RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH FRANKFURT/ODER

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CIA-RDP80-00810A001600480007-5
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RIPPUB
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S
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3
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December 14, 2016
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April 16, 2003
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7
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Publication Date: 
August 18, 1953
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2003/08/07 : CIA-RDP80-00810A0016026"07-5 CLASSIFICATION 5L~PLTA 25X1 25X1 CD NO T INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO, COUNTRY East Ge=any iUU,JECT Rail Freight, Tra.flc - through Frai kfurt/Oder LILACE ACQUIRED DATE OF ,~PIFO.. ?1I OOCfJ $NT COSTAtM AfORLATIOA AFFGCTUI THE MATIURAL 02"R9i, 1F ?M2 l9NITRD STAT1i$._. MIN VMII MIAMI NO OF 71T101$, 1!1WTION U3 ST1Of OF ITS COWTKWT$ TO OR RICEIPT, BY AN 99AUTORIZED PERSON $ PQOW1 $IT$D $T LRV TWS REPRODtiCTION OF erns FORM iA P1lOHIE14GD. 0 2'5X1 25X1 DATE DISTR. 18 August 1953 2f NO, OF PAGES-, NO.0F ENCLS. {LISTED BFLOV SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO, . . THIS~IS ONEVALtJATED_ INFQRP4iTION 25X1 In A to i 1953 A a total of 1,872 cars loaded with iron ore from the USSR were handled at the Frankfurt/Over border station. A total of 1,535 of these carloads were consigned to Zilteridorf)- 25X1 25X1 2. the following uranium ore ohipments passed through Frankfurt/Oderen route to Brest Litovsk from 22. through 30 April: Date in Number of April Cara _..~..~ p. 22 45 2:3 45 29 45 42 25X1 4 a Xra) n :consisting of 2 boxcars and 20 flatcars with 93 axles and a weight of 1,541 tons, 25X1 I I which was consigned to Kirchnoeser, passed through the Frankfur /Oderborder station on 26 April;, 4 25X1 25X1 25X1 Dispatched from Dresden Aue n n On 29 April and 1 May, 20 empty, six-axle heavy-duty flatcars each .e.?sea tnrougn the :'ran=:furt/O^er border station en route to Brest Litovsk 3 all SSy-type flatcars in the Berlin regional railroad district wrere o be dispatched to Frankfurt/Oder. 3 C1 ~" ~''FI""T'D'V 6L"GRETL Pd,4VY I & 1 FuSR3_ _ 3..._ DIS rARi4Y, AIR Approved For Release 2003/08/07 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001600480007-5 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/08/07 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001600480007-5 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Cc ent.. ' ost of the shipments were reported previously 25X1 covering rail freight traffic through Frankf art/Oder ., Zilten or ).s the receiving station of the Foundry Combine East near Fuerstenberg%Octer,. Co ueent. The continued dispatch of empty heavy-duty flatcars to the USSR indicates further shipments of tanks and aircraft to East Germany.. The ^y type flatcar has a load capacity of 50 tons, On 11 Ma-r ch 1953, 298 cars of this type were available to East German'y' 25X1 4, or ent This ship-- ent was also observed by another in Frankfart/Oder? It consisted of-tanks which had probably undergone generap repair in the ttSt and were returned to the large tank repair 25X1 shop in Kirchmoeser, 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/08/07 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001600480007-5 Approved For Release 2003/08/07 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001600480007-5 Approved For Release 2003/08/07 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001600480007-5