RAILROAD COAL STOCKS IN EAST GERMANY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002800500009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 11, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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th3 following daily coal consumption
, E ec vo ap em r 1953:
Rallroad District Coal for Locomotives Shop Coal
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Berlin
Greifswald
Schwerin
Magdeburg
Halle
Erfurt
Dresden
Cottbus
2650
965
1,200
2,370
3,800
3,185
3=450
x,580
19D200
able b3ttreen 1 L.4 *t ~. cpte :ber:
245
25
35
130
405
140
310
40
1,330
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he follc-iing - coal stocks were avail-
Date in Ruhr Cost Other-Type Brown Coal Shop Coal
September (in tons) Hard Coal Briquettes (in tons)
(in tom) (in tone? )
1 637 51,500 49,500 22x600
4 419 87,000 41,900 23,200
8 152 86,830 30,700 24,9OC
12 152 79,700 22,200 269700
16 152 83,700 18,700 27,400 2
3, At a conference held at the Wittonberge railroad sus-district office an 4
Septs:absr. . It was announced that, effective iidiatoly, all loconotivice
ware o bo fired with Uppar S11csian hard coal. The conversion of dead-fire
boxes; to hard caQl-firing has been started. Stocks of b'^own coal briquettes
will be used up,
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the following coe.1 stocks were avail-
etwecn 1 and 18 September 0X1)rossed 50X1-HUM
in terms of daily requirements.
Railroad Date in September
8
Di trice 2 6 7 -9
Berlin 12.3 12.3 11.9 11.6
Greifswald 13.0 14.3 14.2 14.0
Schwerin 9.8 9.4 9.0 800
Magdeburg 7.9 7.3 7.1 6.3
Halle 8.6 9.1 9.5 9.4
Erfurt 10,0 10.0 10.0 9.6
Dresden 900 9.6 9.7 10.1
Cottbus 7.5 7.9 8.0 8.3
Total Coal
Stocks 9.6 9.7 907 ' 905
Railroad 10 11 12/13 14
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Berlin 11.4
Grcifsvald 1403
Schv3rin 9.6
Magdeburg 4.9
Halle 6.0
Erfurt 7.8
Dresden 9.0
Cottbus 5.0
Stocks
Total Coal 8.0
7.8
11.0 10.7 1001
13.6 12.9 12,1
9.9 10.4 10.3
4.4 4.3 400
6.8 6.7 6.4
6.9 5.5 4.9
8.1 8.1 8.0
4,1 4.5 4.3
7.4 7.6
7.5
7.0 4
7.4
Cam . As compared with August 1953, the daily coal consumption quota 50X1-HUM
or ibcoomotives and railroad repair and maintenance shops were raised by 11,000
tons and 480 tons re;.pectively. This increase50X1-HUM
by 12,000 tons, while brown coal briquette stocks decreased by 203,900 tcu.
Gonent On 16 Septembcr, a total of 10205 2 tons of coal ~r use by 50X1-HUM
comotive3.and 27,hOO tons for railroad repair and maintenance shops were
available. According to the daily coal consumption quota fixed for September,
coal stocks for use by locomotives represented 5.3 days' requirements. As
compared with the last reported status of 29 August, hard coal s toc?a in_crerased
The increase of hard coal stocks is con-
co son or-ioc to hard coal firing.
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11.1 12,0
1400 14.4
.9 8.9
5.6 6.1
8.3 8.0
9.1 8.8
9.7 9.6
6.8 6,6
8.9 9.0
11,7 11.8
13.5 14.1
8.2 899
5~6 5.5
7.1 6.4
8.3 8.0
9.1 9.1
5.8 5.0
8.4 8.2
15 16 17 18
11.1 11.0 1103 10.8
13.7 13.5 13,5 12.7
9.3 3.9 9.8 10.0
4.6 4.1 4.4 4,5
509 6.0 6.4 6.6
7.6 6.8 6.7 604
8.6 8.0 8.3 8.3
5.1 4.7 4.4 4.3
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10, its accor- 50X1-HUM
ding to which the planned conversion of locomotives ing 50X1-HUM
went into effect in September. 50X1-HUM
This information is received for the first time. The break- 50X1-HUM
down of coal stocks acoording to railroad districts is valuable. The coal
stocks recorded include hard and brown coal. The figures are at variance
with those listed in paragraph 1 of the present report.
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