SOVIET TROOPS AND MATERIEL PASSING THROUGH ZAHONY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003400640006-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 19, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
,Ol9N - E;' Iiun ary
EPORT
TOPIC
Soviet Troops and Eateriel Passing Through ZAHONY
EVALUATION__~_
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
19 September 1949
PAGES ENCLOSURES (No. & TYPE)
REMARKS
1, The following Soviet military shipments from the So?,riet
Union passed through the Hungarian railroad station 50X1-HUM
ZAHONY (R 49/E 90) between 18 July and 15 August 1949:
18 July 1949
Six sealed railroad cars with unknown Soviet oargo going in
the general direction Hof SZOLNOK '(Q 48/0 38).
Night of 19 July 1949
Twelve railroad oars' with eight probably heavy tanks covered
with tarpaulins.
20 July 1949
Twelve railroad oars with troops.
Hi ht of 22 July 1949
Eight railroad oars, four of theta vith aircra t wings and fuselage
sections (probably of single-engine aircraft,
N:L ght of 24 July 1949
r - u.M.ris
Sixteen railroad cars carrying six radio trucks and troops in
the general direction of SZOLNOX.
25 July 1949
Twenty-six railroad oars, 12 of them gondola cars loaded with
tanks and two carrying radio trucks going in the general
direction of SZOLNOKo
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27 Z:i1y 1049
Ianetee~? railroad Oars with disassembled jk'rg~af arts ,
Goi: in the general direction of ' of?1tC 5 D 62J0
.y--i+ht o 28 July l:_49
Licit sealed railroad cars ~--"ith ' unknot?tn 11oviet csr{P:o
29 ?uly U c 4V
Six sealed railroad cars, going in the general direction of
I KOLC (t 49/Jr 87). each 50X1-HUM
car. carried four cigar-shaped devices, each about 25 feet
lonc0
.irM of 30 July
Thirteen railroad cars rtith Soviet troops, goinf; in the general
direction of (Y 7/'.r 17).
4 t of 1, _.u gust lc40
J?jve sealed railroad cars +-ti th ? unkriov'n soviet cargo, bound for
r;E;L:rOV.
.:itht of 2 .ut^,ust 1:4r
Fourteen railroad cars with nine motor vehicles.
Ii t ht of 4 .,u# u st 11;1,49
-2hirty-five railroad cars r.ith ten heavy tanks, t"o self-
propelled fauns and Vno antiaircraft guns, ping in the general
direction of 93yrGTDo The train v!ac named by Joviet railroad
personnel a
~.it ht of 5 .':u 'ust 1, ~'4
woviet shipment, of eight tarL.cs, one self-propelled gun and one
antiaircraft ~iin bound for 31MEGED. T&ii.k insignia rTere ob-
servcd ??tith troops o
7 1z:,e.ust 1:.49
.Chirty-five railroad oars rrith infantry. troops and 19 rail-
road cars v'ith bridge-buildinc? equipment.
'1( ht of 7 . _L+t ust 1 4 ~
~`~r~enty-t+ o railroad care -with infantry troops, 12 motor ve-
hicles and three antiaircraft guhs, wing in the general
direction of B/~: A (Y 6/S 28) ?
8 tuumst 1949
3?orty railroad cars -ith tank troops and 18 tanks and four
railroad tank cars +?}ith fuel.
of 8 . as t st _1 49
Fifty railroad cars -ith 03 tanks and tvo raei3.o tru.oks,
oiu? in the general direction of ~a% GLD,
trse train had already been en rou..te for 50X1-HUM
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:1411t Of 9 . ur;ust 1..49-
50X1-HUM
Thirty-tv'o railroad cars, 18 of *?"hich Sere loaded vei th '?,ooden
bridge n aterLal, the ofhers ?r'ith eight full.trabc prine -lovers
anf t','o cwt or vehicles.
2 .t of 10 at 1949
Fort,,; -six railroad care r?ith tr.nk troops and 22:tanks, one
self-propelled run, one radio truck and three railroad tank
oars -?,ith fuel. The troops ,"ere young, ,'he trot ,n ?-?q.s bound
for 1;1 TA.
11 _~ti~ ust 1:.49
Tventy-eight railroad cars T?'ith troops and thred antiaircraft
cuns ion four-viheel :,counts', f oinf in the reneral direction of
?fV~J,N Jp
12 .u";ust 2::49
'arty--three sealed boxcars 'I.tt unkn r'n 'Jjoviet cargo ; {;oi ne
in the direction of ; ,1:G:I.-,,i)d
1Z ..U oust 1:;40.
`ixteen railroad cars, 13 of "hieh '-?ere railroad tank cars
7 !i th fuel, f-oint~ in the ~.enerai direction of . '. I ,G? D.
:::ijMt of 1S ..u ?ust 1949
-??ierity railroad cars +ith tank troops and 4 armored recon-
naissasxce cars, oinr ixi the C;euieral direction of MITI.
14 .. at=;ust 1,42
lt.-euty-dine sealed railroad cars on ??hioh only- eight full-
track prince rsovers s,,ere observed.
i ;kit of 14 uuuust 1949
Thirty railroad cars vIth tank troops and 12 tanks, four
self-propelled guns and one radio truck, minr- in the d" rection
of ?LGi J.
15!i 1St :'49
Three mixed si?.ipmxents, one of them ,..ith t,-,o antiaircraft g ns
bound for 33h.CT1s, the other t,''o bound for ?'EGEDp
I.Cht of 15 uuust
::L
Tvo trains -it h a total of 56 tanks and six antiaircraft
soarchlif-?hts. ?.2he troops on the trains, rhich ,,!ere b?'und
for 32LGED, r,ere nerine hovers
Bridge-building equipment on 40 railroad cars,
division 50X1-HUM
or larCe Oi? . units mere shifted frog the 'soviet ' pion to
unC;ary bet-eon r.:id 3'uly and mid.: u{us'L l:%49 ? The shinraents
may, ho-ever, 'also indicate that on-,.y reinforccnents arrived
for :soviet units already scat, onod in Lunary.
e. 'he reported .receiviu % stations (sect "goin?; in-the general
cdrectiw,n of are, -ith the exception of 3 Gu:"OK, located in
the Lun vriur-:tugoslav border area (1,70I11.:,CS, rAC:?A and "GMD)
it is considered 50X1-HUM
possible ti._e:t the railroad stations ment_ionod. may have been . the
receiving points for the observed shipments ~:?" troops and
nuteriel. hose stationh 'are located in a border area -1-ich
6ffers an advantaGeous jump-off position for any military
action nnossibly I,)IE zned,, by the Soviets af::ainst ?uroslavia.
These s hi ments may indicate that either one Soviet arriored
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