RAILROAD CARS DISPATCHED-OUT OF EAST GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001800180004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

The fallowing numbers o? -ent ty railroad tars ware.
in April 1953: 1... ,,
/,ASR (Brest Litovbk}' 6,086 boxcars
20 flatcars
4,798 gondola cars
120 refrigerator
Poland 1,162 gondola cars
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for grail
for' ore
cars = for butter
for coal
60 refrigerator cars for meat 1
2. A total of 98 e:apty boxcars were dispatched to East Gernany from
Czechoslovakia for the shipment of potash. 2
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CLASSIFICATION SECRET/C011TROI, - IT. S, OTFICI L C;;bx
CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO
COUNTRY East Gerr any ,-
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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Re.ilroncd Cars Pisratcha Out of
Est Germany
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1N Comment. As coa"tared with March 1953, the present report indicates
v ollowing changes:
USSR: The number of boxcars used for grain increased by als.ost 200 percent,
The number of flatcars decreased by 90 percent and that of gondola cars
used for ore and the number of refrigerator cars also decreased considerably.
Poj_4n4,t The nt :ber of gondola cars used for coal decreased by 50 percent
ltrae,n~.a; The ..ber of refrigerator cars increased considerably.
2, Comment. As correred with March 1953, the number of boxcars used
for potash decreased considerably, probably beca*;se the East German
Railroads were able to ship the potash in German cars.
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