TRANSPORTATION OF GERMAN TECHNICIANS FROM THE USSR TO THE EAST ZONE OF GERMANY

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• Publication Date: April 8, 1954
• 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
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY
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DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
USSR/Gettnany (Soviet Zone)
Transpoitation of deiman
Technicians frOm the USSR
to the East Zone of Germany
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1. .Tha syi4e authoritiee 2n:tilted tha.thirman specialists l at ..iiiiiiiii1-110.1,
new ot'itlipir return to Germany approximately f vs -ens: P1.10*---
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to,? theimMital departure on .19 January 1 20 ? itetsi-that.
reports that:alai, '
;five days?notice was given.. Official no cat on.,of departure was ,
given .at I stottng held- in the Gerlait living cittortera and attended .
by :all thi?Gsramis sp,:moiti.11stis,; Thirty of the folly-five apecialieta ' ?
at Arsenal licr.-,1?'aotually departed on thia..dats. .
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2: The ?Germiaz 'specialists were not placed under surveillazzOs zior Were .-
, they oat 'off froi OOntsot .with- the SoViets, prior to departure.. They
were attOieds, as in the piato. to-chop in the Oity at any time: '.
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The Germans weie\aleia-allowed to go with an escort to a post
office to send telegrams to relatives in East Germany.. Howeve4
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of. the German specialists was never delivered.
. ..Ctates and lumber for packing purposes Were furnished free
of charge by the Soviets. The Germans did their own packing
. and crating a few days prior to departure. Most of the German
'specialists sold their furniture to the Soviets, who were
Willing to pay relatively good prices for it. The Germans weie
.% allowed to transfer this money at a favorable exchange rate.
? Prior to packing a Soviet custois officer came to the German
quarters and issued instructions regarding the shipment of
certain articles. According to these directives it was forbidden
to take any written material and any Soviet money to East Germany.
All books,, including the schoolbooks of children,were collected
.for censoring. The Germans were told that the books would be
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were never seen again. Photo albums and film were also either
forbidden or very closely censored. Howeversall cameras, which,
had been,confinoated at the time of the arrival of the Germane
in Kiey, in 1946, were returned to the Germans. In addition only
one fur coat and one piece of jewelry was allowed for each
individual.
6. Unlimited quantities of food and beverages could be taken on the
trip. The only restriction was caviar, which was not to exceed
'half a kilogram. the Soviets made a
very superficial check of the food packages. Howevex:pboth
Likages. stated that there was no inspection of
food pa
CUSTOMS INSPECTION ON THE DAY OF DEPARTURE
7 On the day of departure household goods as well as hand luggage.
and other packages of the Germans were picked up by trucks and
taken to the railroad station in Kiev.
8. Household goods and all other orated items were inspected At the
railroad 'station by uniformed Soviet customs officers in the ,
presence.of the Germans. The thoroughness of this inspection
',Varied.. Both?Istate that it was a very
superficial. inspection and !eget only spot checks were made.
if_,.etatesjhowever,that a thorough customs inspection
'was made; 'crates and suitcases were opened and their contents.
checked pieoaby,piece. 4
:After inspection the orates were sealed and numbered and put .,
lifer; the baggage care. There was no inspection of .personel 1St
ISi hand ???? carried packages at this time. With the aseistance
of Soviet- werkers the German specialists boarded the train '
with their had luggage.
DESCRIPTION OF TRAIN' TRIP
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? . 10. The train for the German specialists consisted of two to five
care and one to two baggage oars. The passenger oare were ofiv
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a common European type lith separate third claps compartments.
Each car had its own coal heating system and alwashroom. No
dining oar was attached. Hot water was available-for tea 'or'.
coffee. Soviet train personnel supplied mattresses and four
persons .could sleep in two upper and two lower berths in each .!
compartment.
11.- Arrangements for space allocations, had been made in advance by
the interpreters at the plant. There was for every.
one, and families were kept together.
12. The train,ivas exclusively for the German specialists. Bowen;
two or three Soviet civilians escorted the train from Kiev to,
Wolf en. They had one or two compartments in one oar.1
one ofithem was from Arsenal No.1
in Kiev.
13. During.the trip the Germans were allowed to circulate from one
car to another without escort and to leave the train at every
station in the USSR and East Germany without an escort. Row-
everithey were informed at the Soviet-Polish.border not to
leave the train while in Poland. None.of the\
left the railroad stations, but stated that, some of the
Other Germans went into, the towns such as Brest-Litovsk.
14. Placerwhere the.G.ermansAtopped erLroute to Jena included Gomel
and Brest-Litovsk in the USSR, outside of Warsaw in Poland
(at night), and Frankfurt am Oder and Wolfen in East Germany)
where they left the transport.
15. It wOuld have been relatively easy to mail letters at these
? station' stops, because the Germans were not under surveillanos
during these stops.
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.16. ither Wendors nor any Other Soviets boarded the train at stops.
owever the Germans could purchase food and beverages at. the -
. various Stations.
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.17.. No roll Call was made, except once by Polish officers after the
Germans had passed the Soviet-Polieh frontier. Once or twice ?
day one Of the Soviet civilians 14iti. escorted the trait from
Slev:to Wolfen wandered through the train but did net check any-
thing or talk to the Germans; None of the Germans had.tickets
or any identification papers. However,the Germans had to pay_ .
for the trip, and this moneY was deducted froltheir ttailyesIsty
MAUKKiv plant against a receipt.
INSPECTION OF PERSONAL BACGAGE'AT,BREST-LITOVSK
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18. The Germans flopped from 15-18 hours at Brest-Litovsk where they
were transferred to a special German train with third class cats
and no dining car. This train was operated by German personnel.
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..lhe hand luggage of the Germans was superficially inspected
j: the train by a Soviet and a German custota officer. In
addition Polish officers took .a roll call of all the Germans
tbyliecking:a.liat 'which Contained nanes and photograph!.
liOnedhold goods were placed On the German .train without any
.furtherinepection. '
ARRIVAL IN .GERMANY.
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-o .:the Germans left the train at Wolfen near Bitterfelpt.indL.
'sfleflours- laiet'Weita taken to Jena by bis. No inspeetiOn
Of nOusehold goods or personal luggage was made upon arrival.
The baggage oars continued by rail from Wolfen to Jena.
. A few days later household goods were delivered free of
-Charge. -.The Germans did their own unorating and checking. .
of the three sources interviewed found anything missing
or confiscated.
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