GERMAN RAILROAD BRIGADES SERVING SOVIET TRAINS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001200580007-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 22, 1948
• Content Type: IR

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INTELU.AGENCL' REPORT
polish Administered Gxermanz. cn~ USSR DATE:
German Railroad Brigades Serving Scsviet
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1. Each of ' Gera^ar~ railroad br?igadcss servl.ng with Soviet trains includes ,he three engineer-firer ens, two I:,;.ainraer and ('.?ne car supervisor, and cc)ntrc 's
one locomotive and one caboozc?. T e brigades are commanded by a Soviet
engineer with t1.e rank of -ma.1cr, be is aosisted by a captain ard a
lieutenant. The ecrrmander ii the right to imrpose fines and give ;abort
prison ?=entences; more sari-xiv offcrses suggesting sabotage, howe-cn= r, sx?e
h^ ndled by the Soviet 2 Slit; r Ocrurts. liembers of the brigades roNeive
adequate food ra.ticne and. wag; s.
2. Until April 1947 the railroad brigades were shadowed by the iV1D while In
Soviet territory, tut the practice was dit>conttinued due to a encrt4ge of 1'7!D
personnel. Upon ortorinr Sov:,.et -'rritory, the brigades are sti7 ^r4:.:.h a
for propaganda rat,, rial.,
3. The Russian population has di pla: ~ c' a reluctance to talk to ,ambers of t ha
German, railroad brigades fo:r 'L'ear ::f repr:.sale if found out by the )r6er
police or the MVD?
According to source., moe 4 rail osd t.'anspc H?ts to the USSR f'an'g.? ot?r t ,v ,,r=1;
`re.zaf:f~ t%Gder- 'azx~: n--t~srsa : aced t1eu branch o:`'f to Kovel, Brest-I?,stove
and Pia.lgstok. Few i;ra.nsportc use t? se northern route via Firchau 0154/.'34,9)`_'
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.LnSteri'4Vg (R55/V55) . ae the i fines in this region are being t:u red to trrt mf r~i
lkraina::_:..j families to East i'mmssiao Sovict transports also do not, use 'ae
f~outhor n route tpi '. lesia4. r?a cow-lb-r