ROTATION OF SOVIET TROOPS IN THE BERLIN AREA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001800540004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY East Germariy
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1n ., According to an orde ? from the Greif ewald regional, railroad headquarters, all rail
shipments to Stettin via Grabow9 including the regular express train from Berlin to
Stettin.,, were to be stopped after 2,6 July. The reason for the order is not known.
2. On 15 July, several trains carrying 150 tricks, 20 jeeps, 30 AT guns and billeting
equipment were unloaded at the Schoeneweide railroad station. The troops and equip-
ment were slipped to Wuhlheide,
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loaded at the Ad emshof railroad station.
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At 9 a.m. on 17 July,, about 100 soldiers wearing red bordered black epaulets and
four trucks of the 7th Guards Mechanized Division were unloaded at the Schoeneweide
railroad station and shipped toward Sarlshorsto Between 8 and 9 a.m... 150 soldiers
wearing red-bordered black epaulets and 15 trucks with billeting equipment were un--
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4Q At 1 p.m. on 16 July, 20 T=34 tanks. four SF gone, six ha1f-ta1,gek_
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hicles and three trucks were entrained at the Schoeneweide railroad station. Two
trains with soldiers carrying full field equipment had been dispatched f'rem there
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Rotation of Soviet Troops in the
Berlin Area
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54 At 12:30 a.m. on 17 July, a convoy of about 200 vehicles was observed leaving East
Berlin toward Wassmannsdorf0.
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C ento (paragraphs 2-5) This information indicates that elements of the
7th Guards Mechanized Division moved from Fuerstenwalde to Berlin, probably in order
to release units of the let Mechanized Division. Similar observations indicate that
the 12th Guards Tank Division has also been relieved.
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