REFRIGERATOR TRAINS USED TO TRANSPORT MEAT FROM THE USSR TO THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100430008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 1999
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: March 12, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION S 3 OFFICIALS M WA / 1/
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
REPORT NO.
1
4
INFORMATION REPORT
CD NO..
444
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
DATE. DISTR.
12 ?larch 1951
SUBJECT Refrigerator Trains Used to Transport
Meat from the USSR to the Soviet Zone
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NO. OF PAGES
1
Rrmany ACQUIRED
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STED BESU1}
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DATE OF
SUPPLEMENT TO
INFO. 25X1X
REPORT NO. Comment
"sI?in;~e 2,he r.ts took n1^.ce fror0 3nntonb - to 14 October 3.05c"..
One train of 40 refri^crator cars operated dail ; fro". the
a to the Central 'tuck-,;'arc? in Perlin, traveling vl.a
Brest ' itavskti, arsatJ a::zd -'rankfurt/Oder. This train operated
tt: ?ocf-W ~ ola:Y?d on the schedule of the ovief; leave train that
had i'oern cance.,11ed
gat the Perlin_ Ccrtra.l ':stock--Yard the - eat -'as trarsionded into
boxcars "T ich -ore disnatched to the areas of Cottbus-')roadert,
Leipzi ;-Cherr'itz, Dessau-17alle-4 rfurt, and 'Brandenburg-
7 `aCdeburg.
c, The refri crator cars contained lard 'neat frozen at a
tem!erature of -150C. It is nrobable that the deliveries -ere
primarily for civilian consunntion, since in the fall of 1050,
no stocks ..,ore available in the +0v? et one to rieet .,neat ra-
t ions, s:-.,-all as they T,rere. 1.V??ever, it is nnssT1e. t1 at',
part of the neat sent by the -!as for r!ilitar,,r oon-
surzption. 3irzilar fish shin, tints -ere also directed via V.e
Cuben border crossing, point d.urinC? the s^r?aee ?,eriod.
d. Only individual refrigerator ears 1vo been or,orati:1r since
n id-"otober 1950. These cars are ~,.ttc::c ac d uo tt ,^ sc;:.>. ?? ed
freight trains usin ^ those border crosssinr,; points -here
customs offices are established.
c,i, The second leave train had al-ays orcjrated on a case-to-ease
basis and nresently runs irre:uularly dt rin!. the t?ee -
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