SOVIET SUPPLY SHIPMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004300110004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: May 14, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY
TOPIC
CLASSIFICATION
East Germany
?St...CRE"
Soviet Supply Shipments
EVALUATION
see below
DATE OF CONTENT
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19 April to 6 Nay 1954
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.DATE PREPARED
REFERENCES
PAGES2
REMARKS
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ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
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. On 19 April 1954, a train consisting of 1 converted boxcar, 6 boxdars 104 an
undetermined number of flatcars with 5 x 37-mm AA guns and 9 x 20-mm AA guns
was observed en route from Fuerstenwalde to Mbegelin.
2, On 25 April, 7 boxcars were observed en route from Rathenow to Gerwisch. One
soldier armed with a submachine gun was seen on the footboard of each ear. 2
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C/B -
F -
T
Date
boxcar
converted boxcar
flatcar
tank car
Composition of Load
Trains
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From
To
25 April
35 T gasoline
Schwarsheide
Velten 3
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4.
4 May
1 CB, 17 B, 15 F ammunition
61 T gasoline
On 19 April,. 25 boxcars with ammunition
furt/Oder. 7
5. On 27 Aprtl, 39 tank cars with gasoline
Stettin. 0
6.
Wulkow
undetermined
Altengrabow
Vel ten 3
were dispatched from Torgau to Frank..
were dispatched from Grosskorbetha to
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_7. Between 22 and 29 April, the following trains of tank cars passed through the
Berlin-Csibahnhof railroad sub-distriot:
Date in
lull_
Number of
Tank Pars
Load
From
To
23
47
empty
RummeAsburg ?
Frankfurt/Oder
25
54
61 .
if
Is
Marzahn ,
Neustrelits
!T
Leipsig-Plagwits 8
27
39
gasoline
Grosskorbetha
Stettin 6
28
54
empty
Neustrelitz
Troeglits 8
8, Between 22 and 29 April, the following traina passed through the Berlin.Oetbahn-
hof railroad subdistrict:
RRym - heavy-duty flatcar
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Date in Number and Load From To
_
26 ? 28 RRym empty Wustermark Frankfurt/Oder 9
33 c/n Rummelsburg Wustermark
27 28 RRym ST
Rummelsburg
Frankfurt/Oder 9
? On 23 April, 1 boxcar and 2 flatcars 25X1
were observed en route from ludwigslust to Burg near Earrdeburg. On 24 April,
2f boxcars with armunition and 12 flatcars with 24 new, double-tired gun mounts
for rer/ium AT guns were observed en route from Rathenaw to Sternbuchhols. 14D
The earpenter_- shop of the railroad repeirl'ave at Berlin-Ostbahnhof '7as oroered to
complete the converooton of 5CC boxcars to troop cars by 1 nay 1954. The com-
plete troopoars were assembledat the Uuhiseide and lahlsdorr-Hoppegarten rail-
road stations. 11
;omment. These AA guns wore probably dispatched from the ordnance depot of
the IV Arty Cory.s.
IC.
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the GTJEG at FuerstenwalCe to
C,omment. The cars may have carried ammunition. An army ammunition depot
is. located at Gerwisch.
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1p4ptl.- East German gasoline dispatched to the fuel depot of the GOFG
25X1 4. ;07129.1A. Armunition supplied from the depot of the GOFG to the depot of
the Third Shock Army, .
5. sAgao. Probably captured Gerean ammunition dispatched to the NaiR.
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6. -ommln. Export shipments dispatched to the USSR. At Stettin the cargo
is transloade,:i to water.
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25X1 8. Pomluivh. These cars probably returned from Stettin, a transloading point,
to the hydrogenation plants via Eeustrelits.
25X1 9. rommItt. Troop cars to be used-for the transfer of the 7th Gds Mech Div 25X1
rem Frankfurt/Oder to the Lieberose troop training grounds.
10.
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11.I g2-1T9119nt. These cars wore probably to be used for the transfer of troops
om their military nosts to troop training grounds to take place about that time,
opmment, Probably consigned to the 94th Gds Itz Rifle Div.
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