SOVIET TROOPS TRAINS AND SUPPLY SHIPMENTS BY RAIL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001800190005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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East GerrmanyCOUNT~- _ .,. __ . -NO.
COUNTRY ---REPORT
Soviet Troop Trains and Supply Shipments by Rail
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EVALUATION see below
DATE OF CONTENT 17 April to 19 May 1953
PAGES -ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
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1. Troop trains identified from railroad records between 14 and 19 May 1953
included:
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Aate in
Composition of
From
Laz
Troop Trains
14
an undetermined number
Boetsow
17
of boxcars,
15 flatcars and
1 tank car
30 boxcars and
Magdeburg F
inow
18
22 flatcars with
ammunition
21 boxcars and
Velten
Welzow
19
21 flatcars
44 tank cars with
Velten F
rankfurt/Oder
gasoline
2. On 18 May, a train carrying 21 T-43 tanks and 4 JSU-249 passed through the
Cottbus railroad station. The train carte from Kamenz and went to Peitz. 2
3. The following shirnents were listed in railroad records between 17 and
27 April:
Date in Shi,Wjnt
April
17 1 flatcar
I flatcar
20 2 boxcars
CLASSIFICATION SMCREF
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rom
Welzow
Weizow
Peitz
hindau
Velten
Uhyst
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27 1 boxcar and 1 SS-type
flatcar
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Uckro Weinboehla
Weisswasser Cottbus
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26 J A
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Cormlent o The two troop trains continue the r_overnent from the Poetzow
area --to Uelzow which started
on 11 May 1953. Unly -
our Air Army are stationed a elzow. Further conclusions on the unit
transferred to Welzow cannot yet be drawn.
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Comment, it appears iriprobable that Kanenz should have been dispatching
station of the tank shipment as, in the suniner of V '52t Kamenz post was handed
over to the KVP (air) by the Soviets. Rather it is believed that the train came
from the Koenigsbrueck area. The information indicates that the train carried
materiel only.
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