SOVIET TROOP SHIPMENTS AND SUPPLY TRAFFIC IN THE AREA OF DRESDEN REGIONAL RAILROAD DISTRICT

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March 3, 1953
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APProY.'7417tRORI......2-P" /08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700651304-15-- 25X1 " 3fast enmi COUNTRY?.?_;_ ty? 25X REPORT NO.1 TOPIC Soviet Troop Shipments and Supply Traffic in the Area of Dresden Regional Railroad District Aas???????eismares25?Xsoirawa.....sofevezee..., EVALUATION=L25.20PLACE OBTAINED1 52 DATE OF CONTENT October 19 . - DATE osTAINED1 1. 25X.1 DATE PREPARED REFERENCES 3 March 1953 U. PAGES --ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYFE.) REMARKS ly.1.0EnpaapylgaropmEnt .....101???..?????????Wfa 25X1 The following is a :.t of shipments loaded at 53 railroad stations in the Dresden Regi.nal Railroad District in October 1952: 1. Total Shipmentql Anixaberg Number Load. The figure in brackets ine.5,c:.tos or Cars the nurber of cars with a fli-en load, 5 briquettes Am 1 military goods 25 Auerbach 4 underwear Baruth 2 potatoes Beiern-Lengen7 r abes 2 m Eerthelsdorf - 2 rarer Bischofsweria 7 . rotor vehicles Breitenbrvin : 15 I train with undetermined load 1 Burgsta?ct. 31 military goods ChemuLz 133 4. trainswith undetermined load,(65),, - 1 train with soldiers (10), ' ration supplies (40) and other milittry goods GT's (iasebaude . 35 concrete slabs 4i 1 train with undetermined load 1 C'oswig notorsem 25X1 CLAScl.FrAllON SECRET, Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 25X1 -- 2 ? Dresden 270 L ibau 2 1ter1ein 5 ,41kenstein 1 ?ran!:enbew: 12 '1'reib3rg 2 Clauchau Goerlit7. 10 124 9 Iglinsberg 2 loidenau 24 qohenstein 25 Johanngeorgenstadt 13 Lelsa=g 1 Loebsu 4 'arkersderr 4 :wrens 1 ;vViSCOA 219 Neugersdorf 17 qeuhausen13 Ileuoeisnits 1r6 Uossen1 ..lberrittersgruen 1 bersdorf 4 Oochatz 110 P:rna 7 Lzuen 8 aa6ebcrg2 CEVRET, Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 soldiers (24), mail (31), tank spare parts (25), ration supplies: and textiles (137) and ether military goods clothing bedsteads athletic uniforms mattresses military goods concrete slabs 4 troop trains military goods military goods cereals (15), betonplates tanks and tank spare parts 1 train with undetermined load 1 tank noodles motor vehicle spare parts, gloves tarpaulins 5 trains with soldiers (269), tanks and tank parts containers (45), bandages textiles chairs coal ueighing machines fire mood poles 4 troop trains (72), tanks and 1 tank ports concrete slabs military goods 1)icyc1es Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 CECRErd 25X1 Radebeul 32 Riesa 234 Rosoaein 2 Roederau 17 Schoenheide 1 Schwarzenberg 17 3-clifhenneredorf 6 Werdau 1 Wilzschmuehle 1 Uuestenbrand Zittau 2 - 3 fuel (21), kitchen equipment - fuel (109), flour (88), vehicles and other military goods foot wear I train with Undetermined load and other military goods fire wood military goods textiles telti/es fire wood reprocessed oil trucks 2 2, Some of the shipments in the list are broken down below. Date October 25X1 1952 25X1 25X1 3-v 25X1 Number of Cars 4 B Load undemear, Diepatcher Auerbach 14-29 3 B. gloves and sport Chemnitz equipment 25X1 1-10 2 B clothing Eibau 1-28 11 B rattresses Frankenberg. 15-27 17 B textiles Nelleeredorf 7 2 B foot weer Rosswein 4-10 6 B textiles Sefhenneradorf 11 1 B e Werdau en ,,,e 1 B gloves Markersdorf 6 1 B sport equipment Falkenstein 25X1 26 / military goods Aue 25X1 sEcRwl To Consignee Bernau Bernau Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 Approved ForRelease 2004/07/08: CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 SOC,'RE:r 25X1 -4. 25X1 29 485 military goods Imo Chemnitz 21 25X1 25X1 3 2 paper Derthelsdorr Fuer:atf)raiale 25X1 17 7 motor vehicles Bischoisuerda Leipzig 25X1 29 13 military goods .1.1reitenbrunn Chemnitz 25X1 4-22 8 IS Bilrgstaedt Jena, Mare. Saalfeld 25X1 ,Jeissenf(at .nehlbaut 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 17 1 14 15 - 31 17 + 2 29 25 29 9 23 19 17 3 2 2 5 1 9 2S 13 13 9 it 4 ft f3 Eurgstat dorf,"Nord' ausen - Halle Gera iflzrsebvrg Nairiburg .