COAL SITUATION OF RAILROADS

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Approved For Release 2008/04/11: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300510009-0 CLASSIFICATION e t CENTRAL IN*TEI,.LGENCE AGENCY REPORT , is INFORMATION REPORT CD NO COUNTRY Eart Germany ABJECT Coal SLt Lion of Piailroods PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. THIS DOCUMENT CONTA:N8 1 NFORDaTIOA AFFECTING THS NATIONAL DEFLN$I OF TNI UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 19. SECTIONS TSS AMD 751, OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMEMDID. TNAMSNISSION OR VEL- IS PORNONISITED ST LAW THE RZP DO it V-92 RI OISn01~ 1 E0. daily Vielle 17 and 19 January 1955: Ire?fs..aa.C Sch-:ieri- Ila 7' Halle Criur , u~~~wderi :ottlus W ?igrited average 25X1 DATE DISTR i c ` Nri 1 lt 55 NO. OF PAGES 3 N10- OF ENICLS. (LISTED KLO.V7 SUPPLEMENT REPORT NO. THIS IS UNRVALUATED'Ii FORMA ION t'h follo~rir..~; coa'. s coc':: ;LPL n 1:'ie i o1lo?win'; oo .. st:,c'k^ , c.% ieci in tons, wero available to the GDR railroads be }.when --7 :..r:. 9 Zt any: Date i.:n January Coal for Locomotinjo.,) Ship Hard Coal Brown Coal of ~3_:.ves J?its Briquettes 17 13 y9 21,200 52,300 219300 50,600 20,700 39,700 3. The following data on coal stocks and coal consirption 'betvreen 18 January and 2 ,yebruarys TT, -,l CLASSIFICATION STATE X NAVY fj x ARMY AIR X Date in January 21 19 52 S E-C-R F-T I Q '.'2, 700 33,00) 3 %.,500 February 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/04/11: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300510009-0 Approved For Release 2008/04/11 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300510009-0 25X1 Briquettes (tons) Coal dust (tons) Raw brown coal (tons) Schlammkohle (tons) Total (134) Days' requirements Supply (BU) Consumption (BU) 50,675 44,261 45,221 322 214 443 14,041 12,239 10,982 5,376 i^,5'56 3,544 94,038 82,730 88,455 3.7 3 2 3~9 24,153 20,524 29,469 25,885 25.493. 22,297 4, The following data on coal stocks 10 and 26 January: a, Da.t Daily requirements available;. in ~Tanuar~r 10 12 lib 20 24 26 Daily requirements 4.8 4;.7 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 b. Total coal stocks available, in tons Date in Hard Coal Brown Coal Hard Coal Raw B rown Coal Dust Janua_ Briquettes Slurry Coal 10 69,955 24,204 6,517 17, 026 504 12 66.546 24,429 6,329 16, 01 532 18 50,675 21.366 5,376 14, 04. 322 20 47,278 19,797 5,125 .129 654 278 24 42,824 21,376 4,596 12, 632 300 26 40,774 16,662 4,334 12, 071, 33 50 On 20 January 1955, a conference was held at the Ministry for Transport iL Berlin with State Secretary Szczepecki (fru) in chair., The conference was attended by representatives of the GDR railroads, of the Polish hard coal mining, the Polish state -railroads. (PICP) and by Melms (fnu), special authorized agent of the-GDR for , fuel supply Subject of discussions was the presen coal situation he possibility of hard coal imports. Labs (fnu) director general of the Polish coal mining, explained that favorable results were rc ached by Polish locomotive engineers in the oor, ur.?, ti on of hard octal slurry. His statements were confirmed by Krzemieniecki (fnu), chief ci the engine service of the PKP. Coal slurry is usually added to hard coal at a ratio of 25 percent but some locomotive engineers have u_od up to 80 percent coal slurry. The PKP offered to arrange test rides and interviews with Polish locomotive engineers for German repesentatives., The delivery of a hard coal which does not form :.lag and has high ine1tin:: port was requested. In addition to its caloric values, the behavior of the coal on the crates is important. The occasionally poor gt.ality of coal -slurry as well as of hard coal was criticized and it was requested that hard coal deliveries be subjected to quality specifications. A considerable increase of coal slurry imports to oase the critical coal situation of the GDR was sub;g;ested by Melms. It was pointed out that the consurnptio.1 of 4 to 5 types of coal was impossible for the CDR. railroads since the repeated change between hard ccal, briquettes and raw brown coal causes damages on fire-boxes and leeks in pipings. Therefore a regular delivery of quality coal had to be demanded and measures had to be taken to guarantee the supply of ported/sya he Bws. 4 48,178 ) 450 ) 10,963 ) 2 3,233 ) 92.571 ) 4., 1. 24,186 ) 22,787 ) 3 Approved For Release 2008/04/11: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300510009-0 Approved For Release 2008/04/11: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300510009-0 =C(iru ent. Com,)ared to the last reported status of 15 January for which 4 days' requirements were recorded, total coal stocks remained about constant 4.,1 days' requirements on 2 February. 0 According to an unconfirmed information, a govrernrmont order was issued to the effect that total coal stocks of the railroads were not to exceed 4 days' requirements in view of the over-all coal situation of the GDR. These coal stocks will be insufficient to prevent critical situations of th3 railroads similar to those which occurred around Christmas 1954, 2. Comment. Total coal stocks on 2 February amounted to 92,571 'tons ,BU . The hard coal proportion of toal coal stocks, whiff 11 January 1955 was increased 21 percent to 39 percent, 3. Comment. During the reported period, 89,332 tons (BU) of coal were supplied and 96,460 tons (:3U) were consumed. 4. Comment. This conference was probably held in view of the critical coal situation of the GDR railroads. The consumption of coal slurry and raw brown coal b, locomotives is known. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/04/11: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA006300510009-0