RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH FRANKFURT/ODER

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CIA-RDP80-00810A000100490009-1
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February 3, 2009
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February 27, 1953
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-00810A000100490009-1 CLASSIFICATION SECEET/CONTROL - D.S. OFFICIALS ONLY ' Er'f3T~1~! Y INVORMATION CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY R EP -INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY East Germany SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRED :.SATE OF INFO. Rail Freight Traffic through Frankfurt/Oder REPORT thG following rail shipments crossed the border in the directions .indicated from 29 November through 5 December 1952: B - boxcar F flatcar G - gondola car R - refrigerator car T - tank car Number Load Fron Date in and Type November __o ff. Cdr 29 3 R 2 T cotton seed oil T sunflower seed oil 1 T vegetable oil 1. B flax fibre 1 R canned meat 1 R 7 B oil cake 1 G pig iron 25 YEAR RE-REVIEW 3 G ORI CD NO. DATE DISTR. 27 February 1953 NO. OF PAGES 10 NO. OF ENCLS. SUPPLE.IPtrT Tn Brest Litovsk Zwickau, P1suen Chemni.tz 1 " Plauen.Chemnitz It Pratau n Got*~ " Rosslau " Torgau Schlauroth 1 " Drosden area n Casw3.h it .1 Zeitz 31 ;TE NAVY X rssaa DISYRIBUTfON ARMY ~f R1 ti Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-00810A000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 25X1 SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. 0.rICIALS ONLY - 2 - Date in 7sbe Umber and Type Q Cara Load - 29 1 G ferro-manganese ore Brest Litovsk Unterwellenborn 5 G Donets anthracite Piesteritz 25X1 3 G manganese ore Giltendorf 2 3 G ore 2 G Donets anthracite Piesteritz. Thale 13 G pig iron 2 B iron `Tire Wieieritzsch 2 B peroxide Bitterfeld 2:eis-'en 1 B lead 1 B raw bast fibre Torgau Teltow 3 B peas 24 B cotton R3sea-Harbor 2 B oil cake Dresden 24 B barley Brest Litovsk . Sangerhausen shuttle- train Artern, 49 B L erstenberg, Frankfurt/Oder 3 30 28 B 9 B oil cake 1? G pig iron 3 B iron wire 1 B flax fibre 52 B barley 4 B onions 3 B strawberry pulp 1 B eggs 1 R poultry 2 B white cabbage 1 B military goods 10 B amrunition Brest Litovsk Frankfurt/Oiler-Harbor, Fuersten'oer/0der '3 Halle area Thale Wiederitzsch Torso ,~,rf urt, Sangerhaus en 3 various railroad statinna 4 Altengrabow SECTwT/CONTROL - U.-'7- )FFICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 SFCRL'T/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY -3- Number Load Date in and Type tioyember Cars 30 2 B ammunition 3 B military goods 9 T empty 9 G manganese ore 21 G ore 23 G pig iron 1 G chromium ore 30 T empty 4 B bronze 3 B structural iron 9 B cotton 7 B wool 2 B naphthalene 2 B wool 5B 26 B " empty 3 G pig iron 11 T empty 1 B poultry l .B hazel wood hoops Date in December 1 6 B arsenic trioxyde 16 G pig iron 1 B onions 6 B military goods 4B Brest Litovsk4 Jueterbog n Leipzig 5 'erseburg 5 Ziltsndorf2 Coswig, Thale Frankleben Bitterfeld Nerseburg,Leipzig 5 Finsterwalde Reichenbach R.iesa " Leipzig Brest Litovsk Merseburg Wilkau-Hasslau " Leipzig Coswig Merseburg 5 toland Leipzig Halle Chemnitz, Coswig, Goessnitz,Penig, Pirna Poland Schleiz Brest Litovsk