RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH FRANKFURT/ODER

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007700550007-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
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DATE DISTR. 8 September 1955
COUNTRY East Germany/USSR
SUBJECT Rail Freight Traffic through Frankfurt/Oder NO. OF PAGES 3
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 15. SECTIONS 793
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ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
NO. OF ENCLS.
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The following shipments were observed at Frankfurt/0 n ll and
16 July 1955:
boxcar
flatcar
gondola car
Date in
July
Number and Load
Type of Cars
Prom
11
56 G
56 B and G
iron ore
empty
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
12
48 F
iron sections
52 F
1 train
crates
16 tanks covered
with tarpaulins,
2 aircraft in crates,
6 trucks
Brest Litovsk
direction of
Cottbus 2
2 B
personnel
56 G
empty
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
56 B
undetermined
of
56 G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
14
62 F
crates
undetermined
Brest Litovsk
54 F
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II
II
14/15
37 B
undetermined
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56 G
empty
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14/15 54 B undetermined
15/16 54 B empty a
56 G iron ore
54 F crates
45 T undetermined
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in the directions indicated:
19 July. 2 converted boxcars and 16 6-axle flatcars with load exc g
standard measurements from Brest Litovsk to Glauchau
4.
15 July. 1 converted boxcar and 25 flatcars from Bernau to Brest-Litovsk;
5.
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
a shipment)
consisting of 25 boxcars was dispatched from
Kapen to Brest Litovsk on 15 July 1955. 4
the following shipments were dispatched
18 July. 2 converted boxcars (?) boxcar 14 crash cars from Brest-
Litovsk to Ries 4
One empty train consisting of 2 third-class passenger cars, 13 converted
boxcars, 2 kitchen cars, 9 boxcars and 28 flatcars was dispatched to
Brest-Litovsk on 20 July 1955. Trains of the same composition were
scheduled to be formed on 21 and 23 July. 6
During the period between 15 and 23 July, about one empty train,
consisting of 50 tank cars, was daily dispatched to Brest-Litovsk. Loaded
tank cars coming from Brest-Litovsk were consigned to Ruhland and
Merseburg. 7
C mment. Incoming shipments of raw materials consigned fined to Eisenhuetten-
-Kombinat Ost (iron Foundry Combine East) (EXO) at Faerstenberg/Oiler,
which is served by Ziltendorf as railroad station.
Comment. Continued shipments of tanks (T-54s) from the USSR.
,shipments appear to be as follows:
Shipment on 12 July. This shipment is probably identical with a shipment
of tanks consigned to
Ze ithain
Shipment on 15 July. It cannot be definitely determine4 if this shipment
is reported for the first time or if it is identical
consign to Oschatz
Shipment on 19 July. This shipment have been reported previously
4.
Comment. Deliveries by East German hydrogenation plants to the USSR.
Comment. The shipment on 15 July carried ammunition and/or empty
ammunition boxes and was dispatched from the Soviet ammunition depot at
Kapen to the USSR. The shipment on 18 July consisted of ammunition from
the USSR consigned to the ammunition depot at Roederau of the 1st Gds
Mecz Army which is located in the Riesa area.
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Comment. Possibly outgoing motor vehicle shipments to the USSR
wit in the framework of the motor vehicle replacement program.
Comment. These empty trains are probably used for the transportation
of air force ground and supply units to East Germany. These s}i.pments
were reported for the first time in July 1955.
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shipments from the USSR consigned to GDR hydrogenation plants. Such 25X1
import shipments have been observed since April 1955-
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10 The followinC shipments were observed at Franc;furtiOdor between 11 and
16 July 1955a
3
boxcar
F
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flatcar
C
2
Gondola car
T
tank ear
Date in Number and Load
July Type of Cars
56 G
56 and G
iron ore
empty
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
12
46 F
iron sections
52 F
1 train
crates
16 tan1:s covered
it
Brest Litovak
direction of
with tarpaulins,
2 aircraft in crates,
6 trucks
Cottbuo
2
2D
personnel
13
56G
empty
undetermined
56 B
undetermined
1/
56G
iron ore
Brest Litovsk
Ziltendorf 1
14
62 F
crates
undetorminad
54 F
go
II
to
lr./ 15
37 B
undetermined
25T
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3
56 0 empty 11 SI
1 train 20 tanks covered Brent Litovsk direction of
with tarpaulins Cottbus 2
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14/15 54 B
J-5/7-6 54 B
56 G
54 1'
45 T
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2 ..onvc. %b^ oars and. ?.:S 6_,Sle flatca. ?e 5: i'~h oac exoeedl.rag
13 JiD.Y. 2 boxcars,
Li~;?vsk.to Rissr.,
boxcar
and 14. crash care
an 25 r:' .ADars ''nom A : au to B:~es? -Latovrk3
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