SOVIET RAIL BORDER TRAFFIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008000240014-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 16, 2008
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: August 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
TOPIC
CLASSIFICATION
East Germany
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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAiNED_
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Soviet Rail Border Traffic 25X1
REPORT
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4Wuguet 1955 25X1
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7.s Shipments which came from the direction of Cottbus, passed through the Iuellrose 25X1
railroad station and went to Brest,.Litovek on 30 July and 5 August 195j5'included
a shipment of 10 CTC, 3 F with wheel sets on 30 July,l and a shipment of 46 B
with uranium ore on 5 August?2
2? Shipments from Brest-Litovak
and 6 August includeds
Date Shipment
26 July 2 CTC, 9 CB, 8 B9 27 F with iielzow
military goods exceeding the
scheduled load, 1 kitchen oar
27 July 2 CTC, 13 CB9 12 B, 31 F with 17elzow
military goods exceeding the
scheduled load, 1 kitchen car
28 July 1 CTC, 13 CB,, 12 B9 22 F with Vogelsang
military goods exceeding the
scheduled load, 1 kitchen car
27 July 1 CB9 18 F Freienwalde
29 July 2 CTC, 12 CB9 12 B9 24 F with 1,1elzow
military goods exceeding the
scheduled load, 1 kitchen car
2 CB9 17 RRYM Oschatz
31 July 2 C`C, 9 CB19 B, 22 F, Yagelsang
1 kitchen car
3 August 2 CB, 19 RRYM
6 August 2 CB, 9 F, 17 RBYM
2 CB, 19 RRYM
2 CB, 16 RBYM
3,,, Shipments
Koenigsbrueck
Rangsdorf
Wuensdorf
Riesa
Satzkorn
between 5 and 10 August includedt
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between 26 July
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Date in Shipment From To
August
night of 5 6 R, 14 crash cars Wulkow Brest-Litovsk
6 16 F with military Brest-Litovsk Satzkorn
goods exceeding the
scheduled load
night of 2 F9 16 F with Brest-Litovsk Satzkorn
6 military goods
exceeding the
scheduled load;
19200 tons
9 12 cars with Leipzig- Brest-Litovsk
military goods Plagwitz
exceeding the scheduled load
10 3 cars, 3 cars with Magdeburg-'Bucka. Brest-Litovs1
military goods
exceeding the
scheduled load
1 CB9 50 F Magdeburg Brest-Litovsk
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omment, The shipment consist,.d of cars delivered by car factories in
the GDR to the US"R together with broad gauge wheels?
the US_R from the Saxoriy Uranium Mining District according to the monthly
delivery quota of 10,000 to 119000 tons,
Commento The shipment contained uranium ore which was delivered to
total of 11 such shipments has been observedo See Field Ccment 3 in
ommento The shipments included air force ground units from the 25X1
USSR whic: went to Welzow ai field and Gross Doe).
-In ~Aogelsang) airfield.,
Except for the shipment on 1 Jul 199r)- t 25X1
other four shipments were previously reported
At ,resent, a
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60
70
The shipments contin, e the rl..xppl of 'lank and mec_-ia:.a.i.zed
diviaiona of the GSFG w ,t',,'h T-54 tames from the USSR, Tho -h menu on 29
July 1955 was previously reported with the same data,,,
The shi ment on
August 1955 is possibly identical with a
shipment of 15 R w a c was men one r_ a r: Yluus re-'o t and "gent
toward Cottbus on 6 August 195;4 AU other
shipments in the present report are ret=orted for the first time.
Comment. The shipment contained ammunition or empty cartridge
cases which were returned by Soviet ammunition depots to the USS R. The
prefix number 1'90'1 is used for eastbound shipments;,
Comrnsnt, The exceeding of the scheduled load indicates that the
shipments probably contained. steel (bridge ?) constructions which were
delivered to the USI~R!,
Comment,, The shipment. probably contained motor vehicles which
iong-+ed to the vehicle exchange movement and were returned to the USSR0
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