SUMMARY SOVIET BLOC TRANSPORTATION REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1962

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• Publication Date: December 21, 1962
• Content Type: REPORT

Th1s material contalne mformatlon e8ectlag the National Defense of the IIalteC Btatea wlthln the meanlag bf the 8aDlonege Iowa, 7Ytle
18. U.B.C. Bees. 783 aaA 799. Lhe tranemlealoa or revelation of which many manger to an unauthorised perms Is DnhlbiteQ by law.
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COUNTRY USSR~East German~~Poland~Czechoslovakia REPORIi
DATE OF
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PLACE 8.
Slmimary Soviet Bloc Transportation
Report for October 1962
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REFERENCES
50X1-HUM
Soviet Bloc transportation
Information is given on international traffic and transportation in the 50X1-H U M
USSRr East,Germanyr Czechoslovakia and Poland.
Army: Retention of Copy
Air: Retention of Copy #3
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Io International Traffic 1?el+it.ons
A?reenent oi;,~zed by USSR and ri?nland on reopenin? of $ai.IIla Canal,
Border crossint stretch Cierua ::a?To {CSSR) =Chop (IISSR)
electrified since 20 October. 195?_,
Nur~bor of types of electric anc! Dioscl locouoti.v~s reduced
by Pe-r>,a;ient Traffic Comraissio:n of Council for 14atual Economic
Aid,
Various RR stretcher, equinpod with se^i??autot~atic b7.ock
installations in Leni.nOxa1 jur_ction area,
RoutinC altored of Ivdelr ~ 0'b River RR line under conatrnction;
about 200 i:ilo..ieters of track laid by 7.ate Uepterrber 19G2
inamen.l:a, a Pytil:hatl:ig and l:rrosl.avl ?? Danilov stretches put
into electric operation,
iiirny o liui:htayo. hi;;L?~rc.,yy to1?alin~ 200 l:iloeetexs, in i'a1:vts1:~
Last Sibexia areal opeuci: to traffic,. -
L::teni; or: expansion of roads ir.. Gvordlovsl: area ciurin;; p?~::t
three years s and 1c3G?. expanc~icn plan,.
IL1rlinCilt completion of ::cscoc: trot lli[,h1ra~~~
Eerlin Outer RinE further e~pa.+3ed,
Nee: routinC of interzonal tre.fi'ic possible as a result of
improveaent of Sec:~.ins Dall;,carf enci Dt~:a.i;en Ri? .:tationso
i?eL-ul~.r frei.~irt train trcffir, (potash s:iil:~lents~ opener? on
neu Gerstun~;en ?? Poerthr: line:.
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RR aorsonnel cornaitted to strictor secrecy,
Additional stoi.ers tra9.ned ea train crew recerve.
seasonally iute+lce nl.litary requireue,lto of Cie Rr_icllsUahn,
Aiilitary Uorder crossing traffic trith nain traffic in perso~lnel
rotation.
Reavy nilitary traffic on Iielnstedt - Derlin .lutobahn and on _
IIi;;heray r~5~ in nid-Geteber.
1?!i@ening of roads; particularly of lii~;hway P-5.
Production Ue~^un at new tine plant near Dresden further
expansion and increase of production plannedo
Shippin? Ulocl:ed on E1Ue Rivcr in Rol;aetz - Rehnert areas and on
Iiavo2 Canals Ueceuse of r..ilitary trainin,,; exercises,
1Jinter tiraeteUle for air traffic introduced; nanUc~x of flights
reduced.
Tranaloarliuc in arrears at Ciexns. n.T~ (CS:;R~USSR) Uoxder cro;sin~~
stati.ono
Arrears in frei;;ht. conveyance of CSD (Caechoslovai:ian Gi;ate
R~ i.lrOads) i21CTCtS9Cde
Eleotric oporatiorta Ue~wt on IIrani.ce naPt, s Polanl_a n,0, stretch,
Electrified Aussi;,? (Usti n?L,) - Iir..rt>itz (Ciu~:Uarovice) stretch
put i.n operation,
Preliminary wort: Ue~wl for electxi.ficati.on of 1~rave~Gnichav .,
Zdice line.
Shc?re of steam loco;lotives still 71 percent in C]) locomotive'
pa-r. l;,
Repair capecity for danared frei~i:t cars insufficient.
