RAILROADS IN THE MONOGOLIAN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC (MPR)

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 30, 1999
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• Publication Date: August 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION 0 FID1 IIAL 25X1A
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
AT REPORT CID NO.
COUNTRY Mongolian People's Republic/USSR
SUBJECT Railroads in the Mongolian
People?s iepublie (MPR)
25X1A
DATE OF
INFO. 1947
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DATE DISTR. 10 Aug. 1951
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The following report, although out of date, may serve to supplement information
already known.
MPR, began in 1937 and was completed in
by prisoners.
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four.hours. Construction on this railway, the first to be la.
1. In October 1947 the following railroads in the MPR had been completed:
A Borzya (116-3:4, 50-25) - Bayan Tumen (Choy Balsan, 114-37, 48-03.) line.
This line, single-track, broad-gauge, and approximately 350 kilometers
in length, starts from the Borzya railway station on the Molotov Line,i
a branch line of the Trans-Siberian Railway of the USSR, and reaches
Bayan Tumen via Eryeentsab (115-45, 49-43). Construction on this line
was begun in iviay 1940 and completed in October 1940. Most of the work
was done by prisoners of the USSR.
b. Bayan Tumen - Tamsag Bulag (117-3S, 47-10) line, a light, single-track
railway, approximately 300 kilometers in length. It was built for
military purposes durin~ 1943 by the Railway Unit of the Soviet Army,
It runs via Mated Sums (approximately 115-5O, 45.0), and is the rain
supply line for Ta:msag Bulag, a forward defense post for Bayan Tumen,
c, Bayan Tumen - Bayan Bolag line, a single-track, light railway running
northwest for about 30 kilometers. It is mainly used to transport the
coal necessary for the operation of the Borzya-Bryan Tumen and Bayan
Tumen-Tamsag Bulag railways, as well as to Bayan Tumen, Tamsag Bulag
and other cities along the railway.2 Construction on this line was
begun. in 1942 and completed in 1943. It is directly connected with
the Bayan Tumen-Tamsag Bulag line and has the same gauge,
d. Ulan Bator (106-53,, 47-55) - Nalayhe (107-20, 47-47) line, a single-
track light railway, 38 kilometers in length, which is mainly used for
transporting coal from Nalayha to Ulan Bator. a trip which takes about
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e. yskhts (approximately 1O6-.30, 50.:20) -- thragan larf;i (approximatoly
106.00, 4i3-02) line,, a single~_traa broad-gauge railway, about
kil otera long, which is conneateci to the kyakhta.Ulan Ude line .
This 1lne was laid in 1944 and 1$45 and iir purely c zjnaraial, aupp rt:ng.
goods to the areas west of Ulan hater and transporting materials firm
these ereaa to the USSR. Chagas i rg;i 4 is a center of trade between the
1UPR and the USSR, Ding a port on the Selenge River' which can be reached
by flat-bottomed steamships, as large as 300 'tens, from Ulan Ude, Both
thq LP$ and USSR have custoaris stations in Chan Irgi.
The Borrya-Bayaan Tumen line was one of the most important lines utiliz ad by
the Soviet troopa in their advance on central anchuriaa from aorthweaterai
tfanc" uriaa in 1945. The necessity for this line had become apparent cftir'iig
rhea :lomonhau Inoident of 1939, when the Soviet forces had to depend on
i1-ruck tranapcrt from Bryeerrtsaab for supplying their front line troopso 5w ilb
the Japanese could get supplies to Nomonhsn without difficultyr utilizing
the Pei-Tu Railways, from Paivh'engtzu (122.62, 4537) to Tuluerh (40 kilt"
iheters northwest of baton Arshan, approximately 119-68,'47-15). and they
western line of the +crth y:an.o.hurian Railway. A Soviet survey for the
borzya..Bayaa Tumen line was carried out immediately aaCtor peace was cond .uded
in September 1939. The read has become an essential supply line to Bsyraazi
Tumea. In 1947 normal traffic on the line was three trains daily,, each
comprising from 20 to 30 freight cars. 3(. passenger trains wore run, but when.
the passenger traffic was sufficient, passenger coaches were attached; to thb.
freight trains. Tho trip toc:ic about 14 hours. between the and of Juty and
the middle of August 1945 a daily average of about GO trains operated on this
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3. In 1947 the traffic on the bayaa Tumen.4'amsag F3ulag line consisted of one
freight train: of about 20 cars each day. Tho trip took 12 hours.
4. It his been rumored-that the following railways were under construction in
October 1947: Alton Bulag (lO6-25, 50