GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONSTRUCTION OF STEEL BAILEY BRIDGES

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CIA-RDP80S01540R005500110007-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 22, 2016
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November 13, 2012
Sequence Number: 
7
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Publication Date: 
June 14, 1954
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MISC
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/13: CIA-RDP80S01540R005500110007-8 SECRET - US OFFI . OM;50X1-HUM German Democratle-Republic Lichtenberg factory has been building Bailey bridge sections since 1947 50X1-HUM (a total of 32 bridges). Despite the cancellation of the bridge construction project from the plan, the building of the bridges by this factory continues. The bridges are now transported on regular four-axle platform cars, while formerly they were transported on,special freight cars. the B TABUS People- ed Enterpr .se for Machinery of Mining and Heavy Industry) Berlin Steel Construction in Berlin by the factory in 1954. Five Bailey bridges were built in 1953 and four more are planned to be built SECRET - US OFFICALS -ONLY 50X1-HUM' Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/11/13: CIA-RDP80S01540R005500110007-8