SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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CIA-RDP80-00810A005400050009-1
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RIPPUB
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S
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3
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December 20, 2016
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December 6, 2007
Sequence Number: 
9
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Publication Date: 
October 19, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2007/12/06: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005400050009-1 COW" GWWL*t ' eep ?WdW EVALUATION REPORT - 1 25X1 DATE OBTAINED_J .DATE PREPARED 17 ""`'""fSj- 17'4 25X1 VREFERENCES_ PAGES ENCLOSURES (NO..& TYPE) 25X1 REMARKS. CB - converte d boxcar B - boxcar F - flatcar iSSy - heavy-du ty flatcar 1. The following troop trains which came from the direction of Frankfurt/Oder were observed on 19 and 20 September 1954: Date in Camposition of Seutembe r Troop Trains TO 19 9 B, 29 F, 7 SSy Wolfshain undetermined with 24 tanks Doebern 20 undetermined with tanks and vehicles Wolfshain undetermined with tanks Spremberg undetermined with tanks and vehicles Neuhausen It was said that special trains carried about 500 tanks and other- vehicles with soldiers to the area north of 'Spremberg on 19 and 20 September. 1 2. I (troop trains 25 and 28 September: Ate in positi o n of September Troop Trains 25 9 GB, 8 F, 6 SSy 7 CB, 2 F, 4 my between Approved For Release 2007/12/06: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA0054000 Frc To Schwerin railroad district Brueek 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/12/06: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005400050009-1 SECRET) 25 8 CB, 4 F, 7 SSy Schwerin - Wiesenburg railroad district 12 GB, 2 F, 6 My 8 CB, 1 F, 9 My 7 CJ, 8 F, 8 SSy 7 CB, 5 F, 6 SSy 9 GB, 4 F, 9 Shy 8 GB, 4 F, 8 SSy 8 CB, 3 F, 8 SBy 9 GB, 4 F, 9 SSy 11 CB, 6 F, 11 SSSy 12 CB, 3 F, 11 My 13 CB, 2 F, 8,SSy 13 CB, 2 F, 9 SSy 11 CB, 6 F, 8 SSy 12 CB, 4 F, Belzig 9 SSy Wildpark Wiesenburg 5 GB, 4 F, 6 My 7 CB, 2 F, 7 Say 8 CB, 6 F, 7 SSy 12 GB, 5 F, 6 'SSy Altengrabow Belzig 12 GB, 4F, 6`SSy n n 6 GB, 7 F, 11 SSy $$ 6 CB, 7 F, 13 SSy 3 CB2 14 F, 11 My n 28 6 GB, 8 F, 14 SSy dueterbog- Cottbus 4 GB, 6 F, 12 SSy 8 GB, 6 F, 18 My 8 CB, 4 F, 19 My 4 CB, 10 F, 8 SSy .-ltes lager M N n n N H n 3. Shuttle-trains to Brest-Litovsk 28-.29 0 September included an empty train of 53 CB and three empty trains totalling 165 CB, which were dispatched from Frankfurt/Oder on 28 and 29 September respectively; and a train of 54 CB with soldiers which came from Kuestrin on 30 September. SECRET 25X1 95X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/12/06: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005400050009-1 Approved For Release 2007/12/06: CIA-RDP80-00810A005400050009-1 -3- Empty troop trains which'went from Eberswalde'to Frankfurt/Oder between 26 and 29 September included: Ilan N umb er of Cars September 26 50 GB 40GB 27 45 GB 28 40 GB 29 40 GB On 30 September, an empty train of 45 GB came from the Templin area and went to Frankfurt/Oder via Eberswalde. 5 (?' . On 19 September 1954, the troop trains were dispatched from Berlin- a oenewei a 25X1 usen south of Cottbus, and at least two troop trains went from Feankffart/Odor toward Groben. All trains carried components of the 7th Gds Meez Div. Other observations indicated large-scale troop movements in the area of Cottbus-Hoyerswerda on and after 19 September 1954. It is now definitely clear that large contingents of the 7th 25X1 Gds Moos Div assembled for field exercises in the Got-us - Spremberg Forst area, and that, in connection with these field .exercises, additional troops f r o m t h e Lieberose area m a y h a v e arrived b y road and i 1 . The field exercises terminated at the latest on the evening of 23 September 1954 when the first contingents returned to Frankfurt/Oder 25X1 by road and rail. The tabulation again indicates the rail movement of contingents of the IX Mtz Rifle Corps from the Schwerin railroad district, and the 34th Arty Div from Wildpark to the assembly area 25X1 of the corps before the beginning of the maneuvers about 29 September 1954. Cale. The troop trains from kltengrabow carried components of the IV Arty Corps and/or army artillery units of the Third Shock Army to the assembly area of the IX Mtz Rifle Corps. . The troop trains carried tank units of the 9th Mecz Div which returned from field exercises which extended from the Peitz troop training grounds to the area east of Jueterbog. The return movement was previously reported. Cynt. According to an.yunar , e-tra n went empty from Frankfurt/Odes a"J%na em 29 er , probably to pick up disohargees. If the present report, that shuttle-train oaded, is correct, it would be the funk indication of repatriation of disahargees. The other shuttle-trains went to Brest-Litovsk where replacements were to be entrained. 25X1 Approved For Release 2007/12/06: CIA-RDP80-00810A005400050009-1