RAILROAD TRAFFIC TO BREST LITOVSK VIA FRANKFURT/ODER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800190003-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: September 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/11/ 6 1D -190003-9
CLASSIFICATION ZINTEELJ"LTIGE/'NCE ONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS
CENT AGENCY
REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT co NO.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT Railroad Traffic to Brest
Litovsk via Frankfurt/Oder
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
RETURN TO C!A
LIBRARY
r25X1A
DATE DISTR. 16 September 1950
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS. 1 list (2 pages)
(LISTED BELOW)
25X1A
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. Trains proceeding in the direction of Brest Litovsk via
Frankfurt/Oder were observed,
2. According to an internal directive issued by the Frankfurt/
Oder railroad stations traffic passing through this station
is to be. incrr,ased soon. The number of transport and loading
workers and the available guards are to be doubled, **
Comp-ento All special cars previously reported were
25X1A nine railway cars. All refrigerator cars previously reported
were new cars. The replacement axles reported loaded on
individual cars were Soviet broad-gauge axles to be used
in Brest Litovsk for the refrigerator cars, mine railway
cars, tank cars and express coaches. The iron girders re-
ported were supports for turntables of broad-gauge loco-
motives. For traffic observed proceeding to Brest-Litovsk
25X1A from Frankfurt/Oiler, 29 June - 5 July 1950, see Annex.
Comment. This measure is possibly connected with the
present international tension and is therefore considered
credible. The alerting of four locomotive columns stationed
in Frankfurt/Odor a total of about 120 locomotives, and
25X1A the operation of iet transit trains in Poland were re-
ported The report in general supplements
previous reports on the number of trains passing throu h
Frankfurt/Oder in 174'est-Last direction, 25X1A
The number of trains reported does not include the
scheduled fast train (D2) and the scheduled leave train
(Ru 42) from Frankfurt/Oder to Brest Litovsk. The reported
number of trains is not unusual. During recent months a
daily average of 8 to 12 trains passed through Fran&furt/
Oder.
1 Annex& List of rail traffic to Brest-Litovsk via Frankfurt/
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CLASSIFICATION S RL'T/CONTROL - OFFICIALS OILY
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
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