INFORMATION ON THE DDR RAILROAD SYSTEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012200360005-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: June 9, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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T M8 DOCUMENT CONTAINS !NF()RVATION AFFECTIr C T14; NATIONAL. 11,#N"aL
OP TNH UNITED STATES, WITNIIT THA Matti, No Or TITLE I6. Sf:C flt II 1411
AND 104. OF TFE U- S. COFSS. AS AYlBNOE3. ITS TSIANSI'91SSION 1, MEMO Unions in 'htL_ in ia. hw to turn in reports on roads-to .~t h:3
stations, local Iro[' u.atiori f i'ure ; , load capacity of railroad t i c'r'C -~s ^._:-.?,.ir
`;.' may,i 17 t ioo for vehicles, etc .. 1 r^. N arch 1952, ti o Soviet A7 my c.t _ecr#3 Lr'velliuif
'=,' inspoet;.on trolley 1 roll;: ;h ts1'.O -railroad district checker on the correctness
of these :r ports, The officers dE., t- Cifred that the Rli ' -=
ttvt,~xt.C;t, arid;. iSt~83.t+?bo'S2 % ai.:_-
ram stat i.c:t ?x-ou1n have to he c::i_ven priority. IN Erfurt rc Ei.nriaI railroad
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headquartgrss ';'.?5 o Gera! to have thy romps of these stations recoIIG .
' tionec tiiaa-,
out Way. In connection with this order, these railroad stations .rare elilor?. ;d,
r..:.~soaci~ rc,sos reinforced cn: facilities '} 1
'~ for the J.oi?1f7l?1C' "pI(.i
vehicles iz::proved. (, ~..) of
r c I of the ur,r!_r :?r e ti i r-" the H.r'c ctora t,e General Cn P. 1
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1=0 nit1 ated c. 3, e uii for the ';,1^RVorttioi. of accidents and sa otaVe? f1 special
has Ova jot' o(' L wan to have been re'e'dy to fur etion by into March.,
x () t.ccord r: anothor or"c er o:` i,h 00, the ' F1te? Fats Procurement Division
of tie Dirac t orr : ; General, ni lr"[ i i:'.` , as to report, by the WON of .Arch,
on OR star ^n e ca gat l ty W W f_`...ll.- t.'? i. ons and fuel or oil tar ks :.
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-t< _ i,i E'rIli (" iifir'.?s 'r:, C+rr'":atiU,'"! .ccordin to e!`;iCam: a 25X1
neco cc series of 20,000 fewer to be returned by the
The al ictP ."ic ttiori of t hr lines also Cor]f"!T2 s the rsrov? Oils 2 cpurt.:+
"r ?ic A re'':ortec. I at the ('lE'c tr1cal Qaaorieirt required. 1" t' t c caa'" ~ J c^_l_ect "7.[:-al
locoinotiv'es, war to be .`urnist,ed by - t.".'.G. "',3,',_k,
2) The so-called t lief ,z?~.ir. avar a in ' c W or to AM Or 11 consisted of
i ioto - vehicles, hicli .', ere ea:11 ` pea' for c ile - I. enre and for feeCi' n lar =" c nurbero
of peop n in tin evcnt of ei asters. Contrary to h.i.# r:o hil e reLi'~ in4,tall;:ttiCcr,
the =?C.lie.f 'aur'a ,is r^e iboree, 4 hich can h escc'. fnr N civilian Z_t;(:, r'i .:.t7r',
purposes, corns.iW of rail i s only..
These r.c~~.,u.i'es C will 25X1
t . also .:c of 'y al . e , in t. _e event of wax, Ot hia the fi ero. k
of civilian d(c s ?nse. t:part. from ix ^'r ,there is nothing unusual in t!iee,
Ii) It is believed WtXois order -. ;xmint" MI
i;1e as u.r c
t -) These -,es 3u"es ere e..ni:eetc. c: f':rt``,.n-,.' ;exercise of the ?`0 }) hear. ` .
this nrea dura.6 , tic: Brio fro?:'. 1 ' ri"oiiefi 20Torch, he ra.ilronei cations Y
nent_ `.oriec wore t1Me main G''?trai n:.TJ; and entraining `'or t.Soviet .e
~ points lra.nks
i.nvo ved.
`'E:) ? casures 1 esir" t?d to :revent accidrr,t;s 'and sabofaEe 'were dlscussr'd at the Trans-
ort,;;t .on Gonf .;'encc held in Loipzi.- in. hebruery 1952,.
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