GERMAN FREIGHT CARS TO BE RETURNED TO THE SOVIET UNION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007600170008-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 17, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 3, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INTELLOFAX 4 CENTItiN4t\ ELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT, NO.
CD NO,
INFORIVITION REPORT
COUNTRY Germay (Russian Zone )itSaa
SUBJECT ?Gannmn rreight'Cars to be
Returned by Soviet Union
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE DISTR.. 3 Flay 1951
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1. On 15 February 1951, it was learned thot 20,033 frei7ht care wore
to be returned to the Soviet Zone State Zailways by the USSR,.
The cars, which ?._:re of German ori:in? yore confiscated by the Soviets
in 1945. * The cars ?are to be turned ov.3r in Prert..atovsk at an un-
d ttormined date. Gorman r n ilroad authorities expect that this will
?ha epen in Juno and July 1951. Details on the types of the cars to be
returned are not available, since the Lioviet5only mentioned the f i7nre
of 20,030 cars without further apecificatioes. The railroad re2air
shops have boon ordered to make available a total of 43,030 standard-
?zauge car axles to be sent to Drect.Litovsk whore they are to be mounted
on the cars to be returned. Those axles will orosumably be collected
in Berlin to be transferred from there to Brest..54itovsk. ** Director
General &Ismer stated that he, on the occasion of his stay in oscow
in jJecomher 19530 had convinced the Soviets that the oribical situation
? of the German railways with regard to rellinz stock necessitated the
? return of the 20,000 confiscated cars.
2. On 22 February 1951 alout 1,000 standard-gauge railroad car axles with
protective Jackets arounf, the bearings were stored at the Berlin-Licht(-1? .-
berg railroad station. It is expected that still more axles will arrive? .
The purpose of the axles is unknown. **
3. On 6 Larch 1951 ax)roxittitay 10503 reconditioned standard-gange rail-
road car axles wore stored at the Lichtenberg railroad station. The
stocks of ow' axles ere to be increased to 3,000 units. The axles aro
expected to 1:e removed before the be -inni ig of the Youth Rally
in ,Iugust 1951.
25X1 Lco Such a measure appears possible because the number of
? rai.i.road cars seized by the L.oyiets from 1945 to 1947 is probably much
hither than 200000. It must also be borne in mind that these aorman
cara:because of their. smaller measurements, 7,:re uneconomical for operation
? on ktroad.gauge traoks2?se that the SovietZright be inclined to exchange
them for new Soviet-gaurse cars manufactured in the Soviet .:ono of
? Germany!, Furthermore, railroad cars are such a critical item in the
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CLASSIFICATION
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ARMY # XAIR 41
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soviet 4one3 of Germany that early assistance or relief of the
situation is required.
25X1 it*[ [Comment. These axles indicate thlt Lichtenberr '708f3ibly
the collection point for the axles to he transferred to Brest?
Litovsk,
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