RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH FRANKFURT/ODER

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Y INVORMATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY R
EP
-INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
:.SATE OF
INFO.
Rail Freight Traffic through Frankfurt/Oder
REPORT
thG following rail shipments crossed the border in the directions
.indicated from 29 November through 5 December 1952:
B - boxcar
F flatcar
G - gondola car
R - refrigerator car
T - tank car
Number Load Fron
Date in and Type
November __o ff. Cdr
29 3 R
2 T cotton seed
oil
T sunflower seed oil
1 T vegetable oil
1. B flax fibre
1 R canned meat
1 R
7 B oil cake
1 G pig iron
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DATE DISTR. 27 February 1953
NO. OF PAGES 10
NO. OF ENCLS.
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Brest Litovsk Zwickau,
P1suen
Chemni.tz 1
" Plauen.Chemnitz
It Pratau
n Got*~
" Rosslau
" Torgau
Schlauroth 1
" Drosden area
n
Casw3.h
it .1 Zeitz
31 ;TE NAVY X rssaa DISYRIBUTfON
ARMY ~f R1 ti
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Date in
7sbe
Umber
and Type
Q Cara
Load
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29
1 G
ferro-manganese
ore
Brest Litovsk
Unterwellenborn
5 G
Donets anthracite
Piesteritz
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3 G
manganese ore
Giltendorf 2
3 G
ore
2 G
Donets anthracite
Piesteritz.
Thale
13 G
pig iron
2 B
iron `Tire
Wieieritzsch
2 B
peroxide
Bitterfeld
2:eis-'en
1 B
lead
1 B
raw bast fibre
Torgau
Teltow
3 B
peas
24 B
cotton
R3sea-Harbor
2 B
oil cake
Dresden
24 B
barley
Brest Litovsk
. Sangerhausen
shuttle-
train
Artern,
49 B
L erstenberg,
Frankfurt/Oder
3
30
28 B
9 B oil cake
1? G pig iron
3 B iron wire
1 B flax fibre
52 B barley
4 B onions
3 B strawberry pulp
1 B eggs
1 R poultry
2 B white cabbage
1 B military goods
10 B amrunition
Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oiler-Harbor,
Fuersten'oer/0der '3
Halle area
Thale
Wiederitzsch
Torso
,~,rf urt, Sangerhaus en 3
various railroad
statinna
4 Altengrabow
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Number Load
Date in and Type
tioyember Cars
30 2 B ammunition
3 B military goods
9 T empty
9 G manganese ore
21 G ore
23 G pig iron
1 G chromium ore
30 T empty
4 B bronze
3 B structural iron
9 B cotton
7 B wool
2 B naphthalene
2 B wool
5B
26 B
"
empty
3 G pig iron
11 T empty
1 B poultry
l .B hazel wood
hoops
Date in
December
1 6 B arsenic
trioxyde
16 G pig iron
1 B onions
6 B military goods
4B
Brest Litovsk4 Jueterbog
n
Leipzig 5
'erseburg 5
Ziltsndorf2
Coswig, Thale
Frankleben
Bitterfeld
Nerseburg,Leipzig 5
Finsterwalde
Reichenbach
R.iesa
" Leipzig
Brest Litovsk Merseburg
Wilkau-Hasslau
" Leipzig
Coswig
Merseburg 5
toland Leipzig
Halle
Chemnitz, Coswig,
Goessnitz,Penig,
Pirna
Poland Schleiz
Brest Litovsk Dallgow-Doeberitz
Muellrose
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Nuhher Load
Date In and Type
4B
military goods
4B
/,, B
4B
i F
4B
1B
9G
38 B
pig iron
empty drums
iron wire
structural steel
white cabbage
morello cherry
pulp
ig iron
barley
19 B co`-ton
2B "
17 B wool
3 F iron tubes
3 F sheet metal
5F
3 R
3R
structural iron
poultry
onions
turkeys
9rest Litovsk
n
Muellrose
Jueterbog
Potsdam
Muellrose
Zeitz, Webau
Halle,Leipzig
Merseburg
Halle ar=a,
Erfurt area
Leipzig, Plauen
Bret Litovsk Leipzig
Fuerstenberg,
Langensal^a 3
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Riesa,Dresden
Wilkau Ilasslau,
Leipzig
Leipzig,Wiederitzsch,
Barby
Torgau
'resden,Weimar,
Clerli tz
-:e.iningen, G:zben
Dresden, Leipzig,
Gubtrn
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Number Load
Date in and Type
December of Cara-
3 B
3B
5B
5F
4F
I F
1 G
3F
3F
4F
15 G
6G
military goods
butter
iron tubes
sheet metal
structural iron
pig iron
.sheet metal
steel tubes
iron wire
rig iron
manganese ore
morello cherry
pulp
1 T sunflower seed oil
3 T cotton seed oil
i T
20 T
10 T
10 G
19 G
26 G
4G
1 B
1 B
empty
manganese ore
ore
ore
manganese ore
morello cherry
juice
whits cabbage
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iikau-Hasslau,
Leipzig
Gera, Erfurt
Erfurt
Wiederitzsch
Wiederitzsch
Ziltendorf 2
Groeditz,Freital,
Kroseen,Lauchha inner
Ziltendorf 2
Miltitz
Rosslau
Pratau
Gotha
Dessau 5
Grosskorbetha 5
Ziltendorf 1
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Nuriber Load
Date in and Type
December of Cars
2 B hazel ; ,ood hoops Poland
46 B cotton !-,rest Litovsk
2,4B n n
5B
6 F structural steel
16 B milit' ry goods
23 B brewing barley
34 B
4 B wool
4 B naphthalene
2 F structural iron
2 B bronze
2 F structural iron
2 F iron tubes
2 F sheet metal
11 F structural iron
Halle
nres?'en, Riesa
Riesa
Dresden
Frankfurt/Oder
3
Fuerstenberg,
Golssen,
Finsterwalde 3
Torgau
Leipzig
Mereeburg
Leipzig-Lindenau
Wiederitzsch,
Zittau,Dessau.
