RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY / REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Rail Freight Traffic through East German
Border Stations
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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TH15 DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
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DATE DISTR. 10 January 1955
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Number and Lead
Type of Cars
50 F
10 F
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direction of Cottbus toward Frankfurt/
Oder 1
Grosskorbetha Guben 3
Magdeburg Brest Litovsk
Chemnitz
Leipzig 2
Dessau
est Litovsk Naurburg 1
rection of Cottbus Brest Litovsk 5
direction of toward Cottbus
Frankfurt/Oder )
72 trucks direction of toward Cottbus
Frankfurt/Oiler
hipments
Number and From
Type of Cars
10 cars
27 cars
29 F
a train of 68 axles with 700 tans was
on 1 November. 1
October
25 16 T gasoline
8 F iron parts
6 F boxes
8 F trucks with
hoisting gears
boxes
26 21 R new
7 F wheel sets
8 F boxes
Date in
October
On 24 October, a train of 45 boxcars with uranium ore en route from Aue
to Brest Litovsk was observed at Doberlug. 5
5. The following shipments were observed at the Muellrose railroad station:
Date Number and
Type of Cars Load From
October
27 50 F
November
4 50 F
50 B
5 50 F
30
8. The following motor vehicle shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder
between 95 October and 6 November:
2_5 October. at 1900, 35 trucks from Brest Litovsk were unloaded )
26 October. At 1425, 46 trucks to Brest Litovsk ) 1 and 6
28 October. At 1900, 60 trucks to Brest Litovsk )
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Jueterbog Brest Litovsk
Frankfurt/Oder Finsterwald.e
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1 November. At 0330, 80 trucks from Bssest Litovsk
At 0400, 60 trucks to Brest, Litovs-:
2 November. At 0210, 80 trucks from Brest Litovsk
At 0230, 55 trucks to Brest L- ill
3 November. Ten repair-shoe trucks from RrPet Titovsk to Strausber_g
.4 November. At 0540 and 1300, 84 and '?0 trucks respectivelr
from Brest Litovsk
At 2100 and 2140, 80 and 25 trucks reeectively
from Frankfurt/Oder to Cottbus
6 November. At 0715, 25 trucks to Brest Litovsk
At 1026, 1200, 1300 and 1345, respectively.
80, 100, c0 and 85 trucks from Brest Litovsk.
Comment. These shipment; were connected with the motor vehicle
exchange ro ram which has been and -rz since late July 1954, The
shipment
on 22 October arv~rra~;h
of the p a r p r ~~OuslvF_
to
have had 3 flatcars.
e vo urns
o rucr: s lpmen s in o n irec Ions as continuous y increased since
October. It is not clear whether all motor vehicle shipments were
connected with the exchange program or were also made for equipment
purposes, possibly of the KVP.
Comment. These shipments possibly involved truck chassis whici_
pia een shipped to the GDR to be furnished with special su er.>tr at ree
in the motor vehicle repair shop "Red Star" of the GSI0 which is
located at Leipzig.
Comment. Deliveries of East German hydrogenation plants to the 025
Comment. Deliveries by East German railroad car factories to the
USSR. The Soviet-gauge wheel sets carried along will be used on these
cars in the USSR.
Comment. Deliveries from the uranium ore mining district in Saxon;,
Comment. It is assumed that th
Trn7-r-n-' -hay en dispatched em
ince 25 October.
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