SOVIET RAIL BORDER TRAFFIC

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007100230002-9
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• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 28, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY -REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY at Germany
SUBJECT Soviet Rail Border Traffic
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 16, SECTIONS 7SS
AND 794, OF THE M. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT 'Y 'AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
15 PRONISITED ET LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHISITID.
a
B
F
G
R
RRym
T
boxcar
flatcar
gondola ,car
refrigerator car
heavy-duty flatcar
tank car
DATE DISTR. 28 June 1955
NO. OF PAGES 7 25X1
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The following westbound and eastbound rail shipments were observed at the
Frankfurt/Oder railroad station between 27 April and 9 Mav 1955:
Date Number of Load From To
Cars
April 1
27 20 B grain Frankfurt/Oiler- Frankfurt/Oiler XSU
border
20 B peanuts to
20 B grain
12 F iron
36 G iron We
-~
14 G of
18 F machinery and Magdeburg
machinery parts
8 F it 'Erfurt
6 B furniture Liebenwerda
12 F enamelled vessels Thale
29 40 M grain and peanuts Frankfurt/Oder-
border
20 B
15 B
203
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CLASSIFICATION
NAVY
STATE
AIR
ARMY
DISTRIBUTION
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Magdeburg
Dresden
Chemnitz
Ziltendorf 2
Unterwellenborn
Brest-Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder DSU
Plauen )
Erfurt ) 1
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14 G
April
29 20 G coal
20 G pig iron
8 G cables
14 F steel structures
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pig iron
14 F
30
12 F machinery and
machinery parts
6 B paper rolls
30 B grain
10 B undetermined
10 B military goods
10 F crane parts
6 F, machinery and
boilers
8 B noz;r-- s
50 R empty
60 B
12 F
10 F
12 .'
18 F
30 T crude oil
6 B chemicals
20 B potash
22 F steel structures
40 G
40 B
20 B
10 B cellulose
20 B grain
20 B "
15 F iron
8 F tin sheets
20 B
30 B
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
Berlin-Rummelsburg
Leipzig
Koethen
Magdeburg
Dreiwerden
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
'kfurt/0der
Muellrose
Eberswalde
Dresden
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
n
to
Bitterfeld
Limbach
Leipzig
Wiederitzsch
Wolf en
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
Groeditz
Piesteritz 3
Hennigsdorf
Brest-Litovsk
to
Halle-Trotha 1
Pmnkfurt /Oder
Leipzig
Dresden
Erfurt
Magdeburg
Berlin
Brest-Litovsk
Ziltendorf 2
Unterwellenborn
Frankfurt/Oder DSU 1
Plauen 1
1Irumpa 6
Brest Litovsk
Frankf*rt/Oder DSU 1
Fuerstenberg 1
Erfurt 1
Dresden 1
Leipzig
Rostock
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10 T fuel
10 P machinery
6 P
12 F
6F
30 G iron ore
15 G
4 F pipes
14 F iron
14 P
18 F
12 G coal
18 F machinery and
machinery parts
18 F steel strictures
10 F
10 T paraldehyde
40 B grain
20 B
20 B
36 G ore
14 G
10 F crane parts
16 F machinery and
machinery parts
18 F steel structures
12 F
6 B acrewi
23 F 16 amphibian trucks
16 AA guns
40 B grain
20 B
6F
8 F
20 F
it
machinery and
machinery parts
10 B cellulose
20 B potash
10 B nitrogen
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
Grosskorbetha
Halle
Goerlitz
Chemnitz
Aue
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
Magdeburg
Leipzig
Rehfelde
Mersepurg
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
of
Eberswalde
Magdeburg
Ichtershausen
W~ederitzsch
Finsterwalde
71rankfurt/0der-
border
Magdeburg
Wolf en
Limbach
Piesteritz
Brest-Litovsk 7
Ziltendorf 2
Unterwellenborn
Gommern
L ipzig
Erfurt
Wiederitzsch
Piesteritz 3
Brest-Litovsk
7
Frankfurt/Oder DSU
Dresden 1
Plauen 1
Ziltendorf 2
Unterwellenborn
Brest -itorak
n
Wuensdorf 8
Frankfurt/Oder DSU
Halle-Trotha 1
Stralsund
Rostock
Wiederitzsch
Chemnitz
Brest-Litovsk
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40 B
grain
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
Frankfurt/Oder DSU 1
30 B
HalleI
20 B
Fueratenberg 1
14 F
iron
Wiederitzsch
12 F
Leipzig
12 7
Chemnitz
10 F
Dresden
10 T
fuel
Grosskorbetha
Brest-Litovsk 7
10 B
3 B
nitrogen
films
Piesteritz
Wolfen
10 F
6 B
machinery
furniture
Erfurt
Liebenwerda
16 B
ammunition
Frankfurt/Oder-
border
Torgan 9
14 G
pig iron
Hennigsdorf
14 G
Groeditz
14 G
Thale
20 B
grain
Dresden 1
N
12 B
cotton
18 F
steel structures
Wiederitzsch
Brest-Litovsk
14 F
Leipzig
14 F
6 B
machinery
chemicals
Dessau
Bitterfeld
2. The following westbound and eastbound rail shipments were observed at the
Frankfurt/Oder railroad station between 2 and 7 Mays
Date in Number of
Mir Cars
56 B and F
46 B
55 B and F
56 G
45 T
undetermined
number of F
15 B
52 B and F
35 B
54 F
56 4
60 B
undetermined
number of F
30 B
56 G
undetermined
uranium ore
empty
iron ore
crude oil
50 AL guns of
about 85 mm,
undetermined
iron tubes
undetermined
round timber
iron ore
empty
25 five-ton
Ifa trucks,
undetermined
iron ore
Brest--Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder
Frankfurt/Oder
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest-Litovsk 10
Ziltendorf 2
Frankfurt/Oder 6
Ziltendorf 2
Brest-Litovsk 1
Ziltendorf 2
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may
4
45
B
undetermined Bre
st
-Litovsk F
rank
furt/Od
er )
56
B
it
it
1
40
B
to
56
G
iron ore
Z
ilte
ndorf 2
10
new co
rri
dor cars Fra
nk
furt/Oder B
rest
-Litovs
k 13
15
F
boxes
48
B and F
empty
56
F
boxes
to
to
5
56
G
empty
"
of
56
B
undetermined Bre
st
--Litovsk F
rank
furt/Od
er 1
56
G
iron ore
to Z
ilte
ndorf
2
6
56
?
