PIT PROP SHIPMENT PROBLEMS IN NORTHERN FRANCE (1944)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000100140030-3
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• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2012
• Sequence Number: 30
• Content Type: REPORT

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t the Awilah1o m to 1 chv~fo o th
o r lrocLd
Lido of tho cmor~onoy Program oiJTod t suppl in .
tho minis of Narthorn Franco with pit props.
nurnbor of freight ours were hold back for tho samo raaso n. he Mai
The sAxno condition pplios to t Pa i *.ion, whore ~ ovnsi~erable
pit props ware held up booause of` line intorr
~Ptjone by; ?narny action.
district of the kailroad Ad,lini trdtir~n Nanc 300 fr i
~`, ~ht cars with
No. 8B/4 of thq Hain A nistrotian for the Transpor Cation ',yotom ~rt~ssels,
In its answer, the Main i~istration points out that in the
nand for pit Propu had inorQns, s?tron lye Ro tact thero
~ r farQ, wao mc:do
that tho ohiprnont o 4 pit props bo exom a
p d from P'roi~ht imbar"o ardor
On 1 iL.T19Mt,the , o d 1tdmiiliotr its ors in 11110 i
ormod tho
Pain ~d~iti,Qtr~~~on f-?~, tho Trsxa~ ortQi b
~ tan yctom in Irucco1Q that the
respect to the battloneck in the Pans 'egion, the n Adrni
nistratjan
in colo s~ E eats to the tv1 in Ar nist ition :io' th
e Transportation
System in Paps that pit props frog the ?-a
rides giorr be trans-shipped
could !pit props be oxomptQ d from the tra~jspo tation emba
rgo. r+ith
Admit~istl'ation was o~ z to move tho fre ight cars in the Nancy diet~iot
he soon as possSblo. Only after all the ac a Mato
cars wee}o rerriovod,
to water transportatians since most of the mnos in North' ey n Franee
on 1i)4, the Railroad p.strat3,en
in Mlle w:tnforrned that.
the Main I'dniinitz'ation in Pans was
axomp'tj1 complete freight train
have waterway connoct ons
daily with pit props from the Landes roion from
the ~'ransportatiotr
Embargo Order No LjC) of the Paris Main
Adminjstratjan ( ~ 11nbag ardor
No 95 of the Prus el Main Adrninistratio
n,)
on J' ~"_ 2i iL the ail -oad Adr inj trhtio
".---- n in L111o was inforned
Aisr1o + (k aiiroad Admit i .
t
the ~h~,Ppi prn~ram far' ~~,t pic~~~ fore rho narthorr~
dart cif the Do r+,
ra
on.l.e,
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R:L1rotd pit props on hind nwr off'
~ in biv t to, i to b 19!-.-
jQron Sty Qobain 3,iUQ
ioni d
Anizy QQ
t-UreQ l bQQ
Qhailvo
LundriCa9Urt L U
!1a j1o S LoTnont () 300
1
?abti
La outoi1iQ5?
t ,I cobort ~Q
uirc toL O 20
1
i) Noi vton 30Q
Sty I:xite~OU
CourY io a 1pp 1,000
Tavnwx
2,800 Anicourt
renco at tho tiai1road A in et Kati n L i11, 2)4 July hhf
Qcnfe
`the conference W~ called in order to ensure that:
'e he Ioadin i of ii art)' -its the dii'torant shippi: regi~yrns
could be handled y?tamati(U-Uy
b. the 1oaclin pro xiams of the di.t'fnrOht re Ons which up to
tc,b1iehed independnnt1 could bo bro ht into n utua1
th?n w~ ra ? e
s,greemont
the dirierent hippin programs proved none vary in
C0oi dinr~tiar1 of
order to avoid a transporttion bottienook in the railroad district of
..
have grave oonsoquenoes for `tho loading programs of
~ ~.1~ ' which would tha ): ailroad stations of origin. fhrT1an1 : The railroad district of
-~
Lille9 GSpacil in tts easto 'n seotory way the funneling region for
a
~'
poib o' iron the . fGrdmtr-oontrtbutin e ?onrfor~the
ttba~.p~t~p~"np dtrans a, .
