BRANCH OFFICE OF DERUTRA IN MAGDEBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001000450002-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 20, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 3t~1I REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East (armary
SUBJECT Branch Office of Derutra in Magdeburg
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
THIS OOCUBEST COHTA146 IN MWAVION APFECTI NO THE NATIONAL I1SFE95B
Of 74E UNITED ITATES. WITIIIR TUN BEARI9O OF TITLE 18. 39CTIO38 76'
AND 794. OF THE 4'. It- CODE. AS ARBEDEO.. ITS TRASSBI3S103 C?. RI.Vti-
ATIOS OF IT'S C33ITZMTS TO OS HICEIPT UT AN URAUTHORI$1'S FBRSO91
It PROBIBITHO ST LAW TUB REPRODUCTION Of THIS FORS IS PAWIDItiD.
DATE DISTR. 29 April 1953
NO.OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
l a t'a:-bi s grad hi lc lacing for shipxnerts consigned to the USSR,
China, Korea, Bulgaria ard Fiumani_a, as well as other satellite
areas are typed at the M.gdeburg branch of rerutra (Deutsch-
Russische Transport Gesell.schaft). The shipments consisted ri.irrly
of riach-dine goods, large quantities of machine parts, cranes and
heavy :Hach': ner r. The bulk of this production was shipped by
Lerutra From S:,G A',M Karl Tiarx-1:erke, `N7.deburg (formerly Schaeffer
und. Bud nberg) All such shipments were consigned to a central
collection point in Rostock, addressed to t1Uerutra/Rostocki19
-hence they were r.leonsi, aed to Meshinoimport, Techiiopromimport
and Stankoimnor. t 6
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:tec(ntly a large number of potentiometers and other measuring;
nsfrt;nents had be n shipped by the Karl-7arx-t-erke
some shipments were or-w:arded to Brest-Litovsk, via the i'asetralk
collection c)o:int station r Sammelbahnhof and bore the address
'Lynn Vneshtr~,n}s1t.
he Der u tra f --?`:icc in "as,debar,; is located at 'ternstrasse 27 0
'l.l Rus'`:'ians connect:-,,d t.'ith rP, The Drestent
die `"oviet book! 3ep,Gr j_5 t "nu) TJa'arovm
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The Ger !an Chic ' of '.'(.rut ^a `a-ccaburg is Heinrich Ribbo;
&, '111c. :r::pa.rtmer.t consists of the followin; persons:
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Bulk Freight Shipments Karl Hein,; R?chtar; lives in
Schoeneberg
Steno-Typist - Frau Irr?gard Fahienh-e; types
bo Bulk and container shi out the bi11 of Ia.ding.
pments Horst r' r1t e .
C. Shipments front Marzdeburg Area plants, ie h Buckau -oif.,
Ka??1 Liabkne eht lerke, 1+Iac:'ensenwerk, etc,. _ 'X-.r1
is brother of Heinrich Ribbe, the Ger,r to Chief o
d. Outside shipping representatives at Hitu Cent and Tbale:
I. Gerhard Fabi
2. ?.xnst Hahn;
enke;
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