RAIL SHIPMENTS OF URANIUM ORE THROUGH FRANKFURT/ODER AND PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING URANIUM SHIPMENTS

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• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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COUNTRY
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIREI
East Germany
Rail Shipments of Uranium Ore
through Frankfurt/Oder and Pro-
cedures for Handling Uranium
Shipments
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF
REQUIREMENT
REFERENCES
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. During the period 1 to 31 March 1953, the following uranium ore
(Masse) transports were handled in the freight_office. of the
Frankfurt/Oder railroad station and for*ardedoto Brest Litovsk:1
a0 Arrived in Frankfurt/Oder from :
Loads: packed
Date of departure
No: of
from Aue, March 1953
freight cars
uranium ore (in ton's)
1
45
675
2
10
150
7
45
675
13
45
675
16
45
675
20
43
645
27
30
450
28
30
450,
During :the month of March 1953) 293 freight cars loaded with
4,395 tons of packed uranium ore reached Frankfurt/Oder from
Ate.
b. Arrived in Frankfurt/Oder from Annaberg-Buchholz-Sued:
Date of departure
from Annaberg,Buchholz- '112,_2f
Sued, March 1953 freIght cars,
10 15
14 37
19 8
26 15
28 .15
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STATE
X
ARMY
X
NAVY
X
AIR
X
FBI
Loads: packed
'uranium ore (in. ons)
225
.555 .
120
225
225
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. Arrived in Frankfurt Oder from Breitenbrunn:
Date of dp_pgzIalm,
from Breitenbrunn2
MarS1_19.5-1
No of
_
freight cars
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.Loads: packed
uranium ore (it
1
21
315
'9
13
30
8
450
120
19
35
525
25
15
225
During March 1953, 109 freight cars loaded with 1,635 tons of
packed uranium ore reached Frankfurt/Oder from Breitenbrunn.
2. During the period 1 to 30 April 19532 the following uranium ore
transports were handled in the freight office of the Frankfurt/Oder
railroad station and forwarded onto Brest-Litovsk:
a. ?Arrived in Frankfurt/Oder from Aue: ?
Date of de.parture No. of
Aue. April 1953 freight cars
from
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Loads: packed-r
uranium ore (inAtons)
1
45
675
7
45
675
11
45
675
17
45
675
22
45
675
28
42
630
29
45
675
During .the month of April 1953, 312 freight cars loaded with
4,680 tons of packed uranium ore reached Frankfurt/Oder from
Aue'.
b. Arrived in Frankfurt Oder from Annaberg-Bachholz:
Date of atantlim
from Annaber -Buchholz
April 121a
4
10
13
21
28
30
No0 of
freight cars
25
29
5
24
35
12
Loads: packed -
uranium oreTintons)
375
435
75
360
553
180
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During the month of April 1953, 130 freight cars loaded with 1,978
'tons of packed uranium ore reached Frankfurt/Oder from Annaberg-
Buchholz.
c. Arrived in Frank,,/Oder from Breitenbrunn:
Date of de arture
from Breitenbrunn
Azza_125..a
3
9
13
21
27
30
No0 of
freight cars
20
16
40
-21
10
30
Loads: packed
uranium ore(intons)
305
250
600
315
155
505
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During the month of April 1953,. 137 freight cars loaded with
-2,130 tons of packed uranium ore reached Frankfurt/Oder from,
Bre itenbrunn.
3. Handling of uranium ore trains at Frankfurt/Oder
a. Special bills of lading are used for uranium ore consignments.
They are of a type valid only for international freight traffic
from East Germany to the USSR. These bills of lading are
printed in German and Russian. They are accountable documents,
and a strict check is kept not only on those used but also
on blank forms. Every bill of lading which is incorrectly
made out, or made out and not used, must be returned to the
competent authority; these unused bills of lading are then
forwarded to the nearest SCC office.
b. Bills of lading which accompany trains to Frankfurt/Oder
are collected each week, bundled up, and handed over to tne
Russian authorities at the frontier station of Frankfurt/Oder.
If) in exceptional circumstances, one is missing, ?the person
to whom the. loss is traced is held responsible.. In most
cases, even if his guilt is not proved, he is severely
punished, possibly by demotion to a subordinate post, large
"voluntary" contributions to the Korea fund, or even by
dismissal.
c. Because of bad dispatch arrangements in Aue)2 shipments
often arrive in Frankfurt/Oder without bills of lading or
accompanying documents. In such oases, the O.C. of the
escort party carries with him a note to that effect from
the Russian office at the departure station. The Russians never
let these notes out of their hands. When the bill of lading is
? missing, the Russian office at the Frankfurt station orders a
substitute bill of lading to be made out.
d. Transportation costs, shown on the bill of lading, are cal-
culated from the station of origin to Frankfurt/Oder. From
Frankfurt) the costs are calculated again for the journey
across Poland to Brest.pLitovsk. This is the task of a
special clerk in Frankfurt/Oder.
e. Payment of these. transportation costs is made immediately,
by check on the consignor's bank.'
f. The stop in Frankfurt/Oder is only made for costing purposes.3
A train of 45 loaded freight cars stays, on the average,'
four hours. . The Russian office in Frankfurt/Oder demands the
'completed papers for the journey through Poland within, two
hours of the train's arrival. If two trains with a small
number of cars arrive about the same time, they are joined
to form one train for the journey through Poland.. But the
stop in Frankfurt/Oder must under no circumstances exceed
six hours. If the second train arrives so late that-it can-
not be joined with the train alreadythere, they travel as two
separate trains. The decision to Soin two trains and the
departure time of the train from Frankfurt is made in every
case by the Russian office.
During the time the train stops at Frankfurt/Oder, the escort
party is forbidden to leave the train. It often happens, too,
that the whole escort is relieved at Frankfurt by a new
escort.
g.
la. There are very few car labels on uranium ore trains. -Generally,
only the first, the middle, and the last car are lnblled. ?
Trains which have ten or lesi'Cars are labelled onlyon the-first
and last. The same rule applies for the journey through -
Poland.
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Comment: It appears from the report that short trains
(i,e0 fewer than 45 freight cars) have passed through Frankfurt/Oder.
Comment: It i not clear if Aue?? is mentioned as an
example or some documentation is made
in Aue for all uranium ore trains.
Comment: This is considered to be an exaggeration.
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