SOVIET MILITARY RAIL MOVEMENTS AT MAGDEBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A044600260001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 16, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 25, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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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
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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 "#".)
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 I3IEDERITZ :U1liGDEBURG-BUCK~U
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~- 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~
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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
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?i 25X1
k'r'
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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:
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