DISSOLUTION OF THE EAST GERMAN RAILROAD BRIGADES TO BREST-LITOVSK

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CIA-RDP80-00810A004900740010-9
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 20, 2016
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July 16, 2007
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10
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Publication Date: 
July 1, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2007/07/16: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004900740010-9 This Imaterist-.cantata&?ii for gn at[ect*Jig the' Na- tional Defense oi ti tfnited States vRithln tYie can INFORMATION REPORT ing r the-Esplpnage Laws, r 3T B.C . Been. 793 and -794, the -transmission,' or. revelation of which in East Germany/Poland- THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. SUBJECT Dissolution of the East German RailroadDATE DISTR.. Brigades to Brest-Litovsk PLACE ACQUIRED .take over the consigned freight trains.._.Once the Poles sign.foratrain they ref existing conditions, the Poles come to Frankfurt/Oderbrueck* with their locomot,and German Reichsbahn. This decision will result in a drastic -p=gut for the sixty brigade employees. 3. As of 1 July 1954 no German personnel has gone to Poland fgi'rankfurt/Oder. Under- 2. The German personnel who were formerly in the brigades have beets.assigned to duties in the vicinity of their home stations, As of 16 July 1954, there were only sixty former brigade employees left in Frankfurt/Odors This contingent was being retained at Frank- furt/Oder until 15 August 1954 in order to see that the transfor`oftrains'to the Poles was effected without difficulty. This remain*hgrsonnel is scheduled to be paid out of funds allocated ' for the operation of the brigas= The rate of payment will be in ,compliance with pay scales established for nonbriga e e mployees of the East personnel. Members of the German brigade were then returned to Frankfurt/Oder. $. October 1954 1. At 2200 hours on 30 June 1954, the last German railroad''bragade departed from Frankfurt/ Oder for Brest-Litovsk. This train-arrived at Kutno and was taken over by Polish SECRET - U, STATE ARMY X NAVY AIR (NOTE: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "#!k Approved For Release 2007/07/16: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004900740010-9 Poland without any further controls.