ROUTES AND METHODS USED IN SENDING FRIEGHT TO CHINA VIA SIBERIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500560011-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

F~tTR~I. INTEL .CGEN~CE AGENCY
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COUNTRY USSR/Chin
4?NFIDENTIATr
SUBJECT Routes and Iiothoda Used in Sandi n to
25X1A China via Siberia
PLACE
ACQUIRED 25X1A
25X1X
DATE OF
INFO.
a.' Through Berlin to I.1anchuria (oil the. Tr .sbai.kal railway to a Soviet--
The following trio routes are
China via Siboriar
Mafnchurian station of destination or to the Soviet Dalvneshtrans -
2) Goods iuat be addressed either to the C'hinece consig oe ab the
1) Good al owed.; ft eig it piece t,oods and loaded railroad carso
Chinese border point)
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DATE DISTR. , 29' SSP ? 5].
NO. OF PAGES , 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED BELOW)
Froi ht masts to the Germaxi-Polish border, generally Frnkfurt/odera
-must be paid by the consignor,, Further cos-L's, to the destination
may be Paid by the consignees.
transport agency
b. Via Czechoslovakia: In this case the fright cars are f.". Ast sent to
the Czech-Soviet border station at Cop,, addrescod to "Tetra ns~. and are
then cant on with a now way-bill to the "a aaa hur ax, shtion, addressed
to Dala>noslitrans. On the now waybill the name of the ?nd-user^ riust
be given.
1) Freight costs as far as too;:' on b c, paid by the consignor, but from
top. to :aanchuria they must bo paid by the Soviet Iransevtraans
transport agency. Upon the '3ispahch of goods a call must be put
through to Iransovtraans in asco,;;, giving details such as the nature
of the goods and their vteiCji-t-, so that Iransov trans can g:tvo notice
of the movement of the ix ei, at by telegram and enable a letter of
credit to be opened for the iYel ht as far as ".`anohuriaa in favor of
Iraansovtrausa From `JanahurLa to the final destination the freight
is paid by the end-..user. (2.)
2. Tables of .freight rates up to the "Polish-Gorman frontier or to Cop are
available,, but no ?reciso rates are k ow?n for freight from these points
to L anchuria. It is Icnovaxi, ho'iever;, that the rates quoted by -Ioscov for
i.aa.tohes and pharmaceuticals by fast; 15:f2;bt or express froz:a to aanohuria
vary between 7,696 and 6,662 rubles per ton.,
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An Individual vri s!,?xing to r_-. ,p freight from S si tzorland to (China by
Siberia .,wet first obtain a transit permit from the iSw iot ade
Dole tic;n In Bern n Det::ils to be submitted ri th t1o applicant ion are
Uountry of ori(,,n arm, nountxy of'
Country of destination
Name and address of the ormer of the - od
Nam and adddxrosa of the ortner" z f orvmrdinb; a ;oxnoy ix
of ' diapatch and destination
Frontier station in the Soviet t'nion thrcu;
to be transported.
Detailed do3cripttonc of the Go ~ ^
markv,, nu ber of packaLec,: t rosy e ei 1
(1)
Value of {;oode (in1re c must Ce. M A41
The cons o"r .tet a.13o ob'Eall a' oer"df?i.'t e 'a! u i ii ?and' a -?ort fic ate.
fro u the Trade Section of the Swims s=.,onor:d~ i;oprart?Y nt t t t4J' e oct that
the ti$onsit goods are hif property =,,j .:ho dzis";:finer for us,- in the Bout try
of destination it is r'io ; cle'r w1het "t 4r Uie o vsio cor"tiiicate rw4st a1 . o
007., t;;n.,
be p brnitted to the Soviet Trade
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/~v~y~..q^y $'ai1~:,4 s k ~e~...tv,w;t .y s r .i 1 ' be It ~Y~vcl :a 1oE,3.8..2`~. be the
icM+~6LLd.
agency ':C? pay cit.` on shi" eats he'ti; o ti lac' , and
i:caxkC'i113 .I a. ;.
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