REORGANIZATION OF LOCOMOTIVE BRIGADES IN THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005100480001-6
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 16, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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L Until now several. locomotive bricades have been
ors enized into so-called colurnnso Source s ..d
that as far as he Lows there -re 15 such columns
in the soviet Zone of Corr y .. i
a. Columns 1. 2 and 8 are stationed in Fran /Oder,. (1)
Column 1 (sic) has been deactivated. (2)
4? In wue?.:1.-infurxaed tiro .co it is kno ;tan that the 15
co1utns are to be reduced to three.; (3)
5, As could be seen on occasion of the deactivation
of column l.,j the local ovives of these columns will
be confiscated by the boviets.,. Locomotive -.person-
nel f on erly assigned to locomotive colurms report
that their locomotives are said to have been turned
over to Poland and huma..nia0 (4)
(111 The stated number of locomotive columns and
the erition d location in 1'rankfurt/Oder of
columns 1. 2 and 8 is in ai ree.nient with previous
information. (5) Column 2 was transferred from
1erlin-i arlshoret to i'rankfurt/Cdera Lesides the
three wientioned columns column 3 previously std
tinned in Berlin-Panko 4, is also asst ed to be in
Frankfurt/Oder.
(2) The deactivation of locomotive column 1 was
previously reported (6) It reriaine to be seen
whether this measure also includes the dissolution
of the personnel organization.
This document Is I4er sby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
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Director of Catjntral IQtetligence. to th
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(3) The intended reduction to three columns is
reported for the first time and requires confir-
mation. The measure appears credible an condition
that:
as Soviet interzonal shipments be taken care
of by the German railroads.
b. Soviet passenger traffic between the 6oviet
Zone of Germany and the Soviet Union (Brest)
be handled by Soviet Column 4stationed in Brest..
c. whe formation of a reserve for an inorvased
transit traffic through Poland be not needed.
For the present traffic c olumebthree complete
columns (about 90 locomotives)- appear adequate.
(4) This statement must be viewed with reserve.
Locomotive Colugn lhad to transfer its locomotives
to Soviet Column 4N which also took over its
forme ? missions. (8) So far there have not been
any indications that the so-called brigade locomotives,
a total of more than 400, ? are to be transferred to
the East or turned aver 'to Soviet satellites a,
Howevert such a. procedure is possible= since the
Soviets consider these brigade locomotives war
booty or reparations goods which were only
temporarily left in the Soviet Zone of Germany..
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