SHIPMENT OF WEAPONS FROM THE USSR TO EAST GERMANY

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CIA-RDP80-00810A005400490004-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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1
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December 20, 2016
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July 26, 2007
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4
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Publication Date: 
November 18, 1954
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2007/08/05: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005400490004-8 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY I ft iATION REPORT COUNTRY East Germany SUBJECT Shipment of Weapons from the USSR to East Germany t DATE OF INFO. This materiol contains httonaatlon affects i an 14a- tiooN Duf n.. of the Vntta status wltdlm the =Ma- lag of tie 801on.Ra Laws, T is I9, V.a.O. IMes. 793 and 794, the teanonlabn or reeWtion of which In any manner to an mauthorlud ysesoa IS peoh/bltsd by law. 25X1 REPORT DATE DISTR. 18 November 1954 NO. OF PAGES 1 25X1 REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 1. The following weapons shipments from the USSR were observed crossing the 'border at Frankfurt/Oder: 20 boxcars from Brest to Gera with 35 guns of a caliber of between 150 to 180 mm on 2 November, and 1i5 to 49 flatcars with guns of a caliber of between 150 to 180 mm. on 9 November. 2. Twenty four-wheel armored personnel carriers, which were apparently new, were unloaded in Satzkorn on 11 November. A shipment with ten tanks, a boxcar with accessories and a boxcar with escorting personnel arrived in Satzkorn on 13 November. The tanks bad the following features: five spoke bogie wheels, 85 mm. guns without muzzle brs;k, T?34 type ass and front armor which appeared to be less Slanted than that of the T-34 tank. The tanks bad a height of about 2.5 meters. Comment: These shipments may be the beginning of the return of the 20 trains with empty flatcars which had been dispatched to the USSR between 25 October and 3 November. The arrival of the guns in Gera has been confirmed. SECRET X ARMY I I NAVY AIR Fal AEC i-'waW& apton distribution indieahd by "X?p1om didribdlen by "#".) I Approved For Release 2007/08/05: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005400490004-8