SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000300540001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 30, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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On 5 Jan- a.ry 1953,, a train of 6 converted 'oodtcars w .th soldiers from oe :zow -
to Fuerstenberg was identified 25X1X
2,, Troop trains from Lieberose between 4. and 29 Pecein- 25X1X
her 1952 included: a train or ~. car; to . ,ers 'enwa .c e on 4 December; a train
of 20 cars to Paerstenwelde on 5 ]:,econber; as train of 8 cars to Fuerstenwaide
on 11 December- a train of 40 cars to 'rank u.rt/Oder? on 15 December.,- a train
of 50 cars to F'r?anka urt/icjek on 16 December; and a train of 50 cars to Fran:.
furt/Odes on 299 ..T ecembero'-
3a On 6 January, train of e .~ ht cars with soldiers from JtAeterbog to Wittstock
4 empty ra'lroad cars to be made available betwesua
and 10 January included 1.10 flatcars in the .rfvrt railroad district on 6 and
7 January; 60 transitworthy boxcars at Erfur?".; arid 00 transitworthy flat(.-,ars at
eorna near Leipzi ;, daily since v ~)anvar.r; and a V? trai n of 38 emot coaches
which was to be dispatched fm i Pa.sewrlk to ordhau: en on 1.0 January
50 t:.xe following empty railroad cars -,.;ere to be
assembled at the. o. _ola:~n ; railroad stations or railroad districts between
28 December 1952 and 4 January 3.953:
Date
;ta nher of
28 Pecember 2 -0'latcars and
40 gondola cars
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az CR 'Ct 'h) L - U1..01 IFFICI',T,< WIL 25X1A
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Cars Railro"d Station
-16 flatcars and Halle
l3 go-ndola car o
2 flatcars and kal: e
31 gc-,?~dola cars
.21 flatcars and Halle
38 gondola carp
52 tan bars Frankfur?t/Qtler
January 44 tank cars s nr.'? Too/;l tz
16 loaded boxcars
Erfurt railroad
district
l ra ry 38 tank cars and Troo
1.8 gondola, cars
55 flatcars Halle railroad
district
Co .ra ra.::~ If the troop tr d. ns from Lieborose act Tally carried soldiers
)a l.y; triey were possibly recruits sent to the 7th Ws R? e: Div l as the fall
,)f 1.952:, Thy returned to components of the division at P r?ankia ?t,/Cd.er or
uerste ewaid, in T'ecenbmr 1952 after recet.,rinc, b s c. training at the Liebe.,,
fOSe troors scrounds
r
25X1A
2... sera The flatcars as.,v,rib'1ed in the f' t r?atlroad dist ict
were nossihl,r used either for c~a..r ef?c~.al shi-pFiren.ts or for the trans xzr ta.>,
tion c,.f era6I eer units of the ;;_o g,;httb Gds A zi y to Boa'
25X1A
25X1A
:ohs t of the er nt , railroad cars bra x probably used for
co:rnercia.1 s';Apments,
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