SERVICES DIVISION INDICATIONS JOURNAL

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27 April 1955
General Economic - Co:munications
(Info Date _. Late 1954
The Sachsenw,rerk Radeberg plant in East Germany is reported
to be building mobile micro-wave radio relay stations for Communist
China. Nine "1ineSw of nine stations each--a total of 81---are scheduled
to be built. The estimated capacity of the plant, working on three shifts,
is 21 stations permonth. The three-shift operation of the micro-wave
assembly department (some employees) is alleged to have -tarted
after the return from China of Gerhard Megla, a German specialist, in
December 1954.
A test system installation of terminal and relay stations
is supposed to, have been finished about the and of January 1955.
;a/CC' Co tints E ch line has a considered relay distance of approxi-
mately 300 miles and provides about 8 duplex voice channels and 48 t:legrrph
channels. Unless retransmission takes place at the terminal points,
the lines are not considered suitable for linking into systenz of Matter
than 300-mile length. However,, their mobility and z:-id installation
capability (4 hours' should reader them of great value im supplementing
existing facilities. In the event of bombing or other damage to the
former, they would provide readily available alternate facilities for
military coimunication.
sources: Air. U , ANTI-10 55, 28 Jan 55, CONFL)EN'TIAL
:RS-2739-54, 30 Dec 54, C0'FIDE TIA.L
MC Bulletin, vol.I1I, no 49, 3 Dec 54, SECRET
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SERVICES DIVISION INDICATIONS JOURNAL
27 April 1955
S/TR Comment on the restrictions on rail transportation and shortage of
rolling stock, noted in Journal items #1, 19 Apr 55 and #1, 15 Apr 55:
Information is now available indicating that restrictions on
railway transport and shortages of freight cars, expected by the Chinese
to last at least through April, began to develop in early January. Inter-
cepts reveal that these shortages have occurred throughout all of China.
In addition, an unpublicized railroad conference began on 27 April in
Peking to discuss new transportation rules and freight rates.
Prior to January, there was no widespread railway shortage in the
Oountry. While the Ministry of Railways 5nticipated that possible shortages
would occur in 1955 as a result of normal econonic growth, there has been
no previous evidence indicating that the recently reported transporxa.tion
shortages would develop so rapidly. The lAinistry, in as apparent attempt
to alleviate future transpolla,tion difficulties, has accorded considerable
increases in capital investment to the railways. These investvents,
while continuing the program of new line construction, are essentially
devoted to increases of main trunk-line capacity and rolling stock
inventories. It is not yet clear whether or not the Goverru-ent's efforts
will be sufficient during 1955, to meet the ba.tie requi ments of both
the economy and the military. It may well be that the sudden appearance of xx
ra:ilway transport shortages reflects temporarily disproportionate de-
mands being placed upon the railways by the military.
In view of the normally intense utilization of the Chinese
rail system, any large-scale military rediployment of men and/or mat-
eriel would cause a disruption of normal rail traffic and force the Rail-
road Ministry to establish a system of priorities for econcmic and mil-
itary transport requirements. This may be the reason for calling the rail-
way conference at this time.
(S/TR)
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