SOVIET TROOP MOVEMENTS

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CIA-RDP80-00810A003700030001-7
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 22, 2016
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May 7, 2009
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1
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Publication Date: 
February 24, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2009/05/07: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA003700030001-7 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. DATE OF INFO. East Germany Soviet Troop Movements REPORT DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES 24 February 1954 THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFIPfl1 /E. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 1. The first troop shipment, including 15 x 10( MM guns and 15 prime movers, arrived in Eisenach on 12 February. The first winter firing practices were observed at the Kindel training grounds on 16 February. 2. On 17 February, three 85-MM AT gLn batteries from the Reuss Kaserne in Gera were loaded on a north-bound train which left the station at. about 1300 hours. 3. Large scale troop movements were scheduled to take place in the Greifswald Regional Railroad District on 16 February. 4. large scale troop movements from the Erfurt and Dresden Regional Railroad Districts to the Berlin Regional. Railroad District were scheduled to begin on 14 February. Comment. Paragraphs 1 through 3o This inform.tion confirms that the winter firing practices by the Corps Artillery Units of the 8th Guards Army started in mid-February. 1x Approved For Release 2009/05/07: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA003700030001-7