SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600170008-7
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• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 22, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Cuben
Frankfur?t/Oder
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Graben
Dresden
Frankfurt/ Oder
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Char n1tz
Frankfurt/Oder
Koenigswusterhauu
seas
Dresden
Frankfurt/Oder
Weimar
Frankfurt/Oder
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pas3;e tI coutu the (otttbus railroad station ',qtween. 6and 1.9October 2
Wna nber of
Cct b Cars
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Halle
Gabon
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Guben
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Frankfurt/Oder
undetermined
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'16 10 3
17 54 3
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Ai. about, 0330 or 21. Octobe a troop train of 40 cars with about 12 `1arge:=
cw1` ? r= AT gun and an undete ra .ned number of trucks with mortars came
from Ube d?jri-c-'Ctiora of Ohrdruf and went tow=ard Wei? G At 2100, another
t cop tdain of 3 C 3 with soldiers 3 C3 with e uiomentf 12 F with
2A;. =T'. ~T 44 tanks,.
F with trucks,
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at a railroad station
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4,, The following trocp trains with soldiers passed. through the Guben
r?:ailroad station between 1 and 22 October-,
Date in
October
Nw?.abex of
Cars
15
54 B
Ginn
Kove 1
54 B
Jagodin
Frankfurt/Oder
16
54 B
5/4 B
undetermined
17
54 B
Frankfurt/Odex=
54 B
Cottbus
18
54 B
19
53 B
r
54 B
Gu: c :.jn
Kovel
54 B
Co ttbua;
P1
21
54 B
Gaben
54 f3
Coti;bu
50 The fo1lowin. g -6rocp tx-ains wit a sod? diers were obsez~ved at the Frankfurt/Ode?
: a lroad station Lotween 20 and 23 October:
0ctob;~ Ctrs
r ra.nkfu?t/0der
train "wc unio:xdcic'.
B .; .",f urt/Odeer toward Gottbus
force ''3a: cone.
21 4.6 B
23 60 h
SFCRF A`
f5 x{'r-rankf urt:/Oder y
train was unloaded
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Frankfurt/Oder undetermined
Troop tan s ~ only' and 20 October
i-n d a ,xain of a4 B with soldier: and 38 13 empty' shuttlo-traia
which went f z?o:+n Frankfurt,/Oder to Brandenburg on 17 0ctobarr y 3
and anotho:e t.--ai n of 3 3., 8 F with so:a diers artillery oieces and
trucks which went from 'Jie3enburg to iAresden on 20 October,,
Between fl and 2J October,, an eastbound shuttle-train and a wesF,bound
shuttle _.tt a3_n both with soldiers were dispatched daily via Kuestrin0
('r, 1 and 18 Octcbera two shuttle. ??trains were dispatched to the east},
while on 1~ Octotar, two westbound shuttle-trains were observed,
$, On 20 Octobxer,, about 100 soldiers were entrained on four boxcars at
the 5a4;zkorn railroad station, The shiornent
w.a.s bound for iculsk via Bernauo On 22 October, about 200
soldiers were detrained from nine boxcars at the Satzkorn railroad
station,
Comntentc The troop trains from Peitz to Cottbus an 'IelzoYc probably
belong to the :0th Gds Hv Tk SP Re gt of the U yh i;ec z Div,
~~ ommen ,, The troop trains carried components of the 20 th Gds j'4eez
Div which returned 'from -the Ohrdruf troop t?,af nin grounds:, On 22 October,
the i nloading of the second troop train at 'Le.'tz was confirmed by
observation of tanks
The tanks belonged to the 36th Gds Tk Rcgt,
~LC,omrientr For inform tion on additional. trirs by shuttle-train
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CLASSIFICATION SECRET
COUNTRY East Germany
TOPIC Soviet Troop Trains
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
~EFERENCES
PACES 4
REMARKS
boxcars B - boxcars F - flatcars
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1.
