item reported the presence of a Soviet radio station at ulica Kosciuszki 84, Leba, Poland in a one story house. It accommodated six men including an officer all army dressed. Each month were the men replaced. Social contact with the population of Leba was not allowed and since the Soviet take over the house were no Polish seen in the house. The officer had occasionally contact with the Polish commanding officer of the WOP [border guard] unit in Leba. The major part of their needed supplies was brought with a Soviet trawler visiting the harbour. The radio station was movable and fitted out with 2 high masts and antenna placed in the courtyard. Although the actually purposes of the radio station were unknown was believed that it was used for checking ship traffic in the Baltic Sea area.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R009100390007-6