SOVIET ARMOR ENTERING BALTIC PORTS; EMPLACEMENTS ON RUGEN ISLAND

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001500990001-0
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 9, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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1.Soviet armor has been observed throughout northern VecklenVuTg and.
Vorpommern,, Most witnesses report the presence of heavy tanks re-
sembling the German Tiger On the whole, the tanks appear to travel
in convo7s of 100-120 vehicles, with escorting vehicles following
in three to four separate groups. No firm evidence has been. pro-
vided concerning the number of tanks involved.
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Stettin has been used continuously since early Marct. as a port of
entry for armor, most of which has been sent on to northern Mecklen
buxg, A railroad engineer repot that between 12 .1.d 19 April:, he
drove five trains, each composed of sixty flatears with a heavy tark
on vach car. In a far instances, two medium tanks vere loaded on one
car. The vehicles were manned and tanked, enabling them to form up
immediately after descending the ramp. The ultimat. destination c.)f
these vehIcles is unia:own.
Armor also has been arriving at SwinomUnde (L21) allt in 1500-to
7.sssz.,4s at Volgast (P92).
oa?ly.A2ril 500 to 600 a7,e allegad to hav,31 hen oon-
iot 51 c they are participting in Soviet
eGTCC' Irnauver5 ))1thogt z,here have. been the 71sua1 runors ?I'
m.ratroo.y, (u;..o.:ITAses :t:OTWS mers of the Teh?macht state that orly
k' runs haL? bsrm
During thlalqht of :W-11 Aprill three freight trains arrived in
Rostock 08a) from tI7' dirsrqiou of 5t2alsund (P44), Eighty new
tank thir crevs proeeedeil to quarters in Ros,i-
took:, The early April arrival of notorizsd
elonsIsting chAcrly of tiongolian troops, in Frstenberg (U52)
Neu3tra1itz (U54) .nc. F!?ikibc,fg (M4).
Rtigen IslanJ continues to be built up by the Russia:qs, who have set
tzp heavy 44 guns north of Altenkirchen (P68), supplementing German
.Lq. and naval batteries in concrete emlacements near Rehberg-0st
(unlocateeVand two batteries nortilwast !')f Arkona (P69) Two bAt-
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teries of three guns each ara in fixed positions near Maltz (me).
The partially-finished KdF installation "ate der 2civria1an Maiden has
been converted into an AA soh)ol. Daval,Irtillery troops oompy ooze
part of this installa'ion. Fortifications also are beth l built north
of Sasenits0(P87). ?
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