3 F iron tubes Neu Petershain
2 R poultry Poland Weimar, Leipzig
2 B naphthalene Brest Litovsk Merseburg
2 F structural steel
10 F
2 F
2 F iron tubes
2 F she:-t metal
2 F iron tubes
4 F structural steel
4 F sheet metal
3 F structural steel
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Leipzig Lindenau
:feu-Petershain
rittau
Ch-'mnitz-Hilbersdorf
thuttle-
train
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Number Load
Date in and Type
Decer ber of Cars
~. ~_..
4 B molybdenum ore
5 i3 oil cake
29 B barley
6 G pig iron
-3 B wool
1 B cosmetics
b. Eastbound
Date In
November
2 B bronze
1 B flax fibre
I R poultry
n
3 B cotton
4 B oil cake
2 B military goods
28 F M 8 rocket
launchers
15 F M 8 rocket
launchers
1 B escort person; -el
From To
Brent Litovsk Bitterfeld
rfurt area
Erfurt
Leipzig
Krossen
Leipzi ;-Plagwitz
Poland Zwickau
Finsterwalde
Torgau
Br?sden
Brest Litovsk Riesa, Pr-sen
" %.-Ile
It Rath mannsdorf
S rdal
Fuer sterewald.e
1 .B
iron wire
Stettin -Harbo
0,, echo slovakia
6 B
cellulose
Kue:'t.rinmborder Pilsen
2 B
mi' i tart' goods
Fuerstenwalcie
-Brest Litovsk
I F
1 F
switchboard
cabinets
laboratory desks
intercooler
Ber'.j.n.-O - thafen
I G
1 3
telephone cables
sugar
40
Stavenhagen
Mi:,ak 9
1 G
pressure oil
Berlin-O, thafen KatoNice
switches
l B
pressed
Erkner
Wegl.,nice
materials
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Number Load
Date in and Type
sugar Pr n~lau Brest -itovsk
Thoeringswerder It
liquid paraffin Wolfen Repzen
vulce.n fiber Werder
plat-is
3 B permanr-anate of Bitterfeld Bret Litovsk
Potassium
B Igelit
? B earthenware
1 B Wolfalit (sic) Wolfen Brest Litovsk
1 B perlon
2 B Agfa films
5 B kitchen Thal.e It
utensils
1 B luggage Magdebur# Buckau n
18 F machinery and
machinery parts
9 B cellulose Wolf an Ivancvo
2 13 potatoes Tulow(sic) Budapest
56 B eriptlr grain Frankfurt/Oder Brest Litovsk 3
shuttle train
56 B sugar
Thoeringswerder
55 G emptpr Frankfurt/Oc3er
)ate in
December
50 R emit y
erlin-Wriezener
railroad station
5 F machinery Magdeburg
2 B kitchen
furniture
l1. r; carbide Piesteritz 9
5 B sugar Luebz B cresidine (sic' Wolfen
2 -? tr an3#orners Dresden
2 P liquid paraffin Wolfen Reppen
9 F hoisting gear Lei,-zig Brest Litovsk
warts
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Tumber
Bate in and Type
12 ember 0 f C.,
Load
2 ',5 B
3 ~. , _,
B
Prn_oty grain
Schoenheide
21 BB
55 0
55
sugar
YQ
r`-enz1au
11suen 9
trains
4
Staveithp.pen Minsk
20 F
iron construe-
material
Eisenenalterei Brest Litovsk
55 B
sugar
T'oeringswerder
3 F
machinery
Frankfurt/Oiler
3
'7ord er
38 F
rd,scellaneous
13_ ._
~oocIs
int. Refrigera tor shuttle cars operating between. Fast Germany and
she ~
mL_____~CgMt fta~ , Raw materials deliveries to the Foundry Co:b~ne East
year IFuerstenbergjoder.
PgaMn
:t,. Grain shuttle trains
, tt, Anniuni+i-'n depots of the Third Shock A _ and the Third Gds
Iiieca Arr oca din Alten bow ^nd J at rbo -.
6.
7'rflnty tank cars returning to a-t German hydro venation plants.
Cam- znent, All the I I mentioned wee p evirusly known.
:L d snti ied.
Inds-- figure 20 is reported for the fir-t time and cannot be
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~,~Co~r=1 wa.s previously observed in Stendal-Borstel nd be' ongs
to the 39c..th (?) RL Regt which has thus been e-Ayryrned until 5 Bscerfoer. .:oriel
8 rocket 1 -inchors were in use with the Soviet Army during World- War II. It 25X1
there"ore arpears 'mprobable th^.t such obsolete artillery nieces should have
b33en shipp.--d to East Ger-any. This assumption is supported by the fact that
the regiment :gent Toned is eq---ipped with 32 artillery pieces which represent
nut-horized Trui sm.
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g ctensive su;a del iveri Lhe U- "
November as in 1951.
ent, Cc r Sunple^Ients the tabulation of uranium ore shipments to the
U.S.S.R. tran_sr.itte'3 in a previous report.
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