RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007000240008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 9
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: June 20, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLI# E ANNOY
INFORMATION R T
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Raft Freight Traffic through East
German Border Stations
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DATE DISTR. 20 June 1955
NO. OF PAGES 9
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/Oder between
30 March and 11 April 1955:
u
25X1
B - boxcar
F - flatcar
G - gondola car
T - tank car
Date in Number and
March Type of Cars
Load
30 48 G
ore
Frankfurt 'Oder
Ziltendorf 1
14 G
coke
Frankfurt 1Oder
Eisleben
10 G
pig iron
Frankfurt/Oder
Thale
10 T
empty
Frankfurt Oder
Grosskorbethe 2
48 F
machinery and
Magdeburg
Brest-Litovsk
machinery parts
14 F
machinery and
machinery parts
10 F
crane parts
Eberswalde
Brest-Litovsk
8 F
machinery parts
Dessau
China
31 92 G
ore
Frankfurt Oder
Ziltendorf 1
border
10 T
empty
Frankfurt/Oder
Merseburg 2
border
4 F .sheet metal
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Date in Number and Load From To
March Type of Cars
31
SECRETI
2 -
4 F sheet metal Frankfurt/Oder Leipzig
border
8 B
tWerfOr~ ~~
metal
narrow-gauge Dessau
refrigerator cars
10 B
Zellwolle Wolfen
(rayon)
36 F
machinery and Magdeburg
machinery parts
24 F
'i~t'oetl~l ! Leipzig
2 April
60 G
coke Frankfurt10der
Border
24 G
14 F
iron
8 F
8 F
6 F
it
1+
4 B
40 F
chemicals
machinery and
machinery parts
Magdeburg
3
100 G
rootta~a3. 11r~1s
ore
Leipzig
Frankfurt/Oder
14 G
pig iron
border
14 G
24 G
12 B
cotton
SECM
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Brest-Litovsk 3
Ziltendorf 1
Eisleben
latsaei~s
Hale
Chemnitz
Bitterfeld
Brest-Litovsk
Thale
Hennigsdorf
Brandenburg
Riesa
Berlin
25X1
25X1
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SECR1 I 25X1
Date in
April
Number and
Type of Cars
Load
3
38 F
machinery and
machinery parts
Magdeburg
Brest-Litovsk
24 F
iron
constructions
Leipzig
10 T
paraldehyde
Merseburg
2
8 B
printing paper
Dreiwerden
10 B
matresses
Glauchau
01
10 B
textiles
Plauen
it
10 B
Zellwolle
(rayon)
Wolfen
to
4
45 G
Frankfurt/Oder
border
Ziltendorf 1
18 G
coke
Eisleben
10 F
iron
Leipzig
12 F
"
Dresden
12 F
it
Grimma
Erfurt
6 B
non4errora
metal
Berlin
12 P
machinery
Erfurt
Brest-Litovsk
12 F
wine barrels
Thale
10 B
Zellwolle
(rayon)
Vlolfen
26 F
iron
constructions
Leipzig
5
76 G
ore
Frankfurt/Oder
border
Ziltendorf 1
18 G
pig iron
Brandenburg
12 G
if
Tha le
12 G
Hennigsdorf
12 F
heavy machinery
Penig
Brest-Litovsk
24 F
machinery
Magdeburg
8 F
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Date in Number and Load
April Type of Cars
6F
*Wh
65 G
30 G
10 F
6F
16F
12 F
12 F
50 F
30 F
30 G
18 G
10 F
14 F
12 F
24 F
'60 G
90 G
machinery and
machinery parts
iron
wine barrels
machinery and
machinery parts
iron
constructions
cables
cotton
noeerrmi
meth
machinery and
machinery parts
Frankfurt/Oder
border
Magdeburg
Leipzig
Berlin-
Koepenick
Frankfurt/Oder
border
fee Leipzig
machinery and
machinery parts
Kuestrin.'border
Frankfurt/Oder
border
China
Ziltendorf 1
Unterwellenborr
Rostock
Stralsund
Wismar
'^Tiederitzsch
Brest-Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
Eisleben
Piesteritz
Dresden
Ziltendorfl
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SECRET
Date in Number and Load
April Type of Cars
8 30 G manganese ore Frankfurt/Oder Unterwellenborn
border
10 B peanuts Frankfurt'
Oder D.S.U
10 F sheet metal " Stralsund
6 F it it Rostock
14 F iron it Wiederitzsch
12 F it " Leipzig
8 F " Chemnitz
12 F Dessau
8 F r r r+ )~A//
9 60 G coke
90 G ore Frankfurt'Oder
border
20 G it " Unterwellenborg
24 G coke it Eisleben
18 F iron of Leipzig
8 F of Halle
8 F Grimma
12 F Erfurt
12 F Dessau
12 G pig iron " Groeditz
12 G Tangerhuette
10 F machinery and Dessau China
machinery parts
6 F
28 F
Magdeburg
6B
paper rolls
spa-19-?
Leipzig
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inn= 25X1
Date in Number and Load
April Type of Cars
9 6 B formic acid Bitterfeld Brest-Litovsk
4 B furniture Liebenwerda it
10 120 G ore Frankfurt /Oddr Ziltendorf 1
border
18 G pig iffon
14 G coal
12 F iron
12 F it
40 F machinery and Magdeburg
machinery parts
30 F iron Leipzig
constructions
18 F Ichtershausen
12 F machinery Erfurt
11 70 G ore Frankfurt Oder
border
12 G pig iron
30 F machinery and Magdeburg
machinery parts
20 F Leipzig
8 F machinery Halle
12 G barrels Merseburg
6 F machinery Aue
shipments
7 and 13 April:
CAB - converted boxcar
RRym - heavy-duty flatcar
Rie sa
Brandenburg
Piesteritz
Wiederitzsch
Leipzig
Halle
Brest-Litovsk
Hennigsdorf
between 25X1
SECRET 25X1
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Date In Number and Load
April Type of Cars
7 22 F exceeding Brest- Satzkorn
standard Litovsk
measurements
11 49 cars undetermined Frankfurt" Brandenburg
Oder
12 11 F, 22 RRym empty Haldenaleben Frankfurtl0der
13 1 C1B, 50 F undetermined Koenigs-
wusterhausen
2 C 'B, 20 F
Frankfurt" Satzkorn
Oder
a train of 40 ')oxcars with ammunition and
15 crashcars was dispatched from Wulkow to Brest-Litovsk on 14 April. 8
shipments from Brest-Litovsk
12 and 21 April:
W - well wagon
Date in Composition
April. of Trains
Dispatched to
12 2 B, 20 RRym Satzkorn
17 3 C'B, 22 F Altruppin
21 1 train W Meinsdorf
with 780 tons
5. About every other day, one train of empty ta.c,k cars for crude-oil
shipments has been dispatched from Frar:kfurt/Oder to Brest-Litovsk. Crude-
oil shipments from the USSR have so far arrived for Krumpa, ",`erseburg
and the RBD ?LTagdeburg. 10
6. Until 20 April, few grain shipments from the USSR arrived at Frr:ikfurt'Cder.11
7. On 18 April, 44 empty shuttle cars were dispatched from Krumpa to
Bftst-Litovsk.11
8. The following shipments to Brest-Litovsk were observed p