FRANKFURT/ODER-BREST RAILROAD LINE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003100310006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: December 11, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAI. INTELLIGENCE: AGEN( REPORT NQ
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4 ORI IATI N REPORT CD NO-.
3 NTRY Poland/Bast Germany/USSR
SUBJECT f:rankfur't/Udor-Brest, Railroad Li ne
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OI-
INFO,
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n enrtonF+_ 'severe. lii,lli(' fuel trains were
~..;., ~, ~ x'~E # I2-.0 axlest of -xi_rh 3C ax1~, con-
Dtse re:.. '1 e -,f tot, .~ iieC'.' ,,,,t ]er1n
s 1s'te d t-raA rt o empty cart y F,nd fertilizer
ruL.._ t' err ,:;aen l.Lhele?znodorozhrXy)
fin L t (i: tohc~r c ye ,r t`_=.e trip 8c:iedu1,08 for r,,il,,ay
a cE un: e in pei,,-oli'ilel. !`itrde,
cr_'?.'L.- c' tc r"r., 1 :o { nslsted of 11 Fan fter
DATE DISTR 11 December 1 5.1
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
n r ^ rtisan eot.ivity was noted aloe,- toe
r.3nk'ur (ilr n ?F stL:a )us? line Burin,: 1953.. :}l r?::1J
before rt;;.sons attar,-end a freight tlwin
t it __ r> t e !,)Ski i Irn._~' st - .t -,on P_ nd o>tole s:irrar aror three
treA i ]t Yc:.rs - i;e rt >a.i i esenp--~d . an the Russian ti i,itcvva'k co_lt:, in
_.taiine Uraniumy :.,=r,~-r and refri or- tor c:.rsl .
ars n troop tr,. i n or parson ;er trains were ob-a-
l f'or t :o? 7;::t p,_.c:ced in c. rrors r'ld
w'.A-h co.nslst of fret-1_1t c&rs an(l fi.t i_.'c.rSt
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a ,t; ~' ~r Lirm wr;:i' lS C.^[1~1 ' f,a.j a. n r(.)2IG'-~cf.c'r 3 . , Cu i an
usually *, . ,? i.rer :,nc six enlisted men, yexceptt L- Lhe case
of e; pec.i.al 'i-2 t: v)5e v--dt "ry 1ng Mani , /';hi Ch rt. f ao. n':,
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officer and urua...Yy GP 'J
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Document .ine Customs
control.
Lay-over Sant 1_I return
t. rip
A" all the stations _nside r o nd there the train stops f. r ;. long.
period o`' 'I.?ii i is possible vo ;et off' the train, move abcvt, Auld
even ieri'rer Lath st,as:,iur.r
10,, .'ach hri:Tarte tzar an e.st.abli;hed -,oik plan? I?ver y each mar, ha six
hours d,i'~,a an.1 then k.weive hours o f f :: ta`ach brigade has to rake
trree trips p?3r -r ont t.. 1-a *h o,,' i't tri s lasts an averctge of sit
days for {v ruts 1 t . l.p o:+te . nat , with good traffic cordit::an1,
a round trip r be ",.Facie in :ti-e days, 161h man has 'g Maw
days off ao t iie>rv! s.r S nday:a in U e rlonth, and on his days Pff he may
travel d t.r ;z,~e;t 3.7' 1.o h. i home,.
The foils 3,a'.ag are thy:, chief arr;.i,.`.Lt s which the men smltggle into
Poland,
Combs
golit (Bic)
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Cbiffon
Ba xl-Pr4lnt 7e:i k
Sant la,s:. ~ ;
Z e+winrr s, a~~ t e:s
fart cI')C; Ks
t:~ 5 G.1oty each
2! .< .30 Zloty pe ~ !.eter
70 Zloty each
l.! ca '.0 Zloty each
o 50 Zloty "acr11
I to 2 Zloty each
1,)(,0 to 200 r lot.y each
!?jr.st of ' 9,1e s ;uwglt d roods are hidt.en In the:: coal tenders of the
trainee 31,; railway workers ;:arils to the stations to the brigadiers
living o'lartc. .r.7 i cabov:;e:c) arlu p+urchale the snuggled goods. Usual.,
purchaser ?u u- de by the s ..a persons,, The German railroaders
,A$(, the c, ,r.n. ned t.o r arc;:htase as.xditional food:, It Is i.Y-
possible ~ TL 'led mood in Brest because -?'man ra li'OtJ?ters
to leave, their cabooses and are under very
t.rict con:tarot,,
is,, The manrs'a' a.r kr i.ch sleeks are carried out at various control points
varies ,fir. y , u seal.., folish docir ;nt and customs z ontrolri are u.sua7 l~
perfunctory ex_-rt 10-r the control at. TerespoL The itussla:i docent
and tug=.t n co+1 r"v _ .c1h `L,, suao won arriv'_in- at iresu :Ls very et r .c .
During a riot :onty L ali of the poosible hiding places in the
caboose: havt be, v :need fv.1 11s,~ _se..;, on, and the inspectors lu_8d11 au
all he wauI. o Lhc. a?.aboc ie, esars;haxlg for concealed caches caf
contt'aharxd 'tod,q.; Cr, the l.ocomotivee all he toe] chests have to be
opened, and every the cfety lit s are unscrewed, At the Russian c::hd .ts
point. near treat all food has to b shown, and often leaves Of :read
are cut in ti o in th!e, searct for :c nt^aband:. Onio is and potatoes are
locked up in a chest
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