GENERAL DIRECTOR OF DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN NEGOTIATES FOR RETURN OF ADDITIONAL FREIGHT CARS FROM THE USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R013000370009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 14, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 24, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
CLASSIFICATION SICRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT
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DATE OF
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PLACE
ACQUIRED
General Director of Deutsche Reichsbahn Negotiates
for Return of Additional''reight Cars from the USSR
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DATE DISTR. 24. July 1952
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IS DOCUMENT - CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
IN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
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CODE,AS AMENDEDITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
TS TO OR RECEIPT AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
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OHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
From ong, the 20,000 former German freight cars which have been returned
against payment 2 by the Soviets to East Germany in the second half of 1951,
40 percent have been put back into service, 20 percent have been sent to
plants for repair, and 1.0 percent proved to be completely useless and were
used for scrap.
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CLASSIFICATION S /CONMOL _, U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
On 8 May 19521, Erwin Kramer, General Director Of the Deutsche Reicha balm j,
flew to Moscow for about four weeks, in order to negotiate the return of
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20,000 additional freight cars
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