Dallgow-Doeberitz Muellrose SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. '?F''ICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 SECRET/C`?NTROL - U.S. C FICIALS ONLY - 4 - Nuhher Load Date In and Type 4B military goods 4B /,, B 4B i F 4B 1B 9G 38 B pig iron empty drums iron wire structural steel white cabbage morello cherry pulp ig iron barley 19 B co`-ton 2B " 17 B wool 3 F iron tubes 3 F sheet metal 5F 3 R 3R structural iron poultry onions turkeys 9rest Litovsk n Muellrose Jueterbog Potsdam Muellrose Zeitz, Webau Halle,Leipzig Merseburg Halle ar=a, Erfurt area Leipzig, Plauen Bret Litovsk Leipzig Fuerstenberg, Langensal^a 3 SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS OIL' Riesa,Dresden Wilkau Ilasslau, Leipzig Leipzig,Wiederitzsch, Barby Torgau 'resden,Weimar, Clerli tz -:e.iningen, G:zben Dresden, Leipzig, Gubtrn Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 Se RET/CONTROL -. U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY - 5 - Number Load Date in and Type December of Cara- 3 B 3B 5B 5F 4F I F 1 G 3F 3F 4F 15 G 6G military goods butter iron tubes sheet metal structural iron pig iron .sheet metal steel tubes iron wire rig iron manganese ore morello cherry pulp 1 T sunflower seed oil 3 T cotton seed oil i T 20 T 10 T 10 G 19 G 26 G 4G 1 B 1 B empty manganese ore ore ore manganese ore morello cherry juice whits cabbage S sCRET/C0?,TYROL - U. S. '!FFIOIALS O?-3i.,Y iikau-Hasslau, Leipzig Gera, Erfurt Erfurt Wiederitzsch Wiederitzsch Ziltendorf 2 Groeditz,Freital, Kroseen,Lauchha inner Ziltendorf 2 Miltitz Rosslau Pratau Gotha Dessau 5 Grosskorbetha 5 Ziltendorf 1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081OA000100490009- ~X1 SECR T/CONTROL - U. S. 0='"I ;IALS ONLY -6- 25X1 Nuriber Load Date in and Type December of Cars 2 B hazel ; ,ood hoops Poland 46 B cotton !-,rest Litovsk 2,4B n n 5B 6 F structural steel 16 B milit' ry goods 23 B brewing barley 34 B 4 B wool 4 B naphthalene 2 F structural iron 2 B bronze 2 F structural iron 2 F iron tubes 2 F sheet metal 11 F structural iron Halle nres?'en, Riesa Riesa Dresden Frankfurt/Oder 3 Fuerstenberg, Golssen, Finsterwalde 3 Torgau Leipzig Mereeburg Leipzig-Lindenau Wiederitzsch, Zittau,Dessau. 3 F iron tubes Neu Petershain 2 R poultry Poland Weimar, Leipzig 2 B naphthalene Brest Litovsk Merseburg 2 F structural steel 10 F 2 F 2 F iron tubes 2 F she:-t metal 2 F iron tubes 4 F structural steel 4 F sheet metal 3 F structural steel S'?CRFT/CoN``RQL - U.B. OF--I rALS (NLY Leipzig Lindenau :feu-Petershain rittau Ch-'mnitz-Hilbersdorf thuttle- train Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 SECRET/CONTROL - U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY - 7 - Number Load Date in and Type Decer ber of Cars ~. ~_.. 4 B molybdenum ore 5 i3 oil cake 29 B barley 6 G pig iron -3 B wool 1 B cosmetics b. Eastbound Date In November 2 B bronze 1 B flax fibre I R poultry n 3 B cotton 4 B oil cake 2 B military goods 28 F M 8 rocket launchers 15 F M 8 rocket launchers 1 B escort person; -el From To Brent Litovsk Bitterfeld rfurt area Erfurt Leipzig Krossen Leipzi ;-Plagwitz Poland Zwickau Finsterwalde Torgau Br?sden Brest Litovsk Riesa, Pr-sen " %.