OBTAINED.
the following troop trains with soldiers
the Cottbus railroad station between 6 and 19 October 1954:
Date in Number of
October Cars
6 55 B
55 B
7 54 B
55 B
54 B
passed through
8 54 B
54 B
54 B
9 54 B
55 B
REPORT
L__DATE PREPARED 22 November 1954
ENCLOSURES (140. & TYPE)
Graben Dresden
Frankfurt/Oder Erfurt
if
T
Gabon
organ
Falkenberg
Dresden Gabon
Frankfurt/Oder Halle
undetermined Graben
Chemnitz
Frankfurt/Oder Halle
Koenigswusterhau- Graben
son
54 B Dresden
54 B Frankfurt/Oder Erfurt
54 B
10 55 B
55 B
Weimar
Frankfurt/Oder
M
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Frankfurt/Oder
undetermined
Falkenberg
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10 22 B
11 54 B
12 54 B
12 B
55 B
13 54 B
54 B
55B
14 55 B
54 B
54 B
54 B
15 20 B
34 B
10 B
16 10 B
17 54 B
18 56 B
55 B
54 B
12 B
19 54 B9
54 B
54 B
2. Troop trains
Composition of
Troop Trains
3 F with three JS-3
Frankfurt/Oder
Guben
Cottbus
Weimar
Dresden
Frankfurt/Oder
Guben
Frankfurt/Oder
n
Dresden
Frankfurt/Oder
n
Guben
Frankfurt/Oder
a
ft
Guben
Magdeburg
Frankfurt/Oder
Guben
n
Frankfurt/Oder
Magdeburg
Leipzig
Dresden
Frankfurt/Oder
Guben
n
Dresden
Chemnitz
Koenigswusterhausen
Magdeburg
Leipzig
Guben
Cottbus
Falkenberg
Grossenhain
Cottbus
Falkenberg
Magdeburg
Dresden
Frankfurt/Oder
Cottbus
Dresden
Luebben
Leipzig
Guben
on 20 October included;
Frankfurt/Oder
26 CBS 10 F with
6 JS-3 tanks and
4 trucks
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The following troop trains with soldiers passed through the Guben
railroad station between 15 and 22 October:
3. At about 0830 on 21 October, a troop train of 40 cars with about 32 large-
caliber AT guns and an undetermined number of trucks with mortars came
from the direction of Ohrdruf and went toward Weimar. At 2100, another
troop train of 12 F with
6 F with trucks,
w:::r::;1::t
railroad station
between Erfurt and Weimar. The train was headed toward Weimar.
Date in Number of From
October Cars
15 54 B Guben
54 B Jagodin
16 54 B "
54 B
17 54 B
54 B
18 54 B
19 53 B
54 B
22 54 B
Kovel
Frankfurt/Oder
n
undetermined
Frankfurt/Oder
Cottbus
n
Guben
Cottbus
Guben
5. The following troop trains with soldiers were
railroad station between 20 and 23 October:
Date in Number of
October Cara
20 undetermined Brest Litovsk
60 B Frankfurt/Oder
60 B with air
force personnel
21 46 B
23 60 B
28 3 lhranlftrL/Valsr
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observed at the Frankfurt/Oder
Frankfurt/Oder;
train was unloaded
Frankfurt/Oder;
train was unloaded
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23 28 B
Frankfurt/Oder undetermined
6. Troop trains identified from railroad records on17 and 20 October.
included a train of 14 B with soldiers and 38 B empty, shuttle-train
which went from Frankfurt/Oder to Brandenburg on 17 October;3
and another train of 3 B, 8 F with soldiers, artillery pieces and
trucks which went from Wiesenburg to Dresden on 20 October.
7. Between 11 and 21 October, an eastbound shuttle-train and a westbound
shuttle-train both with soldiers were dispatched daily via Kuestrin.
On 13 and 18 October, two shuttle-trains were dispatched to the east,
while on 14 October, two weali'bound shuttle-trains were observed.
8. On 20 October, about 100 soldiers were entrained on four boxcars at
the Satzkorn railroad station. The shipment
E:::::~d was bound for Kursk via Bernau. On 22 October, about 200
soldiers were detrained from nine boxcars at the Satzkorn railroad
station.
Count The troop trains from Peits to Cottbus and Welzow probably
belong to the 80th Gds Hv Tk SP Regt of the 9th Meoz Div.
mment The troopotrsins carried components of the 20 th Gds 14ecz
Div w ich returned from the Ohrdruf troop training grounds. On 22 October,
the unloading of the second troop train at Zeitz was confirmed by
observation of tanks as in the present report.
The tanks belonged to e s Re .
3. (!nmmant _ Fnr i r,fnr,nsa t.i nn nn additional trips by shuttle-train
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