SOVIET RAIL SUPPLY SHIPMENTS

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CIA-RDP80-00810A008400050008-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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3
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December 21, 2016
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May 7, 2008
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8
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Publication Date: 
October 25, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/05/07: CIA-RDP80-00810A008400050008-9 CtASSF1CAT COUNTRY TOPIC Soviet Rail Supply Shipments EVALUATION. DATE OF CONTE DA17 OBTAINED REFERENCES PAGES 3 REMARKS It. in September 19 PLACE OBTAINED 25X1,,,,.,,, 25X1 DATE PREPARED 25 October 1955 B - Boxcar; F - Flatcar; F/S - Flatcar with Sideracks; C/B - Converted Boxcar; G - Dondola Car; T - Tank Car; R - Refrigerator Car. The following shipments were observed passing through Frankfurt/Oder 19 and 24 September 1955: Number and T ypo of Car 56 B 56 G 47 T 10 B 46 B 54 G 54 G 20 R 52 F 40 G 40 B Load Dispatched From Dispatched To undetermined Brest iron ore Brest 'Ziltendorf 1 Brest/Litovsk undetermined uranium ore Brest 2 timber Brest 1 train 60 1- -ton trucks Brest 1 train B and F 40 B and 3-ton trucks coke Brest new equipment Brest 4 crates Brest iron ore Brest Ziltendorf 1 undetermined Brest iron empty iron Brest iron ore Brest Ziltendorf 1 undetermined Brest ur beam ore Brest Brest 2 iron ore- Brest Ziltendorf 1 1 train 60 11--ton trucks Brest 3 and 3-ton trucks 52 F 54 G 51 B&F 53 46aB G 54 G 52 F iron parts 56 F and G timber CLASSIFICATION SECRET Approved For Release 2008/05/07: CIA-RDP80-00810A008400050008-9 .j 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/05/07: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008400050008-9 Date in Number and Load September Type of Care 22/23 1 train 25 3-ton trucks Brest 45 jeeps 56 G coke Brest 60 G empty 56 G and F timber Brest 23/24 56 G iron ore Brest 52 F crates 1 train 46 jeeps 56 G 46 B 52 B 54 G 4Band9F 3-axle armored Brest 3 personnel carriers empty uranium ore undetermined iron ore 25X1 25X1 Dispatched From Dispatched To Brest Ziltendorf Brest Brest Brest 2 Brest Ziltendorf one shipment consisting of 1 C/B, was dispatched from Moe and one shipment consisting of 1 B and 2 F, C 25X1 25X1 25X1 ILLEGIB 25X1 25X1 on 19 ep mber 1955. 25X1 was dispatched from Magdeburg-Brueckfeld Date in Number and Load September Tape of Cars 3. 23 50 cars 24 1 C/B, 45 F 28 1 C/B, 17 B, 17 F 4. 17 1 T 2 T 19 5 cars 21 10 F 24 1 car 27 6 F/S undetermined Frankfurt/0 Jueter og Koenigswuster- Brest ss hausen Jueterbog-A gasoline Frankfurt/0 gasoline Brankfurt/0 5 trucks, 1 jeep ra ur military goods Frankfurt /O 15 small 1/axle long- Frankfurt 0 ish trailers with four-cornered metal body about 80x120 mm mor- Rathenoi tars 4 small 1-axle trail- Frankfurt /O ers 30 crates Brest L Velten Radensleben o Satzkorn Frankfurt/0 4 Koenigsborn Approved For Release 2008/05/07: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA008400050008-9 Approved For Release 2008/05/07: CIA-RDP80-00810A008400050008-9 1. Comment. Raw ore shipments from the USSR for EKO Fuerstenberg/ Oder. Comment. Shipments to the USSR from the uranium ore mining district in Saxony. Comment. Incoming shipments of new motor vehicles and outgoing shipments of obsolete vehicles within the framework of the exchange program. Comment. The shipments dispatched from Moegelin and Rathenow are possibly identical in spite of the different dates. These shipments presumably transferred surplus 120-mm mortars to the USSR. A shipment with 11 x 120-mm mortars, dispatched from Biesenthal to Fuerstepwalde on 21 September. Commentz Outgoing shipments with military goods including vehicles, weapons, equipment or aircraft to the USSR. Similar shipments, dispatched from Jueterbog, were reported -)reviously. Comment Supply shipments of fuel destined for the GSFG. Comment. Ration supply shipments. Comment. According to place of destination, the shipment contained field baking ovens. 7. Comment. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 this shipment contained 25X1 air force equipment, possibly engines. It is unusual that Horka served as border railroad station for military supply shipments. 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/05/07: CIA-RDP80-00810A008400050008-9