TANK TRAIN AT CLUJ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001800100007-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 16, 2002
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 24, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMAT.ON
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT Tank Train at Cluj
DATE OF INFO.
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REPORT NO.
DATE DISTR. 24 July 1953
NO. OF PAGES I
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1. On 10 May 1953 at about 0900, a train passed through Cluj railroad station, coming
from the direction of Oradea. The train consisted of 30 Hungarian flatcars of
50-ton capacity each. Each car carried one tank of unknown type. From markings
on the cars it was clear that the train had been made up in Miskolc and was bound
for Gherla.
2. The tanks had one high and one low gun turret, sloping turret faces, eight wheels
without armor skirts were about 9 to 9.5 m long, 3 to 3.5 m wide, and probably
weighed 40 to 50 tons. The higher turret carried a long gun, probably a 76.2 ICm,
with a machine gun, and the lower turret a gun about 45 mm, with another machine
gun. There were no marks on the turrets.. The tanks did not appear to be new.
3 The shoulder boards of the accompanying soldiers were edged with red and had
.black decorations.
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