DEACTIVATION OF GERMAN LOCOMOTIVE COLUMNS OPERATING THROUGH POLAND

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400030009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 11, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: September 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF
INFO.
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REPORT NO.
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In early
1. May 1954, source learrieti th~t the C!0rzW4 19acpoiivs.,,wiledes areW
longer to operate between i?ardsliiirt/aer and Brest Litovsk. The trains involved
will be tadeu c.,er by Polish persounol-in Fra k-furt/Oder. Repair or ctbao3es
former],* Used by personnel of loca.otive bbl dn_ . .1 be diesentinw4 immadiateiy
at the G eiiswsji.railroad'repair s14.'Ia this connection, about 100 workers of
On 12 MaIr 19%, sa ew learned at Ahern ,tbe loocmatt * cob an bt =`
tioned at ths,4batvrt/OSer dlkrsbslin, naintsnans!'chop located
there would be deactiattsdv TSins diepat to eat Litovsk would henceforth
be taken aver by Polish rmilror,-i personnel at border stations. 'Pho so-called
'Blue Express' is the only train to be opera, bar Gran personnel tMs ugb' 3'aland..
are-
3. Source l.i*Sd'tt9t affective 15 hW 1954,ra-U. em_Ntive?tgd erns vJovl6 be* $eab--
tivated ayd vlaosd At the dle-posal at' the- Me involved.. According to source,
oaboosee,Kin be sent to the railroad repair shop at Delitssch.
. The present report co? "b d~a ooomotiTM.e columns
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ovsly operating through Poland Ni. 'h diverted on 15 June or 1 July 1954,
. It is wl.ieved that msaaure has been taken main-
ly because of a considerable drop in the volume of freight traffic with the USSR
and be-L-aus3 of an acct's shorteye of locomotives in East Ccr~ gyp. ?=_' ti>ne
Deputy Railroad Minister Kramer traveled to Moscow to discuss the situation,y
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