RAILROAD EQUIPMENT REMOVED FROM GERMANY TO THE USSR;, CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRIC RAILWAY IN CHELYABINSK SECTOR

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CIA-RDP82-00457R000700030008-7
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RIPPUB
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C
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1
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December 22, 2016
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April 5, 2012
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8
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Publication Date: 
June 26, 1947
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IR
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50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R000700030008-7 -%IittOFAX Zs SUBJECT ORIGIN CONI,OL U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY CENT RAIL INTELLIGENCE GROUP INTELLIGENCE REPORT Railroad Equipment Removed from Gem to the USSR; Construction of Electric Railway in Chelyabinsk Sector STATE WAR X_ NAVY JUSTICE ')'ST' u l- 1947 PAGES SUPPLEMENT 50X1-HUM lo Approximately 200 electric locomotives removed from the central Geran electricildt di thf6 raroa neurnge summer o 19/4 are still at Brest-Litovsk, awaiting removal to the USSR, They are ultimately to be used in the Chelyabinsk area, where a standard European gage railroad network is under construction. Some 1,500 kilometers of track are being laird. Comment:. The 50X1 -HUM Soviet Government announced on 28 April 194.7 tha s 5O0 II1 e?, of a new 2,500 mile South Siberian Railway had been completed, On 5 FvSruary 1.947, the Floacow radio announced that the Chelyabinsk Novosibirsk line. would be electrified this year.) Of 1,000 German steam locomotives forming the so-called war booty haulage columns, 350 have failed to return from trips to Brest-Litovsk undertaken during 194.6. This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of thi Espionage Act 50 U.S.C. 31 and 32 as amended, Its transmiss .on or the revelation of its contents in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law, Document Be. NO CHANGE in Class. ^ ^ DECLASSIFIED Class. CHANGED TO: TS DDA Memo, 4 Apr 77 Auth: DDA REG.__77J1763 Date: CONTROL/U.S. OFFICI1 G`.< _Y Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R000700030008-7