An
item reported that the Polish and Czech barges active on the Oder
were mainly used for transporting downstream coal and coke from Kozle
to Szczecin used there by the plants or exported. The coal and coke
was transported by rail from the Upper Silesian mines to Kozle.
Upstream was Swedish iron ore for the foundries and smelters at
Katowice, Czechoslovakia transported.
Source
The
report was published on www.archive.org, document number
CIA-RDP82-00457R006200770012-0