-Neiner ItudolsteLdt Eurgetaedt ft Burgstaedt Ohrdruf, ft Chemnitz ?reit UP a.a" t a ft Chemnitz JohanngooleAstadt 533 20 13$ ii 10 B 1 5B ft 93 soldiers empty barrels ration supplies Chemnitz r; Chemnitz Chemnitz Aue Schwarzerv-ET g Weimar LeipziE,- 130trits,sc. Arnstact (hennitz ft ft 13 ft concrete slabs Gossebnude 25X1 i:arbaciA Lwi'nge GrosseniauLTI itirf Approved For Release 2004/07/08: CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 25X1 - 5 - motorsaws Coswig poles Dultschenbora /-31 32 B ration ? supplies Dresden and textiles 38p 22 B 7B 5 r 6 2 2 1 F/S 1 4 F 20 B 2B 2B 14 B 2B 1 3B potatoes nilitary goods ration supplies ft textiles least furniture textiles. Dresden Dresden Dresden Dresden motor vellicles Dresden ration supplies Dresden rotor vehicles tomato pulp canned fruit apples tank spare parts Drosden 25X1 Ketschendorif Ronnebutg Chemnitz, GtImma Eisenspaltweio Koenigevuock, Riese, Seetenberg Klotzsche Annaberc Obannitz Crinnao Freikfurt/ Oder, KoenLgsbrueck, Loipzig,Osclats, Roederau,Wusen Rieekk Frankfurt/Oder Berlin-East Grimm Leipzig rockrehna Rosclau Sat zkorn Eisenspalterefi. Mualrose Meissen Oschatz Riesa SIM ET, Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 SECRET 25X1 6 - 5 B tank spare parts Dresden Taucha 25X1 25X1 6 21 nilitarj goods Ylotzsche tt Finow Brand, Cottbus,:? Finsterwalde, Falkensee, Crossmvain, Neuruppin, Koenigs- wusteArhausen, Oran-enburg, Velten, Dessau, Leipzig, Lindau9 25X1 Damgarten, Luckew:alde 6 31 mail Dresden Wuenedorf 25X1 24 soldiers Dresden Oschatz 25X1 10-29 SB bedsteads Eiterlein Teltow 25X1 20-26 10 concrete slabs Freithal Klausa airfield 5 355 motor vehicles Glauchau Dessau ) 24 F and ) 11 soldiers ) 25X1 ) 14 SS ) tank, motor re ) 25X1 5F B vehicles and soldiers ) ) ) ) 14 SS It tt It ) 7 F ) 25X1 6 G ) ) ) 14 SS ft ) 9 F 25X1 6c 25 25X1 gun Strausberg soldiers 1 3 25X1 arms Altenhain 2. 3 22 militaxT goods Goerlitz Cottbus 8 25X1 tI Hsinsberg Fuerstenwalde 2 steel factory 25X1 25X1 SEGR Kr? Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 ? 25X1 25X1 25X1 4-18 14-29 11-24: 2-1C 2+22 ";-20 28 26 27 1-26 2428 17 20 23 29 27 6-10 27-2 ? 23 15B 3 SS 1 SS 3 S5 10 B 2B I B 2B 13 ISS ;5T,GRET) 25X1 cereals concrete slabs tank fl :tanks Heidenau Hohenatein Hohenstein Satzkorn Gressenhain airfield Ohrdruf Zeltz Weissenfalm military goods Hohenstein Muellrose ci military. goods f e ci Hohonstein Jena Ohrdruf ft ci ci Johanngeorgen- stadt Halle Ohrdruf Chemnitz tank Leisnig SOA Loebau Markersdorf Abissen ci ci ? 11 Meissen Kirohmoeser Frankfurt/Oder 64 B 3 54 53 54 55 53 4 5 1 2 58 noodles motor vehicle spare parts sold:Iars ci ci f t ft tank spare parts ci II tanks 25X1 Jena Kuestrin Cuban ) Kuestrin ) ci ) ) Guben Dreden-Neuatat ci ci Iluellrose Grbins. Sohlrepritz SECRET, Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 ? Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 SICRET,, 25X1 25X1 23-26 3SS tanks Meissen Mucha 2 4 military goods Meissen Rosslau 25X1 9-25 4.5 containers rittweida Velten 25X1 14 1 D cotton-wool . Fuerstenwalde "3-29 13 B ehairs Neuhausen Teltow 25X1 1-29 106 C coal. Neuoelsnitz Wolgast 25X1 1-18 poles Olbersdorr Deutschenbora 25X1 Zellamehlis 25X1 14 tanks and Oschatz Borns 2F /3 soldiers ft 36 Leisnig 3 , .0 Taueba 10 tanks Dresden-Neustndt) 6 Grime Rueckmersdorf 5 ft thwzeti Meissen 9 tanks and soldiers Leirnig tan%f 0 Wuensdorf 16+29 3 B englnes Dresden-NeustAt 21 - 30 7 concrete slabs Pima- Grossonhain airfield 7 7 vebieles and ? equipment insulated wire Ilauen Elsnigk Falkensee 25X1 25X1 25 2 11 -bicycles Radeberg Rose mrten 25X1 SECRETI'd Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 SXRET, 2-29 7 25X1 25X1 20 4 B 9-17 64 D 25X1 19 24. D 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 9 4 21 21 0 15-31 8 25X1 2 25X1 29 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 255 4 1 SS 12 9 T ? 