SOVIET RAIL MOVEMENTS IN THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006300680012-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 16, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: October 25, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY soviet NO.-]
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EVALUATION sec belot ---PLACE OBTAINED
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f~ enteiri ry to 16 Octo`E; r_ 950
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1. `'ro n. 26 September to llG October 1950 a total of 8, `0 boxcars 9 each carrying
30 soldiers with closely cropped hair., passed thr. o'.agh Kuestrin-Kictz and
proceeded toward .,'nrbig (1)
2 , Petwoon 8 and l1t October 19,0 a tot ;ai of 272 et ty boxcars went through
`a erbig toward Poland via Kuestrin. Kietz to pick up troops., (2)
Soviet rail shipments between 10 and 15 October included:
ahi Rn, nt
111.9 baKcars with
troops; 39 boxcars
with ammunition
Sixtyfive tank
cars with c7asoline
Thirty--four tanks,,
27 rocket launchers
Forty rocket
launchers
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Kuestrin towaa: Cottbus
via Frankfurt/Oder
Dispatcher Consignee
(1)
?rest Litovsk tv Velten
via Frankfurt/Odor
Brest Litovsk to
Dannerrivalde via
Frankfurt/Odor
)rest Litovsk to Jessen
via Frankfurt/Oda:r
Brest Litovsk toward
with troops,,34 tanks Cottbus r:ia Frankfurt/
Oder
Eluven boxcars
Berlin-Rum mlelsburg to
with troops
tanks
35
(:Frankfurt/ Odor
l04 empty boxcars
F'ran.tfurt/Oder toward
converted for trans-- border via Kuestr:Ln
from Magdeburg and
1.6 from Erfurt
portation of troops;
.'8 of the cars came
This document is hereby re aded to {
CONFIDENTIAL in accorda a with the
letter of 16 October 19 8 from the
Director of Central In~ !gence to the
e tes.
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(2)
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i ,ken boxcars Frankfurt- Odor to
u .a. =.h undetermined Fuersteriber g
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Con'ments a
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~'~. i trains with troops which arrived in Kuestrin from the east on and after
25X1 A 26 septenber 1950 were run under the shuttle transportation program which
a3'uartezcx on that day. As,;~unning that each train carrying mili
tary per; onnel had about 50 boxcars, 17 or 18 such trains are believed to
have entered tho Soviet Zone of Germany during the period from 26 Septernher.
14, October 1950. The influx of troops was also covered, by other sources
reoortin from Frankfurt Oder between 26 September and 10 October 1950@
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crew the train had closely cropped hair clearly indicates that they were
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stock through Kuestrin prior to 14'
(2) The eastward ? cvement of empty rolling
Octnher 1950 indicates that tho Influx of recruits was to continue,, Data on
t:::,i`? ,v trains r ol.l.y ng east via 4uestrin were suer li ed by other sources cover-
the period from 29 epteriber to 1 October 1.9500 25X 1A
25X1 'F- ~ cofi..r*:s the let ten r. ?xi_n fie 1 suv> 1;r depot prior to 15 October 1950.
rorfimas the Jesssen math ordnance shop and distributing point prior
25X1 l October 1950. tits Dannenwzildce ordnance and a :iuni-
i.~::s.1 ara shirnentr were observed. on the Prest Litovsk-F'rankfurt/O er line by
her source in June and Jaity 195~Oo 25X1A
(:5-) P`'r.",,simtebl shipment of a ta' nk unit Y.-lade de in connection with maneuvers.
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a supply installation there, they 620th nation , upF y
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