(SANITIZED)VEHICLE RAIL TRAFFIC, EQUIPMENT, AND TROOP LOCATIONS, IN THUERINGEN(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A032100220001-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 8, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.B.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Vehicle Rail Traffic, DATE DISTR. 8 January 1957
Equipment, and Troop Locations, in
Thueringen NO. PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT
NO. RD
DATE OF
INFO,
PLACE &
DATE ACQ.
military information from the following cities in
Thueringen: Gotha, Erfurt, Weimar, Ohrdruf and Kindel.
1STATE ARMY X NAVY I X AIR X IFBI AEC
(Note: Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by "~t''"?)
A94111,1111;
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SECRET
FAST GrE MANY
Milit:i
1. GOTHA
military Movements observed in TIIIJRINGEN
Oct-'6Nov56
(a) , Oct 56
A train consisting of 5 passenger coaches occupied by Russian soldiers and
officers loft GOTHA Rail-ay Station in the direction of ERFURT.
(b) 6 Nov 56
2 young frontier olicenen
de-trained at GOT}IA
2. ERFURT.
14 Oct 56
(a) At 1345 hours, one tank with 5 bogey ,:'peals returned to the Panzer K:aserne.
There was other .rise no -activity of note.
(b) Henna raserne
KVP troops ?rith rod Sbds are in occup:,tion. No training activity to be
seen. 10 buildings of 3 storoys with the width of 18 windows on the face and 3
windows on the end occupied.
(c) I C~k# lacrstrasuo_ 1{~t~ ne.
Occupied by KVP troops ?ait'ti blue Sbds. 6 buildings o:.ch of 3 storeys ,.re
occupied.
3. WEIMAR
(a) .18 Oct 56
About 400 mon with rucksacks marched off in the direction of NAUY3URG and
1ter about 200 men with arms and suitcases marched off in the direction of
STRAUSSFURT/SONDER,IUSEN.
(b) 23 Oct 56
No training activity observed. Troops were -arriving and leaving by train
carrying suitcases and rucksacks but without arms and ,=munition.
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1 IMAR Contd.
(o) 30 Oct 56
About 1000 men arrived with suitcases at WEIMAR Railway Station and -bout
500 men left with rucksacks by train in the direction of NAUIVIBURG .
4. OHRDRUF
(a) Oc156
There was no training activity. At 1600 hours 15 LKWs coming from the
direction of GOTHA brought soldiers to the barracks.
In the town, Soviet vehi6les -v:ere observed carrying
vegetables and potatoes.
(b) 29 Oct 56
No training; activity observed.
25 Oct 56 .-
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25 Oct 56
No training activity and no arrivals or dcpartur6s.
2 Nov--56
No training activity-. At the gravel pits bet,iroon GOTHA and 0II} DRUF
LKWs ere loading and leaving in both directions. At GOTHA and OHRDRU~i' Railway
Stations large numbers of Soviet troops Fero seen apparently going on leave or
returning from leave.
5. KINDL
S,:cond half Oct 53
There are no troops at KINDL and no military activity except for road
construction and re-surfacing in the direction of the airfield.
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