Repairs carried out partly Uy conai~~,lorso
Ia late Sopte;.rUcr/ca-rly OctoUerr stool: of loconot.ve coal partly
nil to one days require:::cnt?s~
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V? Poland
510~~ oonatruotioh pro~iess on new SaLolla m lpimi.enrla iToua
(north of Bialystolc) linen
ICutno - 7Conin stretch put in eleetsic operation on 29
Sopteuber 19620
H~ilrocd bride under construe :ion over lli.az River (Oci~;,;e=~
clienU~ii~ lino P:edyi:a o Przer.~yi;l),
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Ia International.'Praffic Reletione
1, ffSSR~Finland~s A~reeront on Reo~eninJ? of 'the Sail~a Canal
Ratified
(See Txanaportation Sur.;pary for Au~uat 1962)
On 27 Septanber 19625 the a~reonent on the repair acid reopening
of the Saina Car_alq initialled four rreelcs previ,oualy, was
si~~ied by Finnish Trafflc 1[inistor Savela and Soviet J4inister
for lti~h Seas Navigation Bakayevo in Moscow._ Apart fron
Finland+s taking on 50 ,years+ le?ae the Sov9.et canal section
thxougn Finlands including; a 3G-m strip of land on wither
banl: of. the canal' and t1:e harbor area near Pyborg (USSR)5
the agroonent includes the follotain6 Hain pointsa
a.) The canal ;:iay Ue used Uy perchant veassls of a?~y
nation,
U) Prce~pr:asage through the Soviet stretch of the canal is
gvarhntced for all ships traveling?widor Soviet colors.
c) `Pransportation of trooper stns and other ~rar nat6ricl
is p,ohiUitcd on the curial, Finnish wa,rahips arc not
allawod to use fire c~.nal, (It is open to question
v:?ethcr this prohibition also ?pnlies -io :3ovict nili cry
tr~nsporta),
d) '~'i+e USSR reserves hersolf the right to pxohibit the
paosa;;e of ships of a third country throu,;l; the Soviet
cwne,l suction under special. circwistancesr uhencvcr
it is deenf:d necessary for Soviet security,
e) The USSR also reserves herself the right to issue
special tonporosy decroes for the "inprover_ent of ~cner~l
grid lOCal security"~ ,
f) t!i`thin the next five years Finland is to nay a single
sun of 342 pillion finnarks fox the use of the canal
installations and buildin~;a on Soyie?t territorys and
a yearly sun of 50 nillior_ finnarlca for expenses
ariain;; during rile restoration of tllf? canal; "after the
canal has Ucen put into operations Finland is to pay
a yearly rent of 64,2 to 9207 pillion finnarls according
to tiie voluee of tonnage shipped durum;; ~ year,
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f;) Finland eonmits herself to expand the total lenGth of the
canal at her oVm oosts and tc restore or build the required leaks:
brides, and s?;ruatttres (estimated expenses about 14 billion
finmarks)o
h) Finland is entitled to collect dues for the use of the
Soviet canal sectiono
In generatl, the Finnish public is dieaaatisfied trE 58rr~~ stxetcli cif ih~ n.e~r Sol>o~.i~a ~,
S~"a.~enna. PTot~ta l~.:a.e ~no:~ti~ e~ ~3iwlysto~.; cxass caz~~.ec?tioza izz tl~e
,;av.~e~.ch~~.~in~; zone under construction. since ~,~~9~ is tc be
co~t~aleted by late ~.~62~ (See i'~~nsportation S?u*:~a.r;~? fcxr I?~a.rcl~z
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On 29 Septezlbar 1962' tho Kutno ~ Kon.in (79 ::rt) atrotah
eras put into ~loctric ol~gratian. {;;oe nr~nsnertatian
Sus.Yr~csy far ao;,~teuber 162, pr~:.ra IV, 2) o
3a
3rid;:a Con,tr.sction (G4ura-Cha,n~;i.nr "~one~
Qn the Mat].yka ~- Przegy? 1~Zura~rics, wine 9 arxothor RR brxd?e
is under constw~uction irz:.:3~.iately nor-~h oi' tk~e bride over
'the Wia,z River (also called J'arek; o. tributary of tho San
River),The brict~e will t~resuc~ably be dau'ole~~track; it3
completion is p'!ennec~ for 2963 The clr~arance capacity o#'
this inportan-~ ~au;~e~chatl~in~ Line will thus pe increaserJ.
consicerably~
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