RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH FRANKFURT/ODER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001300520007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. Shipments observed at the Frankfurt/Odor marshaling yard from 11 through
15 April 1953 included:
lI April 25 flatcars with aircraft crates dispatched from Frankfurt/Oder
to Cottbus.
13 "
" with aircraft crutes dispatched from Frankfurt/Oder
to an undeterrin place. 1
14 " 5 " with trucks disp,ztehed from Brest Litovsk to Halle.
14 " 4 Woltershalsen.,
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15 " 11 " with 10 tanks axr.I armored scout car dispatched
from Frank- art/O-}er to an undetermined place. 2
2. On 1 April, a train consisting of 3C freight cars loaded with aircraft
crates 8.5 meters long and 8 radio tru:ks arrived in Frankfurt/Oder en
route from Brest Litovsk. On 3 April, ;.-10 of these oars loaded with air-
craft crates and 4 radio trucks were f:7rwa:rded to Cottbus and 10 loaded
with aircraft crates and 4 radio truck~i to Dresden-10.otzsche. 1
3. Shipments dispatched from the rrankfur4/Oder passenger station to the
kr'rankfurt/Oder marshaling yard Include-.':
2 April, 20 flatcars loaded with aircraft crates, 12 x 5 x 3 meters;
10 April, 20 flatcars loaded with aircrF.ft crates, 12 x 5 x 3 m3ters.
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Twenty flatcars and 3 flatcars loaded vdi_th aircraft crates were observed
passing through iellrose headed toward Cottbus on 14 and 18 April re-
spectively. 1
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25X1 A 1. I l Gian. The shipments dispatched to Cottbus dei z.nite? y con-
sisted of Yak lls or MG-15s consigned to the VPL. It is believed that
the shipments dispatched to Dresden- .otzeehe were earmarked for a
Soviet Air Force training unit stationed there. It'is believed that the
four reporting sourices pertly observed the same shipments. The point
could not definitely be ant record numbers were
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to Soviet or VP units.
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