PROCUREMENT OF RAILS BY DISMANTLING OF TRACKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007000700012-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: February 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL REPORT NO.
C(OUIlTRV Germany (Pus: ian zone)
SUBJECT Procurer.rent of 2ails by Dismantling
of Tracks
PLACE
ACQUIRE
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DATE OF
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DATE DISTR. 27 7ebruary 1991
NO. OF PAGES I
NO. OF ENCL S
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO,
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The follovring, decree was published in the oviet "one s?allroad Bulletin of
10 Dece. ber 1' ~~0:
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"TO: .tli Regional Railroad headquarters in the German Democratic
Republic:
"The fulfillment of the Five-Year Plan req.mires that a-11 the con-
struction projects envisaged in the invest e_r_t plan be carried out,
The critical shortage of rails may necessitate use of rails already
laid and their installation at other places, there they would be of
_:seater economic value. For this reason the reEional railroad head'
quarters -ill examine with the ut..ost care the question of which lines
in their districts n ; be c) Lsmantled for the procurement of rail ma-
terial without Cisturbl_ng vital operations, i.oth the smallest line
sections and entire lines may be earr.-arked for disnantlingo Rc arcaless
of decisions to be taken by us, re,-.oral railroad headquarters will
name all tracks, the capacity of which is presently being utilized
only to a sr-all dc,---ree.
"This is an urgent request., and the result of the examinatons made
will have to be co!..r.:uni_cated to us by told raze by 15 December 19 0,
(signed) rlerrr..ann, 10 ;,'?
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