BORDER CROSSING RAIL TRAFFIC AT FRANKFURT/ODER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006400790004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
COUNTRY,
TOPIC.
EVALUATION PLACE OBTAINED 25X1
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED 8 March 1955 25X1
REFERENCES
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REMARKS
1. On 23 Febru1, a troop train of 1 CB 1 B, 21 RRym from Frankfurt/Oder 25X1
to AltruppJ waa identified The train carried 1,430 25X1
GB - converted boxcar
B - boxcar
RRym - heavy-duty flatcar
tons of military goods which exceeded the scheduled load
a troop train of 43 axles, weighing 370 tons,
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went from Frankfurt/Oder to Altengrabow
3. Troop trains from Brest Litovsk between 24 February
and 1 March included:
tanks had again arrived ant the experts for GJ/~I
4. Prior to 25 February, the volume of tank cars which were dispatched to 25X1
Brest Litovsk was still low. Since Colonel Revyuk (fnu) asked for a more
speedy handing over of tank cars on 25 February, the tank cars dispatched
daily increased up to 50 cars. Difficubties in making available tank cars
about 10 days earlier resulted in a message by Colonel Revyuk (fnu) which
contained an order to immediately inform Secretary of State Szczepecki who
was apparently responsible. 5
1. Comment. The two troop trains carried tanks of the new T-54 type.
belong to the 31IM-A been used for
transportation of these tanks since the beary 1955. The tanks 25X1
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REPORT
Border Crossing Rail Traffic at Frankfurt/Oder
Date
Number of Cars
Receiving Station
24 February
2 CB, 28 RRym with tanks
Altruppin
25 February
3 RRym with tanks
Fueratenwalde
1 March
3 CB, 15 RRym
Meinsdorf
Referring to the
scheduled load had to be informed. the load extended 25X1
only the width by 125 mm on each s de.
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on 27 February.
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In early November 1954, the first model tank had been consigned to the
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comment. receiving station and weight of load
indicate that the train carried ammunition from the USSR to the Soviet
ammunition depot at <engrabow.
Comment.
scheduled load totals 130 mm, that is only 65 mm on
scheduled load I for main lines permits a loading w i t h up to 3,150 mm,
While the measurement of the new tank includes a
The Hq 7th Gde Mecz Div is stationed at Fuerst~alde.
width of 3,279 mm.
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5. Comment. The dispatching of 1,040 tank cars for fuel to t as
or ere y e Soviets
Until 15 February 1955, 1o er, only 200 tank cars had been dispatched
CO-onel Revyuk (fnu) is chief of the Soviet
transportation control eadquarters (Voso) at the Berlin railroad
district headquarters. Szczepecki is listed as Secretary of State in the
Verkehrsministerium (Ministry of Transport).
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