SOVIET UNIT WITH ATOMIC ARTILLERY IN FUERSTENWALDE

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CIA-RDP80T00246A046000580001-7
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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December 22, 2016
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June 24, 2010
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1
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Publication Date: 
December 12, 1959
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46000580001-7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United states within the meaning of the Ispionsge Isws, Title 18. U.S.C. secs. 793 and 794, the transmiss-on 'or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. C-O N F-I D-E-H T-TA-b COUNTRY East Germany REPORT SUBJECT Soviet Unit with Atomic Artillery in DATE DISTR. is DEC t8 Fuerstenwalde NO. PAGES 2 DATE OF INFO. PLACE & 1. The large artillery pieces with the long barrels were still in the area of the Soviet unit n Langewahlerstrasse in Fuerstenwalde in mid-June 25X1 1958 At that time the railroad was again permitted to bring its cars with their own locomotives to the area of the unit A number of 25X1 artillery pieces were standing in a building (Halle) and a part of them were outside under a makeshift cover. It was not possible to come near enough to them to examine them closely because they were guarded. 2. Vehicles with large curved lattice-like devices (Gitterboegen) were still in the woods of the area of the unit along the Chaussee (highway) 25X1 from Fuerstenwalde to Langewahl. This may be some kind of a radio installation because adjacent to these vehicles stand various small radio cars. 3. The following arrivals of new rail shipments for the Soviets were observed: a. Two trains ch included 48 freight cars from Brest-Litovsk to Muna (sic) on 10 June 1958. The contents were unknown. b. On 7 June 1958 a large car (Grossraumwagon) arrived from Brest-Litovsk. The contents were yellow-grey tarpaulins (Planen). c. On 12 June 1958 a shipment arrived rom Brest-Litovsk 25X1 which consisted of 38 flatcars to sm&U anti-tank guns (85-mm)- There were two. anti-tank guns on each flatcar and three personnel cars with a total of about 20 men. d. On 18 June 1958 a shipment arrived It consisted of 14 freight cars, the contents ofl which were unkn e. At the beginning of June 1958 a shipment arrived Brest-Litovsk consisting of 12 Polish which were unknown. from 25X1 freight cars, the contents of T $I1AIN_~ OE$D$I C-0 N-F I D-E N-T-I A-L STATE ]( AAYY Aw Ix 1 R $ tl 125X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46000580001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46000580001-7 f. In the beginning of June 1958 a shipment arrived atl from Brest- Litovsk which consisted of eight flatcars, each carrying one amphibious tracked vehicle. 25X1 g. At the beginning of June 1958,there arrived from Brest-Litovsk four cars carrying metal containers having a capacity of approximately 30 liters each. They were possibly oil containers. h. On 12 June 1958 there arrived rom Brest-Litovsk 16 freight 25X1 cars with automobile spare parts and four large diesel motors. i. On 17 Jug 1958 there arrived from Brest-Litovsk 20 large 25X1 freight care with doors' et the front end Stirntueren); the contents were unknown but it is believed that these cars were transporting rockets. After being unloaded the cars were returned to the railroad station. Planks were nailed to the floors of these cars lengthwise in two rows. The inner edges of the planks of each row were rounded as if to accommodate rounded objects. At a guess? the diameter of the rounded objects must have been approximately 80 centimeters. Their length would. be very difficult to estimate. On the insides of these planks traces of grease and grey-green paint were noticed. It is not known whether each of these cars carried two or four of these rounded objects. 25X1 J. On 18 June 1958 there arrived) (from Brest-Litovsk six flatcars, four of which darried one optical device per car and two of which carried two generators per car. 25X1 k. On 15 Jthue 1958 there arrived two tr'is (flat cars and other cars, exact number not known).. They carried 60 BA-61+ armored cars with personnel, The armored cars were dN ven from the railroad station to a Soviet mototized 1. On the morning of ;19 June 1958 there arrived in Fuerstenwalde a shipment from the dire e tion of Frankfurt-Oder carrying anti-aircraft .artillery (approximately 25X1 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46000580001-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46000580001-7 Iq Next 1 Page(s) In Document Denied Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2010/06/24: CIA-RDP80T00246AO46000580001-7