SOVIET RAIL BORDER TRAFFIC AT FRANKFURT/ODER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007000250007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 9, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY.
TOPIC,
CLASSIFICATION
Fast Germany
-REPORT
Soviet Rail Border Traffic at Frankfurt/Oder
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES 1 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
PREPARED
9 May 1955
CB-Converted Boxcar; T-Tank Oar; RRYM-Heavy-Duty Flatcar
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1. Soviet rail shipments from Brest Litovsk on
0 ADril and 3 X955 included 13 ERDI, each with a load of 80 tons, which went
to FrankfurterOder and were rrdispatchmd in shipments of ~ RRYM to Jneterbog, 6 RRYM -RRYN to to Stra se on 0 A il; and a shipment of 2 CB.
22 RRTM ent to Satzkorn.z 25X1
20 On IL and 2 lam, only grain shipments or shipments of ore arrived at Frankfurt/Oder
from th UIISSR. Most of the grain shipments contained wheat, barley and rye (for
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3. Qj and &ft.r 28 April& an undetermined n umber of shipments containing ore
continuously arrived at Frankfurt/bder from Brest Litovsk. A few shipments also
arrived at Kuestrin. All shipments were *idispatched to Ziltendorf.
4. During the period of observation 50 T for white fuel were dispatched to Brest
he number of empty T for black fuel increased to
Litovsk about every third day.4 1110-
about 50 care per day. Most o the incoming crude oil shipments were dispatched to
Krumpa, Merseburg and Halle.
C_ The receiving stations indicate that the shipments contained 25X1
equ.pment for the Twenty-Fourth Air Army. Contradictory to this assumption, however,
is the high weight of load which exceeds that of aircraft, radio or radar
installations.
P1 A(F OBTAIND
The shipments probably again contained T-54 tankso 25X1
The grain shipments belong to the repeatedly reported movement of 25X1
grain shuttle-trains. The report indicates an increase of the movement*
C to The tank cars are used for shipments of jet aircraft fuel from the 25X1
5.
r.y...Y._..+ _ TA,% n,w-iA et oil shipments from the USSR were previously reported. L
substitute the previbas shipments from a re r which have been stopped since
1 April 1955?
I I A r 1 1 1 f. A I I SIDCRBT
These shipments probably
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