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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\nAPPENDIX B (1)\nSOVIET CAPABILITIES TO TRANSPORT MILITARY POL\nREQUIREMENTS IN THE EVENT OF WAR\n1. Total Transportation Requirement.\nb. The total number of general purpose\nfreight cars needed for the transportation of\nThe total POL requirement assumed to be\n746,383,500 ton miles of lubricants is 1,363.\nstockpiled and requiring transportation di-\nvided by categories of products is tabulated\nc. Transportation of POL supplies for the\nbelow:\noccupation forces and the Navy will require\nTYPE OF PRODUCT\nThousands of Metric Tons)\nGasoline\nDiesel\nLubes\nAv. Gas\nFuel Oil\nJet\nTotal\ns.3\nStockpiled\n650\n334\n97\n206\nNone\n29\n1,316\nRequiring Transportation\n3,387\n1,464\n467\n2,310\n2,290\n618\n10,536\nBlack Sea Naval Requirements *\n16\n58\n8\n742\n824\n* Not considered as requiring transportation for purposes of this study as it will be filled by refineries\nalong coast and only ship-shore transportation will be needed.\n2. Railroad Transportation.\n18,620 tank cars or 66 percent of the total.\nBy services, these are divided as follows:\na. If the railroads were used exclusively for\nPercent\nthe transportation of the total military POL\nService\nNo. of Cars\nof Total $\nrequirement, this movement would amount to\nGround Force\n2,983\n16\na total of 16,249,063,500 ton miles or six per-\nAir Force\n5,379\n29\ncent of the total Soviet railroad traffic in 1948.\nNavy\n10,258\n55\nThe Soviets would use tank cars to the great-\nd. The transportation problem is clearly\nest extent possible for all products except lu-\nhigh-lighted by the following table which\nbricants. The total number of serviceable\nshows that of the total of 18,620 tank cars\ntank cars needed to carry the 15,502,680,000\nneeded to supply the occupation forces and\nton miles representing all products except lu-\nthe Navy, a total of 13,023 tank cars or 70 per-\ncent will be needed to supply the forces in the\nbricants is as follows:\nFar East.\nNumber of\nPercent\nUSING SERVICE\nDESTINATION OF\nProduct\nTank Cars\nof Total\nGround\nAir\nSHIPMENTS\nNavy\nGasoline\n6,990\n25\n(Tank Cars Needed)\nDiesel\n3,375\n12\nWestern Europe\n1,591\n1,235\nAv. Gas\n8,074\n28\nMiddle East\n72\n62\nFar East\n1,320\n4,082\nFuel Oil\n8,934\n32\nBlack Sea\n0\nJet\n947\n3\nBaltic\n2,217\nArctic\n420\nTotal\n28,320\n100\nPacific\n7,621\nT OPICSECRET\n41"
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