1. PERSONNEL CHANGES IN EAST GERMAN RAILROADS 2. DEACTIVATION OF REICHSBAHNAEMTER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006000550015-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2008
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: April 5, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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U B.! ECTT - 1. Personnel Changed in East Gorr an
2, peactivation o Reis for
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OF '1 E UNITED STLIES. 9ITHIt1 HE NEANINC OF TIT". Is. SECTIONS 703
1. 3taimer, who was pzwvjcusly Deputy Minister of Pailroads, is said
to have left the railroad adminiottativn in earry 'January ? 1955
2.. On 10 January, it was lparned?*that h u r t FWIMag' t w id '
previously President of 1.BD Berlin, was made Deputy Minister of
Traffic.. Decker ,.. is ,sChpdsled to- become theme new prtsldent
of R13D ?erlin.,2 .Szcy eql i, s from 19.3 .to 1954 was
chief, o raiiroad.eubdistrict- off 16e,7 oA+ RlID Berlin was t
transferred to the golitical Department of the Ministry of
Traffic.
On 11 J ,nuary it was learned that Staimer, prel; i Dusly Deputy
Linister of railroads, was made chairman of the ".ithletic and
Pec"c-41 Association
4. Of the 36 Reichabahuaemter (railroad subdistrict offices) (IBA)
in.existeu a in, the GDR, 12 will be deactivates. In the area of
RBD Berlin, i'BA 5 at ",'ustermark is to be deactiv:Lied and its area
split between RBA 4-at Potsdam and RBA 5-at Pankow. Henceforth,
?? RBAitWill include only operations and traffic departments, while
Bahnmeistereien (railroad construction agrencie