SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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Approved For Release 2008/04/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005700500002-5 COUNTRY TOPIC EVALUATION_ CLASSIFICATION SECt?.E''1 East Germany Soviet Troop Trains DATE OF CON DATE OBTAIN REFERENCES _ 14 December 19 DATE PREPARED-_.._______ __..-_ GAGES 4 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)_ _.__ REMARKS. This is UNEVALUATED Informations` OB - Converted Boxcar B - Boxcar P - Flatcar. RRym - Heavy-Duty Flatcar October an 19 November 19,34: troop trains ----REPORT Date Number of Cara From To 31 October CB CB 2 November 6 CB 5 CB, 25X1 5 CB 3 CB lO " 8 CB 5 CB 4 CB 19 " CLASSIFICATION SECRET Lajdebure-Brueckfeld Ludwigslust Sch.erin-Goerries L:adeburg-Brueckfeld Ludwi-slust Approved For Release 2008/04/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005700500002-5 Schwerin-Goerries Neuhaldens3.eben Ludwi-slust Schwerin-Goerries ...aadeburg Ludwigslust it ___25X1-` Neuhaldensleben L:agdeburg Approved For Release 2008/04/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005700500002-5 2 On 9 November, a troop train of 10 CB, 11 F, went from.Parchir:: to Dranse (B-2), while a s~:ai ar trip or a troop train of 8 CB, U. F, 10 RRyr:: was I;1anned on 21 Nov. tuber. 2 .3. At 1520 on 13 November,. a troop train of 44 B with. 17 to 19-year old soldiers was observed at the rrankfurt/Oder railroad station. The train came from the direction of ?rankfurt/Oder-border and. proceeded toward Cottbus. 3 4. On 17 November. four cars with 17 to 19.-year old soldiers were coupled to the regular express train waich left Frankfu.r?t' Oder at 3.725. A group of 63 soldiers left the train at Kurnmersdorf, a second group of 42 soldiers and officers at Jueterbog-Altes Lager, a third. group of 135 soldiers and officers at Beelitz- tadt, and a four:h group of 42 soldiers and officers at ,Vii dpark. 5. At about 0340 on 1 November, a troop train of 55 B with soldiers was unloaded at the `,i'ildpark railroad station. The train came from Gube i. (F-2) 4 shuttle-trains between 9 and 22 November: Date in Weight in November Tots From 610 :Vuste.nnark 1,000 Magdeburg 10 1,000 Weimar 850 Ouben 1 1, OCO 1)iagd.eburg x.00 :Mei.s3en 600 Fuers Genter~_. 15 900 t' eicssen 16 500 11.1 ;ow oOO ruers~enberg 17 . undetermined "I Pi sa i:Iadehurg 19 1, 00,0 Ii .."lerslebsri 21 1, 000 `:Eei:ssen 22 1, 000 I, agde; burg Frarkf art/oc_er itrest Litovsk K1etz Y, :Le tz Firers ~anLer, Brest Litovsk 1.__ Ur Brest Litovsk 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/04/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005700500002-5 Approved For Release 2008/04/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005700500002-5 25X1 25X1 7. Shuttle-trains included: Date in Number of November Cars From 22 23 53 B "usterr. ark empty 54 B Jueterbog empty 54 B Juete:rbog empty 60 B l';uster_ark empty 31 B with Frankfurt/Osier soldiers 35 B with Guben soldiers 54 B empty Ar_~ermuende 54 B empty 51 B empty 44 B e:-pty 54 B empty 54 B ez.ipty 25 55 B e+'tptd Wustermark Jueterbog Juete:rho F.uestr.-J.r between IL ans. dove,uUk: ? Jueterbog Wust e x-mark us termark Juel3rbog ;~Ji ldpark :`, ildpark Wust erma' k us t- e::aa1'b Wust e: riark b agdeuurE N~euruppin Uag ? burg Other trains listed included a train of L4 3o' 14 F, hick went from %erstenberg to ,,~uedi '.r;hurt; on o :rei:: er. and a train of 9 B, 36 F wh ch went fro., 'Kixt iert:sdorf to WilCpar or. 23 November. 6 SECRET 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/04/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005700500002-5 Approved For Release 2008/04/18: CIA-RDP80-00810A005700500002-5 8. The following troop trains were observed at Frazikfurt/Oiler on 1, ts. ? 9 and 20 November: Ord 18 Noyembe A train of 52 B which was loaded with soldiers at the r~ankfurt/Oder railroad station left toward Berlin at 1625. on 19 November A train of 28 B which was loaded with soldiers at the ,'rank_furt Oder railroad station left for Satzkorn at 1715 and another train with soldiers which came from 3rest-Litovsk, paased through Frankfurt/Oder and went to Cottbus at 2110. On 20 November. A train of 28 8 with soldiers, and an undetermined number of F with 25 trucks was dispatched to Brest Litovsk at 143C. 6 Comment. The troop trains belonged to the personnel e.chaoje movement in the area of the Third Shock Army. (Comment. The troop trains probably carried tank firing details of the 18th. Mecz Div. The troop train on 9 NnyAml er 1.954 was wit This trooc: train is reported for the first time. Ci I ent ca a and hour. usly confirmed on the same 5?I [Comment, The two empty shuttle-trains from Kuestrin to L:agdeburg and similar observations indicate that the rersonnel exchange movement was nearing completion by late November 1054. The computation of h ttle-trains which have been observed between 27 September and 25 November 194 indicates tnat the personnel exchange movement includes 6; eastbound trains and 65 westbound trains. an additionrj. number of 4.5 eastbound trains and 62 westbound trains probably also belongs to the movement. This computation shows that totals of 108 eastbound trains with about 149,000 disohargees and 127 westbound trains with about 175,000 replacements were moved until 25 Yovember 1954. This does not prove, however, that all eastbound trains were fully occupies especially at the beginning of the movement. Since it is alec not clear that each car actually was occupied by 30 soldiers (that is one train by 1,380 dischargees) the above figru.re may be too high and may possibly be between 120,000 and 150,000 dischargees only. Com sent . These troop t:^ains have riot. been idenb.f ied, 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 R. 11 ; 111, Approved For Release 2008/04/18: CIA-RDP80-00810A005700500002-5