RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS AND INTRA-ZONAL SUPPLY SHIPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007200700002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: June 2, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Geraa lr SPORT
TOPIC Rail Freight 'Traffic .thronch East German Border Stations and
Intra-Zonal Supply Shipments
EVALUATION ---PL~CE 0WWIED----E-::::=
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
PAGES 7 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) p r
REMARKS.
the
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following shipments passed through East German border stations
between 12 and 22 May 19551
B - boxcar, BB- heavy duty boxcar, F - flatcar] R - refrigerator car,
T - tank car, TT - heavy duty tank car F
Date in Number and Load
May Type of Cars
12 2 B military goods Muellrose
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
DATE PREPARED 2 June 1955
1 B, 1 F 2 AA guns Dallgow
54 T empty grumps
13 7 B ammunition Brest
2 B
2 B
trucks
2 R military goods
new trucks
58 T empty
30 F
Frankfurt/
Oder
Oder
Koenigswu-
sterhausen
Wildpark
pa
Altlueders
dorf
Ziesar
Eberswalds
Strausberg
Brest
Torgau
Fuersten-
walde Sued
Leipzig-
Eutritzsoh
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47 T empty Krumpa
52 F military goods Brest
9 B, 1 F
5B
14 B
35 F
11 TT
11 TT
7 TT
4 TT
4R
1 T
trucks
military goods Brest
H q
45 T military goods
7 TT benzol
46 B uranium ore 1Lue
52 T empty Krumpa
20 F 7 wheel sets Dessau
23 R new
2 TT military goods Brest
.3 TT
2 TT
1 TT
1 TT
1 TT
1 TT
1 TT
1 TT
3 TT
6 TT
Muellrose Kirchmoeser
Brest Muellrose
Werneuchen
Finsterwalde
Heidenau
Brandenburg
Leipzig
Aken
Satzkorn
Beinau
Gross Hasslow
Schlei$s
Strassgraebcho
Fuerstenwalde
Al t.A$rabew
Krumpa
Merseburg
Brest
Muellrose
Velten
Alt Strelitz
Biesenthal
Cottbus
Radebeul
Magdeburg
Akan
Nuenchea-
Bernsddrf
Nixdorf
Magdeburg
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1 F
3B
3R
3R
1 B, 2 F
1 B, 2 F
4B
1 B, 10 F
military goods
n "
n n
? n
Brest Frankfurt/Oder
Leipzig
Satzkorn
Fierstenwalde
Karlshagen
Satzkora
Jueterbog
3B
it
9ueterbog Brest
37 F
trucks
3B
military goods
Brest Frankfurt/Oder
3B
7B
it
1 B
Bernau
42 B
ammunition
Torgau
18
1 B
military goods
Jena
36 F
trucks
4F
Instrelits
3B
military goods
" Frankfurt/Oder
4R
4R
Leipzig
2 R
2 B
Satzkorn
2 F
Strausberg
1 B
Velten
3B
Muellrose
2 B
Altenburg
32 B
ammunition
Crawinkel
1 B
military goods
30 F
trucks
46 B
Uranium ore
Aue
52 T
empty
Krumpa
19
4 TT
military goods
Brest
4 TT
61 T
empty
Aker
Kruapa Brest
"
46 B
uranium ore
Aue
military goods
Brest Magdeburg
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9B
3B
36 F
12 B
9F
6B
16 B
6R
19 TT
3B
6B
3B
1 B
36 s
2 BB
1 BB
1 B
12 B
6B
16 TT
3TT
1 TT
1 TT
military goods Brest
> ri
~m un biox
military goods
*i*sUrose
Paumstenwalde
"
Finow
Jueterbog
Frankfurt/Oder
Jueterbog
Erfurt-Oat
household goods "
"
to of
!1 It
military
it
ammunition
aniline oil
bex$ol
29 TT "
46 R, 7 B military goods "
Yerseburg
Praakfurt/Oder
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2. The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 20 and 24 May:
G - gondola car
Date in Number and
1 Type of Cars
20 40 G
20 G
20 B
10 B
30 T
18 F
18 G
24 F
24 F
1 B
18 B
4B
10 F
8 F
20 F
16 F
12 F
16 F
16 F
8 F
12 F
coke Frankfurt-border Ziltendorf
it Eisleben
grain, peanuts " Frankfurt DSU
non-ferrous Berlin
metal
pig iron Thal*
it Groeditz
machinery and Magdeburg Brest
machinery parts
iron constructions Wiederitzsch "
uhdetermined Fuerstenwalde-Sued Biesenthal
grain Frankfurt-border Frankfurt DSU
provender grain " various railroad
stations
enamelled
containers Thale
cables Berlin-
Rumnelsburg
machines Schkeuditz it
it Zeitz to
jet fighters Frankfurt/border via Eberswalde
crates
Wiederitzsch
Erfurt
Leipzig
Magdeburg
Halle
Dresden
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22 30 BB empty Frankfurt/Oder Brest
30 F machines and Magdeburg
12 F machnery parts.
machines and Erfurt
machinery parts
8 F machines and Goerlitz
machinery parts
12 F machines and Dresden
machinery parts
12 F machines and Chemnitz
machinery parts
12 F machines and Dessau
machinery parts
24 25 B grain Frankfurt-border Frankfurt DSU
35 B
various railroad
stations
Comment. Intra-zonal shipments between known Soviet depots.
belongs to the forwarding agency of the Fourth Gds Meoz Army.
3.
Comment. Crude oil shipments from the USSR to East German hydrogenation
plants and empty tank cars returned to the USSR. 25X1
Comment. shipments from the USSR to Soviet
depots 25X11
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4. I LComment. These shipments were connected with the motor vehicle exchange 25X1
5?
6.
program.
Comment. Ration supply shipments from the USSR for known ration supply 25X1
depots.
Consent. This shipment was consigned to the GSFG tank spare parts
depot at Muellrose.
Comment. Fuel shipments ofor known air force and army depots. TT cars
are four-axle tank care with more than 30-ton load capacity.
Comment. Clothing shipment for the central clothing depot of the
GSFG in Bernau. 25X1
Lo sa This tank shipment is probably idsntisal with a sh nt sa
17 1 di? snaked to $f 25X1
"W **s* eft train umbers a ieh are arssi, ed by railroad
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Comment. This tank shipment is possibly identical with a shipment
on 17 May dispatched to Forst Zinna u)ader
Comment. Uranium ore shipments to the USSR
11. Comment. The new railroad cars were exported to the USSR. The Soviet- 25X1
gauge wheel sets carried along will beused on these cars in the USSR.
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12. 0 Comment. Probably truck chassis consigned to the air force depot at
Strausberg.
13.
14.
15.
16.
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d by ship
hip trans-
ter regiment
regiment
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Comment- Shipments of this sevies w ad previously.
Comment 16.
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Comment. These shipments were consigned to chemical plants.
Comment This confirms previous assumption concerning the additional
Comment. Grain shipments from the USSR which are forwards
rough the DSU (Deutsche Schiffahrtsuaschlagbetriebe) (German s
loading agencies).
Comment. This shipment was probably consiMed to the fig
at Pinow.
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