SOVIET MILITARY RAIL MOVEMENTS AT MAGDEBURG

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CIA-RDP80T00246A044600260001-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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3
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December 22, 2016
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June 16, 2010
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1
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Publication Date: 
September 25, 1958
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/16 :CIA-RDP80T00246A044600260001-8 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material COIItainB Information affecting the National DefenBe of the IInited States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, II.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. S-E-C-R-E-T COUNTRY .East Germany REPORT SUBJECT Soviet Military Rail Movements at DATE DISTR. Magdeburg NO. PAGES REFERENCES DATE OF INFO. PLACE & DATE ACQ report eoncern~~ng Soviet m.~.125X1' rail shipments passing the Magdeburg-Neustadt rail station Y~etween 19 ~~ly and 7 August 195$. The report gives tine date and time of day where k~.owr~ of the movements, the place of origin.: and the destinat,on; the num~.aer and type of care and the load .carried, where kiiown< The report also gives a description, with a rough sketch, of a vehicle which was o'pserved in a shipmer~'~ which passed through on the morning of 27 duly 19580 ARMY ~ N AVY AIR (Mote: Washington di:tribution indicated by "X"; Field dishibufion by "#".) ? ??? ?? ? ??? Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/16 :CIA-RDP80T00246A044600260001-8 I3IEDERITZ :U1liGDEBURG-BUCK~U SECR~~ ~~ ~- 25X1 g x T-54 or 3485 I x JS-3 6 x TPP~ ~,-5 x ZIS-1 1 22 x T-54 13 x 1s.C.V.s 9 x ZIS-151 4 x ZIS-150 9 x field kitchens Described in paragraph B. below. 18 x ZIS-151 12 x TPP~ TJI-5~ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/16 :CIA-RDP80T00246A044600260001-8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/16 :CIA-RDP80T00246A044600260001-8 EIiST GER:~dV'Y - ~iILITiiP,Y Soviet rail movement at i~1GDEBURG (19 dul - 7 ~1u~ 581 is also noted. Date Time From To Load Rer.!arks 25X1 19.7. 1230 BIEDERITZ ~~GDEBURG-i3UCKi"~U 13 x 3-ailed amphibians 6 x ZIS-151 23,7. 09~'~0 BIEDERITZ P~~fiGDEDURG-BUCKIiU 27.7. l,iorning BR."~IDENBURG Off-loaded, Equip- ment driven south along L~~'~EBURGER Strasse x 2-ailed flat Londe wi srlnc es. e winc es were new & stood approx. 1..7 m. high. follo.~in~ railway transports passed through the rail-:ay station at rtkGDEDURG-P~E6STliDT The direction frou ~rhich these transports arrived and the direction in Which cy epar,e Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/16 :CIA-RDP80T00246A044600260001-8 SEC ?i 25X1 k'r' ~~ B. The ~ .C.V.s mentioned above are described as 25X1 follov,~s: (a) Completely enclosed and armoured. (b) The sides, back and front, sloping. (c) Three sma11, circular openings in each side, approxiri~.tely 20 cros. ~.n diameter. (d) (e) ~ triangular c~,*linder of approximatc'l~ 5 cros. diamc;tc:r over each rear wheel. Sketch as uildcr: Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/16 :CIA-RDP80T00246A044600260001-8