SOVIET RAIL AND ROAD MOVEMENTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700420002-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 21, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 7, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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sA ' CLASSIFICAIION- li T+~ Oft C ,
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TOPIC. _
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT'
on 26 June 1950 a Consignee was Unit
DATE OB"IAINED 7 Aucust u"
REFERENCES.
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PAGES.. _ENCLOSURES (NC). & TYPE)
REMARKS
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CL ASSII~ICATiON EC
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
. . ---, ,.s +,~ i initPd States.
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10 One freight car loaded with crates was en route from. Uudolstad.t to Wu?kA=
Two freight cars loaded with military goods
went from Prark.;furt/Oder to Stendel. on 26 June 5
3. Hai..l. shipments observed on 27 June 1950 included.-
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One. 1Ut car with military i3urgstaedt to
goods I3ernau
Nine RR cars w.th Loeb= to
ration supplies Satzkorin
Shipment
T.o RR cars with soap saldheim to
Bernau
Two RFC cars with Satzkorn to
military goods Finow
`I'h.ree RR cars with coal Ile ttwitz to
1 alkensee, Xech
office Oranienburg
The entraining of five tanks, about eight trucks and ai undetermined n-Vjv
her of officers and E3 was observed in Doeberitz on 3 July 1950.
Rail shipments observed between 10 and 12 July 1; i0 included:
CON H UEN UAL F E! U 1 IFu GIA
CONFIDENTIAL
Uonsignee was Unit
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Jcxt Review Date: 2006 By. OUA"I -I1UIVI
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8hi. went 'rorr-To and Date
Ten i{ Gars with coal Klettwitz to
Moeg1in, Koch office
1athenow
10 July 1950
One a H car with gasoline Velten to
dr?~uns Satzkorri
10 July 1950
Six RR cars with Velten to 01G-.ti-
gasoline drums pischosDorf
10 July 1950
Eleven cars with coal Klettwitz to fiathenoT-Ij
Kech 11 July 1950
wine !;:a cars with coal K1ettwvit ; to
1?atshenow
Koch 11 Jul y 1950
Three F?R cars wit . Velten to bindau
gasiine drums 11 July 19';O
Four 1th cars with Velton to Dessau
gasoline drums 11 July 1950
One RR car with coal. ""ueckeberg to
F ildpar`R
11 July 1950
One RR car with gasoline Velten ',o
drums; ?ildpar -.
11 July 1950
One R car with Velten to
gasoline drums Sat }ko':n
One j i ca.W with Satzkorn to
ration supplies iathr,zow
12 July 195;0
T,m, -rt;i'-three ttrt cars Satzl;orn to
with ration supplies r ;aer atenberf;,
12 July 1950
6, The loadin~ o:" 16 re
left tcruard ieaumbur ;
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ar--enxine pontoons, en?ineer? equipment and trucks,
was
observed. at the .':Sa.d. Koesen railroad. station on 2 Rfurie l }50~ The rain
(2)
hz kifchous, three tank ;;rucks and other trucks,,
wore _'.ov.dec. at the Dceberitz railroad station on
July 1-150. .5oldiers -,( , re red-bordared black epaulats; same o~'
the officers wore tank in.sinrnia,. 3)
Twelve tames, tvo fie
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10. A train of 10 boxcars occuj i.ed by soldiers v.ew ring red-l--bordered black
epaulets va-ith artily rRl insignia, L. flatcars with one At, gun each,., an_d
about 10 flthcars carry*ix:g motor vehicles and fieldkkitchens oasscd through
+iitten.,erre on 5 July 1950. The train carne from the direction of F'erl.e-
berg or Ludwip lust and headed toward. Ste.ndal. ~?otor vehicle 0 was 50X1-HUM
seen. (6)
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2 j u1y 19>0, one boxcar and
