SOVIET RAIL BORDER TRAFFIC AT FRANKFURT/ODER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006400660003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 10
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 6, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 3, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S-E-C-R-E-T
CENTRAL INTELLJGEWE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany DATE DISTR. 3 May 1955
SUBJECT Soviet Rail Border Traffic at Frankfurt/Oder NO. OF PAGES 5
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Shipment
n ?. f D - Des~cs~r= 1F - !tslesr; tl is
T - Tank Car; R - Refrigerator Car; SSy - Heavy-Duty Flatcar;
RRym - Heavy-duty Flatcar
1. The following Soviet rail shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder between
16 February and 1 March 1955;
Date in
February
F with
6 F with
8 F with
iron
14 F with machinery
4 F with
12 F with
17 60 G with ore
20 B with grain
20 G with coal
18 G with coke
18 G with pig iron
18 18 B with cotton
18 B with
12 B with
8 B with non-ferrous metal
14 F with machinery and
machinery parts
12 F with "
10 T _ with fual.
STATE
ARMY
CLASSIFICATION
CD NO.
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
From
Frankfurt/Oder-border
"
Erfurt
Jena
Magdeburg
Frankfurt/Oder-border
Magdeburg
Leipzig
M*rswbun
S-&-C.-R 19-T
lelri ~
Dresden
Brest Litovsk
Zilt endorf 1
Frankfurt/Oder
Piesteritz
Brandenburg
Thale
Riesa
Torgau
Dresden
Berlin
Brest Litovsk
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18 6 F with machinery
6 F with "
19 60 G with ore
8 F with iron
6 F with
8 F with
14 G with pig iron
18 G with
12 G with
26 B with tobacco
6 F with machinery and
machinery parts
12 F with
14 F with
10 B with wood pulp
2*,Vttb
20 60 G with ore
20 R undetermined
6 R undetermined
8 B undetermined
6 B with military goods
8 B with tetiles
12 F with boilers and
machinery parts
14 F with machinery and
machinery parts
10 F with
16 T empty
25 10 B with wood pulp
14 F with machinery
6 G with cable
60 G with coke
20 R with foodstuff
12 R with
12 B with
26 1 F with planks
4 F with iron sheets
3 F with iron
18 G with coal
18 G with coke
14 F with machinery
24 F with machinery and
machinery parts
6 B with furniture
2 B with films
Goerlitz
Aue
Frankfurt/Oder-border
Tuestrin-border
Magdeburg
it
Leipzig
Wolf en
Frankfurt/Oder-border
Plauen
Dresden
Dessau
Goschwitz
Wolfen
Erfurt
Berlin-Rummelsburg
Frankfurt/0der-b or(ter
Dessau
Magdeburg
Bad Liebenwerda
Wolf an
Ziltendorf 1
Halle
Grimma
Dresden
m,roeditz
Hennigsdorf
Brandenburg
Czechoslovakia
China
0
Ziltendorf
Leipzig )
Dresden )
Satzkorn )
Muellrose 4
great IL to-Vok
Leipzig
)
Erfurt ) 3
Altenburg)
Muel lro se
Wismar
Halle
Piesteritz
Eisleben
milha
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27 45 G with ore
25 G with coke
8 B with non-ferrous metal
4 F with machinery
61 F with
6 F with
March
1
12 F with machinery and
boilers
8 B with screws
8 F witt machinery
26 R with foodstuff
30 G with ore
10 G with cables
10 F with machinery
14 F with "
12 new express train coaches
2. Soviet rail shipments observed at Frankfurt/Oder between 3 and 6 March
included:
Date in
March Shipment
3
55 G with iron ore
56 G with coal and coke
Frankfurt/Oder-border
Berlin-Weissensee
Halle
Aue
Dresden
Finsterwalde
Magdeburg
Frankfurt/Oder-border
Berlinw'Koepenick
Erfurt
Magdeburg
Kuestrin-border
56 G, empty undetermined
10 F with SP guns
10 B
20 F with amphibious cars
36 B of theUS-Ford GPA type,
56 B
5 56 G, empty
35 T, empty
14 G with iron ore
40 T
56 B
55 F with boxes
6 56 G with coke
55 B
56 G with coke
56 B
46 B with uraftotm ore
Ziltendorf 1
Risleben
Berlin
Brest Litovsk
Leipzig 3
Ziltendorf 1
Brest Litovsk
To
Ziltendorf 1
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
Dresden 6
7
Brest Litovsk
8
Brest Litovsk 8
It
It
Brest Litovsk
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
undetermined
uadster tn.d
S-E-C R FF-T
It
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
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6
10 F with SP guns
toward Cottbus
30 B
6
56 G with iron ore
undetermined
1
56 F with boxes
Brest Litovsk
56 B and G, empty it
all B and T mentioned above were loaded, except as noted.
The following Soviet rail shipments were identified
on 23, 24 and 25 Februarys
Date in
February Shipment From
23 2 B, 6 RRym, 14 SSy Frankfurt/Oder
Meinsdorf 10
24 22 F, 3 SSy with military goods -'
exceeding the scheduled
load
25 undetermined with military Fuerstenwalde-Sued
Wuensdorf
goods
1125X1
2 B, 5 SSy, 12 RRym with Frankfurt/Oder
Doberlug
military goods
3 CB9 5 B, 12 SSy, 13 RRym;
Meinsdorf
Jueterbog
12
25X1
. 26 2 B, 5 SSy, 11 RRym; Frankfurt/Oder
Brandenburg
13
4. Qn 26 February, a troop train of 15 SSy with canvas-covered military goods
was observed at the Seddin railroad station. The train which was heavily
guarded came from Frankfurt/Oder and went to Brandenburg. The SSy-type cars
were of Polish origin. 13
Comment. The shipments contained ore for the Eisenhuetten-Kombinat Ost
at Fuerstenberg/Oder which has Ziltendorf as receiving station.
2.I Comment. The shipment contained grain which came from the USSR and was
redpatched on inland waterways.
3. Comment. The shipments contained ration supplies which were consigned
to the ration supply depots in the GDR.
4. Comment. The shipments contained material for the GSFG tank spare depot:
at Muellroee
5.
Commen. The shipment came from railroad car factories in the GDR and
was consigned to the USSR or Poland.
25X1
25X1
Comment. The SP guns were probably consigned to units of the 11th Gds Tk Div 25X1
7. Comment.
1t is noteworthy that the cars were possibly of US make.
Comment. The shipments came from hydrogenation plants in the GDR and
went to the USSR. The empty tank carq rQtuwned fzom the USSR.
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comment. The shipment contained uranium ore which was delivered to
the USSR from the Saxony Uranium Mining District.
11.~_ Comment. The three SSy heavy-duty Flatcars carried tanks of the new
previously observed with the same destination station.
. The 22 flatcars probably carried new motor
16tch were unloaded at Fuerstenvalde while the 3SSy cars were
redispatched to Waensdorf.
.
12. Comment. The shipments are interzcns3 x4jamants
and
The
probably contained tanks of 7th? at ~Ieinsdorf
which were handed over to the 14th Gds Mecz Div at Jueterbog within the
Third Gds Mecz Army, since the 7th Gds Tk Div was supplied with tanks of
the new type.
13.I __]Comment. The shipment probably contained heavy prime movers consigned
to the 124th ,$v How .Brig at Brandenburg-On 17 Februar-y 1955, similar
shipment was observed
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12 F with
A F with
14 IF with maohinery
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6 F with 19
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