ARRIVAL OF SOVIET MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN ROSTOCK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A043400370001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 25, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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I N FORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United stag within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorised person is Prohibited by law.
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Arrival of Soviet Military Equipment DATE DISTR. Is Jilt
in. Rostock
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NO. PAGES 1
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SOURCE EVALUATION5 Mr. IVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
information on the arrival of Soviet military a linen , - s
and tanks., at the Ulmen Caserne in Rostock. A sketch ofi nt of the tanks
is a1.ao included.
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SECRET
EAST GERMANY
MILITARY
Soviet activity at ROSTOCK
(15 Jun 58
1. On 15 Jun 58 at 2130 hours a Russian military train was being off-
loaded at ROSTOCK station. The equipment was taken to the barracks in
the ULI!-EN Strasse and consisted as follows:
(a) 5 x ZIS-151, each aith a crew of 8-10 troops, and towing
107 mm. recoilless A./T guns.
(b) 6 x Z1S-151, each with a crest of 8-10 troops, and towing
85 m. A/T guns.
(c) 4 x tanks.
2. The tanks are describ.:d as follows:
(a) 5 - 5.5 metres long.
(b) Total height approximately 2 metres.
(c) Five bogey wheels and three top rollers.
(d) Two hatches in front glacis plate.
(e) The turret was low and at the back joined the hull
in a straight line.
(f) Gun - 2 - 2.5 metres long.
(g) No machine gun r"ount,;;d on turret.
The Ulmin Strasse Kaserne is now fully occupied by Russian troops.
No Russian units have loft ROSTOCK since March 1958.
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