G
F
to
16 radio trucks
to
" F
rank
of
furt/0d
er 1
35
B
undetermined
4
54
F
boxes Fra
nk
furt/Oder B
rest
-Litovs
k
7
56
G
empty
it
46
B
uranium ore
-'
it
10
30
B
undetermined
to
30
B
It
to
56
G
Iron ore Bre
st
-Litovsk Z
ilte
ndorf 2
15
F
30 jeeps
It F
rank
furt/Od
er 14
25
B
undetermined
3. Shipments which passed through the Seddin railroad station on 26 April and
7 May included:
Date Number of
Load Fro
m '
o
Cars
April
26 April 1 T
gasoline Fra
nkfurt/Oder; O
ranienburg
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1 T
gasoline
R
adensleben
15
i T
to
B
randenburg
15
7 12
cars
12 amphibious Fra
nkfurt/Oder J
ueterbog
S
vehicles
undetermined about 15 AA guns
of 50 to 60 mm,,
3 generators,
and sound locators
4. Shipments) (between 4 and 7 May Xncluded
3 empty boxcars for transportation of grain which were dispatched from
Magdeburg to Frankfurt/Oder on 4 and 5 May; 1 and 21 tank oars with
gasoline which went from Boehlen to Stettin on 7 May. 7
5 . I I shipment s
between 9 and 13 Mar:25X1
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Date in Number of Cars.
May
9 1 CB, 1 B, 16 RRym with Frankfurt/Oder Forst Zinna
military goods exceeding
the scheduled load
10 1 CB, 1 B, 16 RRym, empty Forst Zinnp Frankfurt/Oder
12 1 CB, 16 RRym with Frankfurt/Oder Forst Zinna
military goods exceeding (ii RRym)
the scheduled load Meinsdorf
(5 MRYm)
1 CB, 20 RRym with
military goods exceeding
the scheduled load
1 CB, 20 RRym with it Wildpark
military goods exceeding
the scheduled load
13 1 CB, 13 B, 29 F (SS-type) Jueterbog- Brest-Litovsk
Altes Lager
Comment. sh t continue to show incr import of grain 25X1
from the USSR. Frankfurt/Oder DSU25X1
(Deutsche Sc ahrt Umsc ag e r e e - German Navigation Transhipping Service)
as receiving station indicates that the grain shipments will be redispatched
on inland waterways.
Unloading station. The volume of iron--ore shipments from the USSR to the
~Comment. The shipments containing iron ore are consigned to the 25X1
Eisenhuettenkombinat Ost (EKO) in Fuerstenberp/Oiler which has Ziltendorf as
Ego via Frankfurt/Oder in March 1955 amounted to about 157,000 tons.l I 25X1
25X1
Comment. The insufficient volume of pit-coal im port f om o and is the 25X1
reason for additional coal shipments from the USSR. .
Comment.
shipment probably contained foodstuffs. 25X1
Comment. The shipment probably contained tank spare parts from the GSFG 25X1
tank spare-dart depot in Muellrose which were returned to the USSR.
7.
Comment. Since April 1955, supply shipments of crude oil from the USSR 25X1
have been observed which were dispatched instead of r in addition to the
or-ude-oil shipments from Austria. 25X1
Comment. The shipments were dispatched by hyd2ogenation plants of the
GDR to the USSR.
Comment. The two shipments are possibly identical. Consignees were
25
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pro a
ly engi*er units of the Third Gds Mecz Army for amphibious cars and
the 2
d Gda AAL Div for the AA guns.
Comment. The shipments contained ammunition for the GSFG ammunition
25
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epo
in Torgau.
10.
cnent. The shipments which contained uranium ore from the,Intanium-
25
X1
strict in Saxony are part of the 10,000 tons monthly delivery quota.
11.
Comment. Since a aiceiving station was not mentioned, the consignee coul
d 25
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not be determined. Frankfurt/Oder is believed to be a transit station.
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12. Comment. The shipment contained export goods from the motor 25X1
vehicle plays in the GDR with the USSR or Red-China as consignees.
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25X1
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13.I Comment. The railroad cars were deliver* ,p2 is t
14,I Comment. The shipments belong to the motor-vehicle exchange
movement. The consignees have not been determined.
15.
Comment.
The shipments contained fuel from the USSR for the Twenty- 25X1
-Fourth Air Arm
y (Oranienbur and Brandenb
depot in Raden
sleben.
25X1
16.
Comment.
The shipments probably contained T-54 tanks for the 7th
s { Div whi
ch is moyi_n2 to thA TIIA+Prbn& +rnnvn +,.n4?4.,n. ..,..,.i