MILITARY INFORMATION FROM RATHENOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001400780008-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: May 11, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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I.. The following data were obtained on the loading of troops at the Rath.enow
railroad station on 21 and 22 April 1953;
L e n Com jition of L;umker Zra..1n Weight
Awn .xas of Axles, iI. 'Doug
21 15 boxcars and 108 1,399
38 flatcars
:12 boxcars, 110 812
33 flatcars and
8 gondola-cars
22. 36 boxcars and 120 1,097
24 flatcars
14 boxcars and ll6 977
40 flatcars
I lemurs
1:25 p.m.
5:48 p.m..
6:47 a.m.
2:2-5 p.m.
The troops came from the Pionier Icaserne and went to Altengrabow. On I V ay,
the Fionier Kaserne was only lightly occupied and 10 percent of the windows
were lighted, while most windows of the Infarnterie Kaserne were dark. 1
7 boxcars and
29 flatcars
On 1 May, the2Kraftfahrer Kaserne and Zietheri Kaserne in Rathenow~ were c:ccupied
to capacity.
3. Troop trains from Satzkorn passing through Rathenow between 15 and 20 April
included:
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l,CCo Comment. The indication that tie troops loaded or the trains cane from
the }'ioni?r Kasern? in Rathenow cor! irras the assurption that the tro- p trains
carried tY! a 18th How Arty Brig
of the 6th Arty Div. The trains ha.v : been repeatedly reforted
?. QCi~:~tnen.
R .L Brig at the
1 May .1933.
The information. con! i ms the Hq IV Arty orps and the 25th
Kraftfahrer Kaserne a. d s tethen Kaserne n Rathencw until.
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