1. FORTIFICATIONS IN THE CARPATHO-UKRAINE 2. NARROW-GUAGE RAILROADS IN THE CARPATHO-UKRAINE

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• Document Release Date: September 11, 2009
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• Publication Date: March 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY USSR (Carpatho-Ukraine)
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
This Document contains information affecting the Na
tional Defense of the United States, w! n the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
1. Fortifications in the Carpatho-Ukraine DATE DISTR.
2. Narrow-Guage. Railroads in
the Carpatho-Ukraine NO. OF PAGES
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fortifications were being constructed-and"f hd+ been under ~
construction
for some time. From Uzhgorod (k8-38N
22-16E)
th
k
,
sou
east to l~u
achevq
, (48-26N,22-43.;) and Sevlyush (4S-08N
23-02E)
as far
th
,
,
as
e Tibisco(so)
River and thence east as far as botskov, shelters of reinforced concrete 25X1
were being built, They were from 100 to 500 maters apart, depending on
the terrain.
Each shelter was so constructed that three-fourths of it was underground,
while the. other.fourth,which was one to one,-and?a half meters high and
rounded, was above ground. Inside,the shelter had three embrasures,
arranged in step-like fashion so that it was possible to shoot in
all di
t
rec
ions
.
The line of these defensive fortifications ran along the margin of
the forests. The fortifications themselves were camouflaged and
situated a few meters within the forest. Where there
were no forests
,
trees had been planted.
Only Soviets were employed in the actual construction of these shelters;
the forced laborers were used to work in the sand or stone quarries, or
to load and unload material.
6. In the Carpatho-Ukraine, the principal rail line from Chop (4B-23N,
22-llE)-Batyovo-Nizhniy-Vsresky and the Chop-Batyovo-Sarina line were
narrow-guage like those in the West 1 The narrow-guage line `which had been
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built b the Germans during the war was still extant
the Soviets had restored it and were using it to transport
goods out of the country as well as to transport goods coming from
Hungary to Kiev. Close by this narrow-guage line there was a
broad-guage line which also extended as far as Kiev.
omment: referring to the railroad line
as "narrow-guage, like those in the West", evidently is judging
and comparing the line with the standard Soviet guage, which
is wider-guaged than the standard Western guage.
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