ODER BRIDGES AND NAVIGABILITY OF RIVER ODER IN SILESIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000600250009-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 30, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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6Ni'ELL1GEl~GE REPt~R~'
~G4l~t~T~cY ~'~la~ad
~l~B.IE~f Odea~ Ijridgea and Nae~abi~.~.t~r a~` Rf.~rr Oder
eeia 1a1~1C ~ una :L9~7
in Sil
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Re~er~o~r at Otc~ao~~H~b
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The e;qu3.pent dE the Otrnuci~a~' re~a~ervair azak3 s~f the aci~o~.n3~r-~ pm~r ~a~;~;..ir~n
aarada~a~d dur~~g th? r and ~a~ Iuta~rn ~Lo be i'un:;tion#n~ ~.n .~ ~.9~5a
~. ~re,.:?.e~
TIC carsal~ ark ~.o~I~ ~ and wear ~r~as~ su.f~'es~red ~-n3.y alight ~rar tfla~~e and
Sat gad cc~nd~.ti?n ~~x Sa~pte~resr 19~6s with they ex~~a't~.~sn ~~ the d~~ at
~?33~ieg~er B~.e 8t?rch~, ~hesres reapa3.r irk ~a.st ~at~.l~, ilaa3.ng undertaken.
3~ 3~den ,~C? (3 .
Sv~.e etf then 3.c-clea at 'Lir~dGn o~ere~ ae~~e:rel~ eiamaged duri then Warm b~zt repal.ra
~s?eh cat~~Lete'd by Jzane~Te~].~ X9i~b.
~'he Ode3r read bridge betueean 01a~ra and Tiergarten blo~n ~tp duri~ haatil.itiexa,~
t hae been terari3..~ re:pa~.a~~d ~3.th a ~le~ ~3.c~th ~}~rs.
T~chirne ~P.52/0.~~.~.
~c~tt~.t~ was bad3~r d~a~ed dt~rStng hc~et~.li.tiea~g but 3.n Datober ].~~.b d~~ ?v1.es~?
tra~~s ra.i],~va~ trafgi.~ tae ?besard m
The re.il~~ brides a~ex? the' Alta Oder and the (3der bet~e~an T~ch3rpte
~i. ~Tar~areth C ?6~. .
The ?rgzther ~el~ (a. loap 3.n. the Oder araund F~argare~th~ Ia:~.ci rtea ,
in then ceraar,~e of tha x.945 aa~pai~n~, by floQdia~, brought ab~sut b~ the u~m. ~g
aacp3.eaairtea o 1~he .Iaho~i~~ ~.e:c~ta ire blocked ark the instal2atior~ at ~tei~e
ire x?endered urmeab].e b~ dea~m~3.t3.~s. ~ t~t~e auto ?;t" 196 then ceaur~e ref the3
Oder had bee;aa returned to ~soraaaZ isa the ~ar~;aresther ~ixake:Z and ria~x3.gata~.es.
Bream
(aj `The by- gasp cana~~? lacks a~ad da~~ in and near A~a~..au r:ere ~~.~
e2.~.ghtl~ d d by arti7.lEry .fire d~xria~ the ~.r. Farther plight
dg~age eras caused b~ bonabi.ng to then cQnerrste reata9.r~i.ng ~,alla of the ,
a t~ s s ~~ ~ c~ r~ a r~ ~--? C01~1~RC~. ~'.8~ 0~'~Ox.~xs c-xa~.~
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(b) Apart from yuperricial d~:th,3ne to the superstructura, the Uci @r
b~idr~es in ?~reslau are usable This refers to the 14~iserbr'~eke,
Furstenbrucke, I.,essinc~brucl;e, i'a~sbruck:e and :tasenthal.erbrucke.
TIi~ roadvaal ci? the Ilunclsfc~lderbruc~te v~~as blown up, but repai.rc~d
b~- thy: iiu:~vicns i,~~r:~ediatel;~ aftar thv capitulation?
~;? C~nc~ral.
Tlo chan~~:s have t~~i:en place in the course a.C the Gdcr frar~ I'.reslau tcs Auras
(C?33}? Considerable siltinrr up hav oecur:d bet~acen Auras and the con-
S'lju[ence with tlia PS~isse, as na dredr+ers h?ve been at Zvarl1 during 19t-5 ar
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c1p A temparar~ tac~oclen rails+ray brid~;o is in operation over the Oder at l~ra~l~rt'
but re airs to the gtc;al bride are ;;xpectc~cl tc be eamnleted this rnanth. '1'he
bri.d~ep~rorlcer~, erha are r~er:~an are clue to ~*o to i:iistrin and to bv~in xre.~rY~ to
coMplete the ?rs.nltfurt bride.
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