25X1 cupboards kitchen equipment wheat flour Radebeul TOtow. CdwP fl ? Riesa FralWfurt ti ? flour and cereals tanks Riesa i9 SatZkorn Grime vehicles Riesa Koentir.swusterhausa roldiers Leipzi military goods Riesa 13 Rossi-au. Mesa xteel factory Muellrose .leuerstenwaide te Roederau . 14 Framenhain Riess. It Loisnig it Roederau Kirchmoeser Chemnitz Schwarzenberg reprocwsed oil '4uestenbrand Velten Lament. Those trains are not believed to. have been supply zilipments, 1 15 I-- CopApnt . The trains referred to in Com th Comment 1 deducted, e suppl x?)-- y .0 comes up to 1,066 cacloads in October and, thus, is considerably below the rate of supply traffic during the previous months. The reason ray be an incomplete coverage of railroad stations, a decrease by about 200 carloads in the supply centers of Chemnitz, Dresden, Meissen, Fiesa and Roederau, and a considerable reduction of coal shipments for the occupation forces. bpnont. Presumably additione sh4ments of units of the 6th Gd Div AAk Div (tk,):1 SECRET, Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 25X1. 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/07/08: CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 S EG RET, 25X1 e 10 - [geseeq. It is believed that the 10 cars carried soldiers to be demobilized to the u.s.s.;L via Weimar. In the fall of .1952, Velmar was the processing point for dischargees and recruits of the Fighth-Gds Army. As, e7ccept for the engineer depot, no other unit of the army is known to be stationed in Chemnitz0.the number of 10 cars carrying about 250 men appears too high. Wee-mote The concrete slabs were presumably bound for the construction of splinter-proof boxes at the Grorsenhain and Altenburg airfie1ds.1 a total of 3509000 of these concrete slabs wore ordered from various concrete plants in East Germany by the Soviet Air Force, 25X1 Opmente These shipments were probably destined for units of the oviet Air Forces as airfields or other air force installations are 25X1 located at ea oens mentioned. Igpmpent. These four troop trains carried the 220th Hv Tank SP 25X1 . Regt from Glauchau to the fall maneuvers of the Eighth Gds Army to the Dessau area, Cemente This shipment indicates an affiliation between Goer-lite 25X1 . end Cottbue, According to other information? a small unit of the 9th Mscz Div employed as bridge guard may be permanently tarried in Goerlitz. 25X1 25X1 CemmenteL Shipments to the U.S.S.R. of dischargees of the First Gds Macs Army. Pommente Some of the trains, especially those dispatched from Osehatz on 9 October, are believed to have carried troop units .- Probably, elements of the 8th Gds Mecz Div from the posts of Borne, ieisnig,and Leipzig-Heiterblick participated in large-scale field exercises in the Zeithain-Koonigsbrueck area and returned to their pests on 8 October. 25X1 Cement, This train probably earried elements Of the 39th ,s Rine Div from Pleven to the fall maneuvers of the Eighth Gds Army to the area on either side of Dessau, 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 PPMWte force0 an unidentified unit of the air cormaqt- unidentified signal battalion of the 9th Tank Div in Riese. until 6 October 1952. The train possibly carried elements of the division headquarters and signal battalion Which witnessed the fall maneuvers of the Eighth Gds Army in the area on either side of Dessau. Cemmenia The Frensnhain railroad station is located along the Geossenhain-Eisterwerds line. It is posrible that carried a small unit of the 9th Tank Div to field exercises in the Zeithain-Yoenigsbrveckearea from 6 to 8 October. Man Approved For Release 2004/07/08: CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2004/07/08: CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5 1.9aEslentx. 25X1 25X1 previously .r ?For' on as follows: 1]. units od and confirned at a later date, are comented Hq 9th Tank Div in Riese. until 31 October. unidentified motor transport battalion of the llth Gds Tark Div in Bischofswerda until 17 October. 70th Ods Hy Tank a Ret of the 9th Tank Div from Riesa until 23 Obtober,? 25X1 SECRI-7, Approved For Release 2004/07/08 : CIA-RDP80-00810A000700650008-5