RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH FORST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006300520003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2008
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 26, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR1
INFORMATION REPO" co NO.
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In November and December 19549 the following coal shipments entered the GDR via the
Forst border stations
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Coal: 9,522 gondola cars with 1999879 tons
Cokes 2,81,3 gondola care with 55,015 tons 226 trains
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Coals gondola care with 1651,181 tons) 209 trains
Cokes 39468 gondola cars with 65,817 tons)
The exact amount of coal imported in Jar,par_v 1955 was not determined; coal arrived at
a volume approximately between those reported for November and December.
2. In early January, the branch agency of DHZ Kohie in Forst was charged with the
forwarding of coal shipments which arrived via the Horka, Forst and Guben border
stations in January according to a plan drawn uj by the DHZ. The daily quota only for
coal for these border stations was 18,500 tons? This coal was to be forwarded as
follows:
59300 tons to the GDR railroads
5,700 tons to East German gas works excluding East Berlin
1,600 tons to gas works in East Berlin (Lichtenberg and Dimitroff)
39000 tons to the Lkingenberg power pant
250 tons to the Dresden power plant
600 tons to the Zellwolle cellulose in Wittenberge
750 tons to East German cement works (Niedleoen' NiGnburg, Goeschwitz, Karsdorf,
Gloethe, Schwsnebeck)
19350 tons for various purposes.
The 5,300 tons of coal distributed to the railroads were broken down as follows:
RBD Berlin
RBD Halle
RBD Magdeburg
RBD Dresden
RBD $?furt
RBD Cottbus
RBD Schwerin
RBD Greifevald
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],. C nte;_ Coal and coke imports from Poland vh the Forst border
station decreased considerably compared with Octobe for which 228,270
tons of coal and 79,226 tons of coke were reported.
This decrease c r e a t e d ton for
the railroads around Christmas
Commento The throe border stations mentioned are used for coal
imports from Poland. The daily'quot- of 18,500 tons or 27,750 tons in
briquette units is very low in view of the fact that the daily coal
consumption by locomot4ves amounts to 21,000 to 23,000 tons briquette
units.
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