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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR1
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany
DATE DISTR. 23 Mi rch 1953
SUBJECT Disoelianoous gnat German Railroad Information NO. OF PAGES 4
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS UOGUNGW 0`OC1TTt3S 6C;fOCcF.?A;{6r! AFFECTIaG 7113 CATTONAL DEFEN48
OF THE UNITGD ETP.TES. WITHIN THE SEANIM ; Of T:,;.E t3. SuCnCI:S 7912
AND 754. OF THE S. G. COOT. AS AMBND`cti. ITS TRA3$3156K1N DE REYES-
ATkON OF 1T9 CO*WHTY TO OR REO.SIF UY All U rAUT4tORIEeD -2N907
1. On 6 Deceinber 1952,
the East German Council of Ministers charged Director General
Erwin Yammer with the sole responsibility for a smooth funetl.=ing of
c`allrcaj oporations.. In this connection, Kramer detrrhed Deputy Directors
Genera:]. Lehna,. (fnu) and Hetz (trw) to Halle and Magdeburg respectively.
Deputy ix .tor Gener-ai:. is hard Stag took over the routine work previously
done by Kramer at the Directorate General, Railroads, Berlin. 1
2 0 the 2d Railroad Conference would no u
be held in Berlin-Gruenau as previously scheduled) bat in Weimar fun 23 to
25 Js.ry, because the SCC ruled that Berlin was not the proper place far
an interma.l railroad conference. Conferences of the Directorate General,
Shipping, Berlin, and Motor Traffic and Roads, Berlin, were scheduled to
be held in the weeks preceding and following the railroad conference. 2
3 Professor Hans Reingruber, Minister
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State Secretary in the Ministry of Traffic. By order the SCC, the
Directorate General, Railroads, Berlin, is to be marl- :.nto a Ministry
of Railroads. -
On. 1 December 1952, 250 railroad personnel, includirz
ioecm alive engineers., stokers , and train conducto,s, in Frankfurt/Cd+'
were beinz handle Soviet transit tr tbro h r
52 locomotives from the ~ a ion)
an 'undetermined . parking lot on the Fuerstem;alde-I4uellrose railroad line
had been. assembled. The=;e Locomotives, which will. be coupled to a caboose,
will be temporarily employed in East Germany. 4
On 20 Decenber, the chief of the railroad repair shop (Bw) in Cottbus
r?epcrt v; t; sand had been placed in all the axle arms and bearings of
an rove' uled locomotive. The SSD was investigating the affair.
On .30 De-ember., 1C new RFC-type flatcars were transferred from the Lo;.a
Plant in N esky to Hennigsdorf. . Six RRyr cars
:ere transferred to Brandenburg and six others
were transferred to Hennigsdorf
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7. On 5 January 1953.1 zfnu), chief of
had beeLmade
special commissioner for gasoline and oil eshipnents On 1 January, the
position of Director General. for Political Affairs at the Directorate
General, Railroads, Berlin, was filled by Robert Menzel, who graduated
frost the Karl Marx Acadery. Robert Menzel's brother, Fritz 11enzel, the
previous chief of the Political Administration of the Director-,r- (n9ral,
Railroads, Berlin, went to Moscow for one veaipolitical training.
8. The experiments made at the Stendal railroad repair shop with coal dus ,
fired locomotives provided with a coal crushing plant were discontinued
on 2C November. The locorrotive used will be reconverted to a standard
grated locomotive
9. In mkt-.December, a large nurber of coal dust-fired
locomotives was deactivated because their copper fire boxes were unable
to stand the high temperatures generated by coal dust and had warn out
after a short tine.
10. In compliance with a resolution made by the Council of !4inieter3 on 21
August 1952, the Director General, Railroads, Berlin, on 18 December,
decreed that a Materials Procurement Department was to be established at
all railroad subdistrict offices on I January 1953., 8
I central
Inspection departrent was established at the Directorate General and
an inspect 4on department at each of the eight regional railroad bead-
quarters.
new official railroad passers would be issued
after I January 1953. The passes will be in different colors for different
categories of employees. They rust be provided with a photograph of the
bearer and stamped and will be valid for two years. 10
13. After 1 January 1953, goods shipped by the East German railroads will
be given the following numerical designations: 11
1 Coal, coke
2 Ore
3 Metals
Scrap
5 Chemicals
6 Fertilizers
7 Liquid fuels and tAr products
8 Construction materials
9 Cement
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10 Leber
13 Potatoes
12 Grain
13 Sugar beets
14 Sugar
1~ Salt
16 Fruit and vegetables
17 Str'ds ar4 young plants
16 Alcohol
19 Livestock
20 Miscellaneous foodstuff
21 Fodder
22 Raw matairials and finished products of the paper and textile industries
23 Piece goods and collective cargo
24 ?isc?llaneous goods.
I., I LCcrnet. The critical situation of the East German railroads in
the last quarter of 1952 provoked very critical comments in the East
25X1 German press. In connection with this situation, special measures were
taken designed to define the responsibilit of railroad agencies and to
find scapegoats for possible trials. It
25X1 is believed that the existing difficulties are mainly due to the prevailing
weaknesses in the physical status of tracks and of locomotives and rolling
stock.
2. [Comment. Information on the planned railroad conference was trans-
mitted previously.
3. Conmm nt. This information, which may be correct, reqtires confirma-
4 co nt. The assembly in Frankfurt/Oiler of railroad personnel for
ca tmkn locomotives was reported previously. As
has been determined in the meantime, the measure reported was designed to
help overcome operational difficulties. For +11ia reason, the Soviets con-
sented to the temporary use of some of their reserve locomotives. The loco-
motives of locomotive column to 6 were parked in Strasbur ? the other parking
lot mentioned probably was Beeskow, where the locomotives
are being kept.
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ant. Information on the production a1 Niesky of these new
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a .--f7u flatcars was transmitted previously,
6 Coariaent., Information on the establishment of a central rail
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car a nistration office was transmitted previously.
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8. Coxm t.Difficulties in the field of supply necessitated the
as _ishment of special material procurement departments. The organiza-
tional. chart for the set-up of railroad subdistrict offices will have to
be sut>nlemented accordingly.
Comment. '
it is probab:y oecause of these defects that
the number of .coal dust-fired locomotives was not increased du?ing the
last months, On 30 November, a total 6f ?q such Inam. including
36 serviceable ones)was available,
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This -inspection ser7- ice is subd3 vi.~.QC~t
Into an auditing and a technical department and charged with keeping
expenditure and consumption of materials as low as possible.
Co~__nent. These new railroad passes reflect the tightened security
measures taken in East Germany, the passes will not
be issued before midJanuary
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