RAIL FREIGHT TRAFFIC THROUGH EAST GERMAN BORDER STATIONS

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CIA-RDP80-00810A006200170008-0
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7
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December 21, 2016
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August 1, 2008
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8
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April 8, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/08/01 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 1. The fol'o-ing shipments were observed at Frankfurt1Oder between 5 e 17 January 19~5s B - bozosr F - flrtoar 0 - eswdola oar T - trek oar Date in Adnlsr and Load From or To Jamar7 Tres of Caro 5 46 3 afraniw ore to Brest-Litovsk 1 STATE 56 ) 'nd t 6 54 a and t 56 G 56 0 and I 7 463 56 G 54 G and ! 8 561 boxes ant iroa parts ban" Doke Undetermined uranium ore empty boxes inslndiag 20 with duvet srtal ssi wire *1 sssssinder empty 56 3 end F boa#* I+ad iPors parts C SIFiCATJO :LS t7XI NAVY NSRB YMI AIR IWJq RBI N SECRET tllw from Brest-Litovsk from Brest-Litovsk to Brest-Litovsk Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 Date in Dumber and Load January Tyre of Cars 8 46 B 56 G rind F coke Pnd iron ore 10 56 B 46 B 56 G undetermined uranium ore coke and iron ore 10/11 56 F boxes 56 F . ron ore 56 G empty 11/12 25 T and undetermined 30 B 55 F empty 54 G boxes 12/13 1 trein 70 new two-axle ZIS trucks 56 G and F iron ore 45 T undetermined 46 B uranium ore 55 F rails and iron tubes 14 56 B undetermined 56 G empty 15 56 G and F iron parts 56 F iron plates and iron tubes 56 B and P including 10 F with iron tubes the remainder empty 56 B and P boxes 16 56 G iron ore 56 0 iron ore SECRET from Brest-Litovsk to Zil.tendorf from Brest-Litovsk to Ziltendorf from Brest-Litovsk to Ziltendorf to Brest-1ttovsk Brest-Litovsk from Brest-Litovsk 4 to Altenburg from Brest-Litovsk to Ziltendorf to Brest-Litovsk from Brest-Litovsk to Brest-Litovsk from Brest-Litovsk to Ziltendorf from Brest-Litovsk to Ziltendorf Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 3 - 125X1 Date in January )umber and Type of Cars Load 16 24 T 31BandF 56 B and F empty boxes from Brest-Litovsk to Brest-Litovsk 3 17 1 trrin 60 two-axle armored personnel carriers from Brest-Litovsk 5 2. The following shipments were observed vt Frankfurt/Oder between 13 r+nd 24 anuary: Date in Number and Load January Tyre of Cars From To 13 30 F empty Frankfurt/Oder Frankfurt/Oder border marshaling yard 20 G 14 20 0 coal "isleban 20 G Wittenberg 20 0 1sotilen 15 2 F 2 Soviet tanks Fuerstenwalde Eber*elde 6 3 F 3 EVP tanks Cottbus 28 0 iron ore Frankfurt/Oder Ziltendorf 2 border 12 F pig iron Oroedita. 12 F Thale .14 G Brandenburg 6 F iron :licderitasch 6 F Rostock 8 F machinery and Magdeburg Brest-Litovsk machinery parts 6 0 cables Berlin-Rummelsburt 16 20 G coke Frankfurt/Oder Lisleben border 200 coal 20 G 6B nomfssvr~ns metal 'Wittenberg Boeh?en Berlin SECRET 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-00810A006200170008-0 Date in Number and Load January Type of Cars 16 10 T empty 22 T fuel 6 B textiles 17 30 F empty 20 B empty 32 G iron ore 8 F iron 4F Frankfurt/Oder border Boehlen Plauen Frankfurt/Oder border '0 F 6 B rjrW tellwolle) Bitterfeld 3 B optical Jena instruments 8 F machinery Chemnitz 38 G ore 26 G coal coke 14 G pig iron 6 B noallrsms metal 8 T salad oil Frankfurt/Oder border chemicals 8 F machinery and Chemnitz 20 30 F machinery parts 50 Soviet trucks Frankfurt/Oder border 3 F aircraft '.ngines 4 F empty 40 B indicn corn Kuestrin-border To Brest-Litovsk Pronlfilrt Oder marebrling yard Ziltendorf 2 Rostock Belle Leipzig Dresden Brest-Litovsk Brest-Litovsk n Ziltendorf 2 Bosh'en Eialeben Thale Berlin Schoenbeck Brest-Litovsk beat-Litovsk Rio as 4 Strnueberg 7 Frankfurt 1Oder marshaling yard Czeahoelovakia Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-00810A006200170008-0 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 Date in January Number and Ty,e of Care Load To 22 2 P machinery Dessau 14 F iron constructions Leipzig 18 F machinery and Magdeburg ? machinery parts 6 F machinery 1olfen Z; ~ickau 24 18 0 pig iron Frankfurt/Oder 180 " border !iesa 22 0 coke Zil tendorf 6 B '!wt metal n Berlin 26 B indian corn Kuestrin-border ftsbe 10 F scrap (tanks) Magdeburg Czeo!loel ovakia Brest-Litovsk 8 1t F iron constructions Leipzig n 4B Fra.Ikfur t /Oder border of ammunition Bernburg Runmersdorf Altengrabow 9 3. On 8 Jenurry, a train of 52 flatcars with 58 new three-axle trucks was observed en route from Frankfurt/Oder to Potsdam-Wildpark.4 19 January 5. a tr in of 1 converted boxcar, 26 boxcars was dispatched from Toepchin to Brest-Litovsk on .9 The folio^i shipments from Brest Litovsk On 18 January, 25 flatcars to Riesa / Land 2 tears and 1 converted boxcar to Bern urg 4 On 1 Jan 1 flateare and 1 converted boxcar to Ka.re 9 6. a train of 62 flatcars with new trucks 1 converted boxcar with e_;tort personnel was dispatched from Frankfurt/ Oder-border to Stendal on 16 January. The trucks had dual tires in the rear, most of them ? care of ZIS 151 type.4 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-00810A006200170008-0 the following uranium ore shipments were dispatched from Aue to est-Litovsk via FrrnkfurtlOders One train consisting of 46 care each on 4, 9 and 11 January 4. Comment Raw material deliveries to the Eisenhuettenkombinat Os ounV77ombine East) it Fuerstenberg/Oder. Comment_ Daliverisi by East Germ.-,n hydrogenation pl^nts to the USSR and empty care rrturned from there. mrcnt. Truck shi nts from the USSR- in connection with the motor veh cle e?:oh- n u. 5. Comment. This shipment was observed Ebers'al r?ilroad etntion on the same day. Comment. Intra-zonal shipment. IC_ortment.. This shipment was probably consigned to the equipment depot of ' the 3nty-Fourth Air Army in Strnusberg. 9. fommont. This shipment probably involved deactivated tn-,ks of units owe T bird Shock Army. Comment. Ammunition shipments from the USSR to the 'oviet depots at tengrabow and Kapen. The composition of the train to !apen listed in nsragroph 5 vas probably incorrectly identified and consisted of 35 to 38 boxcars with ammunition and 13 or 14 empty flatcars as crash cars. Ths shipment from Toepchin probably consisted of ammunition or empty shells which were returned to the US$R. Since early 1955 . 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-00810A006200170008-0 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0 Approved For Release 2008/08/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006200170008-0