RECONSTRUCTION OF ODER BRIDGES AT KUSTRIN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000800330001-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 13, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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The Oder Ri v-er bed near K?4strin (V66) is filled with sand an:' is
not navigable. The following bridges were observed in the aea:
a Two iron railroad bridges have been repaired for singlet
track rail traffic,.
not permitted to leave the peninsula and are watched by the b`:3er
:police.
g r Y Years0 They receive rations equivalent to tho
The barracks, partially damaged, house a construction battalion
consisting of three companies with a total of 1,800 men. These
workers, drafted in the eastern part of the Russian Zone, ar.
supposed to be relieved every three months, but many of them -,,tve
been in service for more than five or six months, Their ave.,;e
a e is +1-%1 t
h
n e w.t in six or. eight months. The wooden bridge
this section has only one passage--way.
d. The bridge in the northern section is being salvaged.
b. Road bridges have been replaced by four-lane wooden bri- ;es0
These temporary bridges are strong enough to support to ::: s o
c4, The bridge in the southwest section, made of iron, is t- be
`i 3sh d -1
3. The border police patrol a restricted area one kilometer fro,,; the
border, Papers are checked and travelers are often interrogr. >_..3d
at the komend"a tura .
Documents examined in the railroad station revealed that ten to
eighteen trains, loaded - with goods, leave K~,Itstrin daily for. Inster-
'urg, Kovel and Brest-Litovsk. On 12 June, a train of thirty-seven
sealed cars hauled 512 tons of barley eastward., With the exception
of a few trains carrying military equipment
all westbound tr3.
,
tns
are empty, source claims? Railroad workers stated that strain is
evident between the Russians and the Poles, and the latter return
all railroad cars whose manifests are not absolutely in order.
CLASSIFICATION
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