COAL SITUATION OF THE EAST GERMAN RAILROADS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003600730003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 7, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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#' t] .e ,ast 0sx'xa a. Ba lrGads NO, OF PAQU
,NO. OF ENC.LS.
(LISTED BELOW)
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OF
p
ss
e
n
y requirements availal-le i
n
th
e
Ea
st
Germany railroad districts between 17 December 1953 and 5 January 1954:
RailrgAd
20.12,
-Date
2
Berl t
12,4
12.7
12.7
13.1
13.2
13.8
13,9
]411
Oreifswald
12.,,.8
12.6
12.7
.12.9
13,0
12,9
12,4
12.8
Schwerin
10.0
9.6
10.2
10.0
10.5
10.8
10,1
9.5
Magdeburg
8.9
9.2
8.9
10.2
10.6
10.8
12.2
13.6
Halle
10.5
10.6
10.5
10.8
114
11.2
11.7
Erfurt
11.9
11.6
11.9
11.8
11.7
11.6
11.7
12,2
Dresden
12,1
140
12.1
12.0
11.8
11.4
10.9
10.,1
Cottbus
10,0
9.6
10.0
9.5
9,0
8.8
8,6
8.lr
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STATE X NAVY - r l
ARMY AIR
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. QRT No.
stocks ex
re
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DIST
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ac 28.1. 29.12. 30.12. 31.12. 1.1.54 2/3.1. 4.1. 5.1.
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Berlin -1.5.1 15.0
,`w1d 13..-9 13.8
Schwerin 10.0 10.0
Magdebur
Halle
Erfurt
ire sden
Cottbus
Total
1a.e 1
;,ep ber
16
18
21
31
Date in
Janry
13.7 13.7
U.S
12rt4
9.6
8.5
12.0
11.6
14.5
13.6
9.5
13.4
10.4
10.7
13.7
13.2
9.7
13.3
9.5
9.9
8.7 8.1
11.0
6.7
10.5
13
0..
1117
11.1:
8.3=
73.0 12.5
8.9 7.8
9.0 7.6
7.8
6.4
9.9
7.3
5.9
8.9
12.6
7.4
7.2
6.7
5.5
12.0,
6.8
6.6
6.2
8.5 8.1
the following coal stocks were available
f -ny ween 14 December a 8 Je W 9
116x4 Goal
169,300
175,900
$0, 700
185.,500
187-, 400
1910800
16$,900
1 159., 500
4
5
6
[,, 100
94,600
.Brq Cogl Shop Coal
Bx?1.quettes (in terms of briquette units)
6,940
36,700
6,700
36,200
6, 500
37,000
6,200
361,200
6,000
36,200
5,900
36,700
7,200
37,800
7,800
37,900
9,800
38,500
13,400
38,400
15,600
35,600
16,400
38,440
17,900
38,600
19,900
37, 600
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132,800
123,, 000
14,p, 500
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the following coe.i sto
cks were.
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ailable in Eas
t Germany betw
een 20 December and'S Januarys
Ba
De
te in
cember
Briquettes Coal. Dust
-p
in tons
20
181,996
6,327
267
930
27
191,882
5,883
591
971
Da
J
1
te in
tla~y
95L
159041
7,820
629
1, 204
123,182
15,607
567
1,276
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I following information on coal im-
ports from Poland: and coal shipments from Foland arrive in Fast
started in, the fal of 1953., it was planne qthe coal by
1:YII 9` ?i-A T
H ^Iff a f eav.
Germany via the border stations of Kuestrin-Kietz (for the Berlin
area), Forst (for the Halle area), Guben ( where most of the coal is
transl,.oaded tp water 'too be forwarded via Fuerstenb ) , and Horka
(for the Dresden-Erfurt area). The shipments ar irregular
interval , $ome cal shipments also err ,v Stettin and
axrw. I v, orwarded to the Schwer coal deliveries
Coal stocks which had been rising slowly _prior
to 1 Ate Beoer. ire again declining, apparently because of insufficient
eliverles from Poland.
i pre:ssed in briquette units, coal stocks available on
a, nary amounted to 141,900 tons of hard coal plus 1 00 tons of
UOM. .eP t uettea, i.e. a total of i61,800 tons.
According to the
coa consume on quota of 25 00 tons fixed for December (the
,quota for January is not yet known), total coal stocks on 8 January re-
presented 6.4 days' requirements which indicates that coal stooks
continued to decrease.
C .en The border stations mentioned were reported' previously
in connegtion with. coal delivered.
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