tvio rla tears were to be rn~ace available in Luckenwalde a"or the use o ene- 50X1-HUM
ral itrofanov. (4)
The unloading of a troop train of four boxcars occupied by soldiers vaear- 50X1-HUM
Ing red. bordered black epa;:.J.ets, five flatcars each carxK,rin two 70 or 8,0-
AT guns, ten flatcars loaded %~ th trucks and. three locked boxcars with
3zndeterm:indrd,. cargo was observed in ~ " 6athenow on 11. July 1950. `t'he train
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came from the. direction of Neustad.tf Uosse and was unloaded on the spur
track of the former army ration sZu ply de of and naval. arS enal. 'Fotor vehi-
one canvas-
tcars carrying trucks
d 10 fl
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A train of 10 locked boxcars an
covered armored vehicle and about 150 soldiers wearing red-bordered black
eoauleis was observed at the iarariden~nxr '- 1.. stadt railrc d station on
5 July 14 50. '"otor vehicle's
were on the train. The train L ,-M towarc. isran-
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denbur /A'leustadt 7
Ten tracks
ten AT or fiai 'Funs of about 3' mm cali-
ber and three g uca.a of about 00 caliber w4 re ontrairied in Potsdam on
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3 Jul;r 195,0. (8)
13. Sixteen I2 --r S. two ?~.elc kitchens, two radio truc?k,-; and about : '50
officers and 11"IT ': ere entrained at the Pots a.a~rr. railroil s ta.vion on 10 July
19 0. Sore c!' the i uns cane from '.didpar'. (9)
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1~.. Ton trucks occupied by soldiers wearing rcci-borc':erec? :-=1.aetr epaulets drove
throu-la rfurt tcraai. Gotha on 3J.t July 1950. One truck toed. a c"ie1:a
kitchen..
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15, About L''O troop: riweari ig red: bordered black epaulets, 10? armored track--
laying vehicle.", 18 t z -axle armored scout cars, 72 ilelecar motorcycles,
20 arr>rrre i pa ,era ;er cars armored al.:"-txack 'iroblcler., 3 50X1-HUM
tallac'.cs ans.', i, a "3..fe'I1a nk , equipmert`~. were en-
tra;ine. a 10 ,:*,r'ersr~; On railroad station or. 22 July 1911,5O. The troops
came from the ucr?ue t`i.en i'raser.?rte. (li)
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(2) ! otor vehicles and equipment cf the 57th Gtd tz id "le Div and of a
quarters unit of the 1 1 C U K :ids '%`tz L r .e Cox Ns
paused throt2;_;h .~~stau on 27 June l9r(8 Its Qesta.nata.on may
have been Letzlin r Beath o
c3) A tar& unit cif- the let arecz ;iiv,
s-tnation a' the train is not kiterm, but tank snits of the , .;ocz
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.. Dim bald field e: orcd.ses in i1itent:r'ahc.vi duriri -txxc,~ first hall` of June 19:t
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(LLieutenanteneral dTasi i=ndro;revich '~itr~ofanc)v is carried as CInC Third
Gds ec rr: r a The headquarters r?1:' th.ls arm~?r can thus be considered Con-
s irmed in Luckenwalde u , to 2 Jul;7 1 ,'?.~ .
(5) A un:i.t of. the Light Arty n11F, possi a &tii or the ' ortar Os'
J the OFO in fi'i~ "atilerio -flurf: area~^ 50X1-HUM
(6) 4ett"~ of a (;QY:i; eneni un t of -lui.c i,,;-th .:'u, Dii~ of he i i '''b-~h l,fis iii tyr 1.ro.nn.
~,r w+ r-nvII ui inn
2.:n is U: il`e d NE7'' it on were. ie t in ,v2d~~G1.?clk" 121. `,te `~:ay c.
7) ~e Orl ' tc~ f"he l0 t?'1 * d s 't'ank
Li and thus, confixm the location, i.n Ur ndenburw, 0.`- com-:onont uni r o_'-' 50X1-HUM
ti i.s di.visior possibly the 63rd t".T.'?'s T'a1nk ?tt?4?4.a T'he train was prosuriIahly
hound. for? a tr'oo train.inF. ',rounds, r ose1'1,y Templi.n.
(l) Component unit of thie 2d 'ds . U.Ik Div of 1 p, arirNys
w.,F s ::e in.; oration vja previouyly supplied
71-ix: d.es tina t.i.on v.as -pro;sum abi',r i'xizs