ifferant oantributi regiohs to the mines
pit prop. transports frc~rfl the d
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u!i11 thQ oric c 1 2O Ju , only 7 tr n~ with pit prop h~4
u 'ivod h m n s fQUV iQioft qw ntity to eovQr ro uiror Antos
ThQrQroro, t i'oi1owing monthly pvegrwn Lor he tr r oport t4 on of pit
YE$`S+.?i#+{'+YiR'+~Ut - 1M'1fTh1'"~*R'#'RR!!1!'O~`~1~
~
??rAQw~Qwt up
20 ?bra liar month f=axa the Dopart~n~nt M&r -- to bo Qhtppoci by
Rnilro~ul District Pario?Fc t
:o trao por month ra~ tho Dopat'tercnt Mouo NQurtho of l'1oQO1ie
and thQ DC artt ?ont caonnoa .. to ba ohippod r 1 ilrond D tribt
Nancy
26 trate por month from tha northrn part o the Dapartramtnt Aisno
to bo shipped by Jailroad Districbs Lii1a and Paria-North
L5-5O tL~aina p?r mo ith from tho norbho n Dobarbomonts.
r or~nentr Ii` ,no t~kot th di ce ivon or tho . tran port tion
prom of the nsrtheZIi past of 'ho Dop rteraont ' a orio a rivcs at an
uvera o loan bcr ?rci ht car of tout ?O cubic motors Applyi bhic
tiure to tw 12ta trains of the abova proram, one obtains a ?iuro of
about 92,5OU cubic meters as the total monthly delivery of pit p rops'7
To repreQentativo of the 1tairoad Listricb Lii1e cleClared that
no doi'inite corn tments could be mace with res et to transportation
from tho faiiratid District Lille to the ininee Sabotage, aii attacka
and complete/ insu fioient socurity measures on the rail lines
led to an ineroasit g nurnbor o Iran portation interruptions, es o;La11y
:lii t1ie oaotern part of the dietx'ict, through which almost all of the pit
prop trains 1'ad to pass
In order to fac 1itate tranaportation o C pit props, it was decided
that battor control over the availabie empty return froight cars be
instituted and locomotives of the mines be utiii red r'or the bx' nsportaM
tion of pit props
It was pointed out that because of the necessity of dispatching
complete traine and because of the low nunabo~' of 1o djn stations avai~L'
able, oven loatiin delays df L.M5 days are adnisc b1o a
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mmQnt~ '1mcnt i ' ~1 iivt cutitnod ubov~' pros'
Qt its its nftt'6t'. 'J-hQ aon1ticn~ in the
St. (uontin o~oto~ o~ th
9~t ai' tho othor
tivo A' ho,tut ion in m
TQ'tVt'0fl_oi f t prOP~ in t St. Quanti aro~ s
1i1 Mavoni r t~ tt fit. uontin t1 b n
an rogrWn or pt SiI1eo
pt in a1o off' spoairii npa rt~ti p
t~
~t bcoUoin CL1 of~tb). P0~ ifVU ti &tiafl Wt
w O
t~ana~~t~tio~ ~~o not
oaioci1 out by t1 and vn t M not 1914 it opu tod to tho
o'ioo~ ,.~~-
0 in Li11 o that t trait pot` .tton bo1t1orioa1C WaC
R11'Qad ~tiniat~
a 1nck of friht or? + In et, by 7 Auuot, tbor wo
nat Qau~od by
~di L)il~ood ot~tia to of tb?
.
2~7 raiht o~Us awibiflC lv l'
ax'oa, but no pit props b~d arvec1. Dy ?tho mi~ldla oL the month, not a
inglo 1o?dad' tl~~~o'o, ?u,111mnt ~ t~4
o ~'roi~t ~ b~?~ boon ~
btu us't quota wao out o quootion.
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