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Sanitized Copy Approved for Rele i 1 ee —_____. 2 fo ase 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901 190016-2 SECR ET As of June, 1985, there were 355 Polish officials in the United States, the largest presence (aside from the USSR) of the Warsaw Pact countries. Of this number, approximately one-fourth are known or suspected IOs. In addition, there are currently 933 students and 1,015 visitors, any of whom may be tasked for information on political, economic and S$ & T information in the United States. Polish intelligence personnel and cooptees have been identified through the FBI investigative program Polinex (Polish Solidarity Expellees). Interviews of many of these former members of Solidarity have substantiated they were pressured by Polish intelligence to sign letters of cooperation in return for their release from internment and a passport to travel to the West. Another base for Polish intelligence operations in the United States is the commercial cover organizations. One of the most prominent of these organizations is the Toolmex Corporation located in Natick, Massachusetts. Toolmex is a wholly owned subsidiary of Metalexport in Warsaw, Poland. The current president and vice president of Toolmex are suspected Polish IOs. It is interesting to note that Toolmex has taken over all of the corporate functions of the now defunct Polish American Machine Company (POLAMCO). Convicted Polish spy Marian W. Zacharski was the former executive officer of POLAMCO. SECR ET - 10 - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/07/07 : CIA-RDP87M00539R000901 190016-2 25X1