ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES OF THE SOVIET ZONE RAILROADS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008800230001-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
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• Publication Date: September 13, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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- ,, : Changes of the $ovi et ZiAno Hailroada
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T OF Cc ? T i . "I , sea belm J! ! 19n
--DATE PREPARED 33 Septer t or 19511
_ENCLOSURES (No. APB)
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L, In ea l;y Jtuae 195 t it was learned at the Gclmeri a regional railroad headquarters
tl -t. there have be-,n plans to increase the nurabor of personnel eriployedx at the
x~a :t.rhtib h c cr (railroad subdistrict offices) to 3,000 to 4 ,,OM; and at the
R chshahtxi,:ire:ktionon (railroad district headquarters) up to 15,OOO In pursuance
of this plxanw the Schwerin railroad district is to turn over the admLniatratiori
of the :Iare a as far as i ibnitz near Rostock (excluding Toteroo),, ',iarona Lalclvm and
, e7 -.'e:rg .t;? far as P ss hhof to the Greifsv ,d railroad district. It will then
to Ce ,v :r V adtaardistration of all branch lines in the Neuruppin-Neustadt?-
Pat .:i.~xe' ~auo area from the Be=rlin railroad district, New railroad subdistrict offices
are tc be established in Ludwigslust and Neuruppin, This reorganization is to
:reducer the administrative authority of the railroad district headquarters and
r?elog? t . more authority to the individual railroad subdistrict offices Q
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21, At P. wc!.ference in Fast Berlin in late Jwne l9SIa which was a- tended by
re rr ~e:.:tot ,yes of all railroad district headquarters, the following was announcsd
Teo Gre:i,fa ld railroad district will cbably turn over the folic in - lines
to the Schwerl n railroad district (si, s V*1gaet theta; imtmnd*n'burg okem8,
5J km wuGt of Te- :aresa; Tetrowr- toien; Wren- ?lchi ars~urc 11.5 km southeast,
ot` not en;~ irate?er ar > i er na the 1i< rc ia3 section of which is ? till
C siantled; Neustre3ats,=='iiro"- A3ueehhof? 8,8 km west of .rcw Iir Rocl i.n;
rind the Loomenberg-lkrzberg--hzinsborg :lane?
b, I c. dent al to t:l projected turn -aver of railroad linos a change of the areas
assigned to tie railroad subdistrict offices within the railroad districts will
take place. U,tor+ completion of this reorganization., the railroad vubdistrict
office-s will be renazaad Bezirksdirektionen. A new Bezirlcsdirektion will be
eatThlished in Neubrandoriburg.
cc, A'Al the w ailroad districts will be reor;anized0 In the Dresden railroad district
tl'.e 33 railroad subdistrict offices will be increased to 28 Bezirksd.i,rektionma.. s
T'.ti change in org rai.zatioll ' Was explained as facilitating adrtnistrative
f .?ocoduroa
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In a d3rective dated 10 July 19 ,3;, by Director General Kramer (fnu)
of the ~aviet Gong P.ajlxroads.0 it was stressed that3 since
responsibilities have bean relegated to the new Rez rksdirok-tjonen from
t,!-).e district headquarters;, the departmental chiefs at both levels will
have Lo-be thoroughly indoctrinated concerning f25X1 X he now sat-azp
^ $ ~ On 3 Jul}r 19 :1a it was learned that the Berlin railroad s?;lxiictrict offices
Will '-move Jlzrisdict3 on only over the area within the 'Berlin outer Freight
Ring and the suburban railroad stations, For e ;plo, the 'Brandenburg
railroad tation will be reassigned to the Lagcleh u g railroad district
and s tie 4i esenbur? railroad ;station to the Ilalic rail road district.
At the Cottbus railroad district headquarters, it was :Learned on 20 July
X13 that Ve for er rail r as d subdistrict offices will ho rapl cent by
cvti r? s v.re' tioraen o{ greater authority, but the areas controlled will
f s .l.lor thorn those of the former railroad, oit .i; ctr-i Ct offices. .'here
will also be a change in the boundaries of the railroad districts, The
Cottbus railroad district will be considerably enlar; ed. The reor,*;anization
date raj ,elledulod for 1. July, but was postponed to late August. The new
25X1 X 3e. ,rks ir?e;IotI oneai are scheduaied to start functionin'-~ on 1 October 1751.
On '19 so'.xcc ascertained that the Schwerin railroad. district will be
rear :1a;al zed 'iot
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x Gzirkscls rck'tjo:nen, namely Sc's erixzv Rostock,
!"ii est.z'o ,, Ludwi-sliest, ?ittenbern.e, and ileustadt/Dosse,lose in
I=udwi' slust and i4eustadt/Donse will be newly established. i'ach of tha-
}3ezirksdiraittianeiwill rr~ave a person el strength of 2s 00o he ~'clnrerjn
railroad district. will reassiF:n part of the Ri txnitz area and the areas
Of al eizi z, 5tavvenzi ;en , :ran?en and 1esonburg to the Oreifsvald railroad
district,, but will receive the areas of pauljnerkaue p :+eust,sdt and 'tom
rus;p .x?;. :rith,erto header the administration of the Berlin railroad district?
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these c`=arises area 6chcA'aled to 7o into effect on I January 19-52 at the
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C'aMeent the ir1fo3 ation in para. 1 con
administrativre areas fray the s ria of
dae~ not "Pear 'min to the CbreitsWl8 ditriert
doev not hilly consistent ittth that In Paco. 2 (a) owarning a
railroad Imes frna the Qzreifs,d to the 8ahverrin distriat9
as sevea'a]l, lines mentioned in pew. 2a appeiu~ to be within the area
referred to in per. I.
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t : j3z?d7 ac's > 11 h effected by the fa'1 s or one: of I r:? ? It will result
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F'E'~>''?t?3:u;s lt? a l ~' and
. j oar ciio railroad district headquarters to tie nev
's z i.rkSdi rekt.iorieno The ;. asixn n i: ht have n causes by the eonveroion
f li3 ?C viet hone Stato ailr;aaci.s into a -nationalized palter, rise in 1?5ln
~ e o Ben Y"I{ } re :t torten will Co r:ra`3? ; d to the liecoruonic 11, 14 ?r of
ria ti ?7I"tr`},l .SsG?ti' e'a I :r+.'r 3r3 c os .> ~ioe The Sdi L! ?_C v hitherto cor Jr:Lgec1 our railroad u canereraiil~d
rtE:sr 31a!! provides for six :i~ :i.rk ~?:9rc ietio:ae;n ~district offices, m,ii~t.e the
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