SOVIET RAIL BORDER TRAFFIC

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP80-00810A007200700007-1
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
Document Creation Date: 
December 21, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 19, 2008
Sequence Number: 
7
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Publication Date: 
June 7, 1955
Content Type: 
REPORT
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This is UNEVALUATED Information) Approved For Release 2008/03/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007200700007-1 CLASSIFICATION SBGR> COUNTRY a'st Germany TOPIC Soviet Rail Border Traffic EVALUATION DICE OBTAINED DATE OF CONTENT DATE OBTAINED REFERENCES l ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) PAGES REMARKS REPORT DATE PREPARED 7 June 1955 On 23 May. A shipment of four boxcars with military goods exceeding the scheduled load was to be dispatched from Frankfurt/Oder to Boehlen near 25X1 Leipzig. 1 lad 28 May 1955; The following information was obtain between 23 25X1 On 24 May. A shipment of 23 boxcars with military goods exceeding the scheduled load and 8 flatcars was dispatched from Dessau to Brest-Litovsk. 25X1 The shipment had 4 weight of 1,000 tons. 1 the scheduled load arrived at Frankfurt/Oder from Brest-Litovsk. Two flatcars. On 25 May. A shipment of two oars with military goods exceeding the scheduled load and two crash cars went from Wiederitzsoh to Brest-Litovsk.2 On 28 May. A shipment of 16 flatcars with military goods exceeding were dispatched to Wittenberg, 6 flatcars to Satzkorn, and 8 flatcars to Riesa. 3 25X1 25X1 25X1 1. Comment. The two shipments were probably composed of Soviet-type 25X1 boxcars which were put on normal-gauge wheels. The large body of such a oar possibly led to the assumption that the shipment contained military goods which exceeded the scheduled load. The employment of such oars, however, indicates that the goods were not to be reloaded at the rail change-over 25X1 point for reasons unknown. 25X1 3. The transportation of goods exceeding the scheduled load and the crash oars indicate that the shipment possibly contained long-measured parts of a bridge or of cranes which had been delivered by pertinent industries in Leipzig (Bleichert Firm?) Comment. A similar shipment was previously observed. the mechanized armies. Gommnnt. The report indicates that new T-54 tanks arrived from the uutia. The three receiving stations are known as posts of tank divisions of ^1 ACQIClr+AT1AAt Qvria !P Approved For Release 2008/03/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007200700007-1 25X1 25X1 1