SOVIET MILITARY RAIL MOVEMENTS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800800002-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 8, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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CD NO.
50X1-HUM
COUNTRY Gert+m?my, (Russian Zone)
DATE DISTR. 8 February 1951
SUBJECT Soviet Milltaay Rail Movements
NO. OF PAGES 3
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NO. OF ENCLS.
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DATE OF
INFO.
SUPPLEMENT
REPORT NO.
TNItI Dkctit3SiIF T?GStTE,I4;G Ii1FQRNATIGYSatF sF"tt1t GTte 2?IGFFA~ Dii.'railu
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0P ITS C=Trt= la Atati' F:AAIMR TO AD IIICAt1TIIOP.IY$D Ps"MON Is PRO,
1a e itrovtnd train of 19 boxcars rrith troops passed throu"h
r.uostrin on 11 1)oce fiber 1950, on route to Orcifaviald. (1)
r-o a ew:: ?1 t r .f w v `, Y r'?
i ibo a~Sd train of 21 pa.,se.ngor coaches ca_.i+"raying o fic rs
arid 21 boxcars ith 1u:;-_age passed throw.h t'iuostrin on 14 Docerxt;or,
girt; from the c? irection of :'Ter1:;i (2)
3? .1t 1 on 13 Doco mb.:r, about f'0 officers arrived in ?rankfurt/
Jder aboard the 111--a : xpres: fro:. kro,staJ,itavsk, T'I3uy included
m=any field-grade off'icors.
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sha pm.:nt of )j0 used trucks arrived at the 1" .-ankfurt/Odor mar-
shaliri hard from the. on 11.E )ecaniber. (3)
The leave train :?rh,ich arrivod in .'rankfurt/0der from Fruo ;,Litovsk
on 15 December =-9 occupied to caoacitym Sevonty yes cexit a? he
occup-ants were -)ff'icers who, after re istorin at the 1of Bauer
Kaasarne, wore reassir and to other pot t: ,
a., Fifty used trucks arrived in Frankfurt/Odor fro-1 Pr--;.4-T,-Jtovuk on
15
70 Two trains, arch carz,~rin8 0 used trucks, arrived at r ooni ~Y .rustcr?~
hausen on 17 Jocom1mra (3)
slii pment of .5.) trucks arrived in Friedrich c on near 3brlin on
21 Do comber, (3)
"She following - ilitary rail shipments were observed between 18 and
20 December 1750:
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Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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cENrRAL INTELLIGNCE AGENCY
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b' 'ors-To and `Jato
Too-.-)chin--Firms
18 December
Toepchin??r'inau
18 December
One gondola car coal
Fifteen field
kitchens
One boxcar glass
containers
Two tank cars traso-
line
Forty four tank cars
military fuel;
One boxcar military
goods
Three boxcars
Military goods;
One ;oxcar military
;goods;
Fifteen ;ondola cars
briquettes
One gondola car
briquettes
Twenty-nine. cgondola
cars briquettos
One boxcar
59 :j-d-raul i c jacks
Z ictcau Fuersten
walde
19 December
Perlin-Lichtonberg-
iran furt/Oacr
19 December
Finsterwalde-?
Fuerstenvialde
19 December
V; 1ten.4 ad 8aarovr
19 December
i 3re 3t-Litovsk-
Volton
19 December
]3rest?- jtovsk-.
Muelirose
19 December
Pro t Iitovskk
'strausberg
19 iccembor
Brest--Litovsk--
Jessen
19 December
Knappenrode.
6trauaberg
20 December
Y?lott ,jtz,-~
,,ank: urt/0dor
20 December
Lauchhar. er-.
ITankyut t/'Odor
20 :)ec01;`ibor
;, uellro,.e
2D flocera1, nor
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGE40Y
'li vino t
To tank cars Bv.^..st'-Litovok-
gasoline and 26 Volten
ermmty tan.; cars-- 20 Docembor
(41)
1Oc. ,.,XcePt for suu,n:,)1y s ti riants., no troop r ovai-nonts were obs,ryrved at the
Yaarshaling yaxma of ':;ucter ark l:o'F,tvoen 9 and 23 Deco bor0 No ,ooli:g;
of locomotives or czpty rolling stock ..as observed, nor were any
trains raovirig scastEs :r.?d th r'ouf 1 the -.-Uster c rkk marshalin yard n Do
rumors wore hoard about any unusual i.litary rail r. vorlents at other
-)laces? (5)
(1)
three westbound trains with a
total of 55 boxcars with trooos had passed through Kuestrin on
2( Ilovsmber. It is believed 50X1-HUM
t at those t c 1.i anct "ac train mentioned in the ores nt re. fort carried
recruits iaho ar^r~i"vatf. in the x)Ci"J.Lt:'ii u n, schedule.,
u0i2G :3tf k3:t a:x t:.l~ behind the influx of recruits having n._apa. an 1y ceased the end of October
1n50a
;;other a shi y5rent of officers goZ ng to the U 0 O+J L'~ o for roe sit
nrient or
do obilizatiorl, or a 1'li'7t ont of officers' s azl? lies ben ropatri ntoc1
`b1 information s'1377 that shipments of used trucks also arrived i n the
oyiot i(n-) of Gf r - x j from the U.;a0SO 'LO in athi-)ocombor,
confirm the raaia fuel su)~)1y depot of the 3O1mu
ry ,
7.'.'1 ~C'el i,e'_'3 ~?dl'b,3~. 20 :G3CG_':1b7t;$
l.:.. i} O
observed with. -a sh T)Y7e_3i, of troops from 'i~ to i ;I'?4~:4:7 in
1'ranhfurt/
Odor on 21;. October 195O. It Dr osumebbly belongs to a co`_'ly)oncnt of
the a idenfi,t,ied ~)iv, ;~ossib::3 ~T the 32nd s
confirms the 26th }ds 11ecz Z f t of the 7th Ods r; ecz Div in Velars Uen-
waldo until 1.9 December 1950.
below s to an ordnanco r-v,,pair shop in trausb :r~.;,
re po,ated_Ly reported from Toepehin in connection with a:,,4 tIY1.'i uion
shipments
confirms the 123d :.'arlk f:.a,aair :lao of the O0i' p in :iuollroso until
23 ")ocerber 195t).J
ntion in administrative r cort1s e? m-iinod. in t=ie area. southeast
of L'uorstormaldoo
ropoatecny rC"_xartcd .i r om 'silo llofbauer i asonio in ; r'ie3r 'GO the Stl1C E?r 4f a 7
e ,cR:, ;.:eeR?~ Div in " uers orr a1de until 19 DoceYbo::
.v _. ri-Tation from the '.'u:;tor".mrh r:3arsilalin,, s;ard fit's into the Overall
oro cbaro )resented b:r;7 roports r oceived since :4 tie e co:b3GY' !. v ';'?lich indicate
that the entire military rail traffic in the Soviot .one Oar-.'in ar d from
the to te ;ovir t Zorio of not above norr y :,r ior? to
about 20 ')ecommbb:;x?.
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