-Ile It Rath mannsdorf S rdal Fuer sterewald.e 1 .B iron wire Stettin -Harbo 0,, echo slovakia 6 B cellulose Kue:'t.rinmborder Pilsen 2 B mi' i tart' goods Fuerstenwalcie -Brest Litovsk I F 1 F switchboard cabinets laboratory desks intercooler Ber'.j.n.-O - thafen I G 1 3 telephone cables sugar 40 Stavenhagen Mi:,ak 9 1 G pressure oil Berlin-O, thafen KatoNice switches l B pressed Erkner Wegl.,nice materials SECRET/CON ROL - ITS. ?2P:'ICL T ) O -YT.Y Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081OA000100490009-1 25X1 SEC?i.FT/CONTROL - U. S. 01FICIALS, ONLY 8- Number Load Date in and Type sugar Pr n~lau Brest -itovsk Thoeringswerder It liquid paraffin Wolfen Repzen vulce.n fiber Werder plat-is 3 B permanr-anate of Bitterfeld Bret Litovsk Potassium B Igelit ? B earthenware 1 B Wolfalit (sic) Wolfen Brest Litovsk 1 B perlon 2 B Agfa films 5 B kitchen Thal.e It utensils 1 B luggage Magdebur# Buckau n 18 F machinery and machinery parts 9 B cellulose Wolf an Ivancvo 2 13 potatoes Tulow(sic) Budapest 56 B eriptlr grain Frankfurt/Oder Brest Litovsk 3 shuttle train 56 B sugar Thoeringswerder 55 G emptpr Frankfurt/Oc3er )ate in December 50 R emit y erlin-Wriezener railroad station 5 F machinery Magdeburg 2 B kitchen furniture l1. r; carbide Piesteritz 9 5 B sugar Luebz B cresidine (sic' Wolfen 2 -? tr an3#orners Dresden 2 P liquid paraffin Wolfen Reppen 9 F hoisting gear Lei,-zig Brest Litovsk warts S MET/CONTRAL - U. S. OF "ICIALS ONLY Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 25X1 Tumber Bate in and Type 12 ember 0 f C., Load 2 ',5 B 3 ~. , _, B Prn_oty grain Schoenheide 21 BB 55 0 55 sugar YQ r`-enz1au 11suen 9 trains 4 Staveithp.pen Minsk 20 F iron construe- material Eisenenalterei Brest Litovsk 55 B sugar T'oeringswerder 3 F machinery Frankfurt/Oiler 3 '7ord er 38 F rd,scellaneous 13_ ._ ~oocIs int. Refrigera tor shuttle cars operating between. Fast Germany and she ~ mL_____~CgMt fta~ , Raw materials deliveries to the Foundry Co:b~ne East year IFuerstenbergjoder. PgaMn :t,. Grain shuttle trains , tt, Anniuni+i-'n depots of the Third Shock A _ and the Third Gds Iiieca Arr oca din Alten bow ^nd J at rbo -. 6. 7'rflnty tank cars returning to a-t German hydro venation plants. Cam- znent, All the I I mentioned wee p evirusly known. :L d snti ied. Inds-- figure 20 is reported for the fir-t time and cannot be 25X1 25X1 25X1 ~,~Co~r=1 wa.s previously observed in Stendal-Borstel nd be' ongs to the 39c..th (?) RL Regt which has thus been e-Ayryrned until 5 Bscerfoer. .:oriel 8 rocket 1 -inchors were in use with the Soviet Army during World- War II. It 25X1 there"ore arpears 'mprobable th^.t such obsolete artillery nieces should have b33en shipp.--d to East Ger-any. This assumption is supported by the fact that the regiment :gent Toned is eq---ipped with 32 artillery pieces which represent nut-horized Trui sm. 'l CBi T/C .WR0L - U. S. OF ICI. ? S Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081OA000100490009-1 Approved For Release 2009/02/03: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA000100490009-1 C .ET~C'NTR3L - U OFFICLL; S ONLY 10 g ctensive su;a del iveri Lhe U- " November as in 1951. ent, Cc r Sunple^Ients the tabulation of uranium ore shipments to the U.S.S.R. tran_sr.itte'3 in a previous report. S7CRET/CONTROL - U. S. 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