COLLABORATION IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ROLLING STOCK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003200470004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 19, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Poland is to hand over to Hungary 13 steam engines of the 377 type (i.e.
old shunting engines particularly suitable for industs"iar`railroa! . lines) .
SECRET/CONTROL U-.&.-OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Hungary/Poland
SUBJECT Collaboration in the Manufacture
of Rolling Stock
DATE OF INFO.
To discuss the standardization of freight cars and passenger coaches, so
that spare parts can be manufactured in collaboration The manufacture of
passenger coaches must be carried out without importtng'any material from
the capitalist countries.
b. To discuss the supply by Hungary to Poland of motor trains (of the+ttype
to be delivered to Czechoslovakft and the East German Republic) and
propelled coaches.
co To sell 6-ton mine locomotives to Poland.
d, To discuss all technical details of the Polish standard freight-car types.
e; To divide the manufacture of special cars between'L'the two countries.
f, To. discuss a Soviet request that both states should supply the USSR
by the end of 3.955 with a total of 1500 x 50 cubic meter tank cars.
Hungary is to take on part of this order.
Within the framework of the electrifications scheme to offer and try to sell
to the Poles electrically propelled locomotives of the types '"Bobo', "Boeo."
and"Cav".
1.9 January 1954
A commission from the Hungarian Ministry of Mail and Communications rres to
leave during October 1953 for Poland to negotiate an agreement..
The leader was to be Ldazlir Baraeskb. The technical department's delegate
was to be Engineer Bir6 (fnu.) if he was to manage to get his passport
in time, which seemed unlikely at the time,
The commis>ion.ts brief was to be be as follows:
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of tge'U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
REPORT
DATE DISTR.
NO. OF PAGES
REQUIREMENT
REFERENCES
Cam: On 21 September 1953 "Bo-Bo" was identified by the
ungarian Press as a new-type diesel electric shutting engine.
SECRET/CONTROL U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
25 YEAR
RE-REVIEW
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