MOVEMENTS OF SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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CIA-RDP82-00457R009800350003-7
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RIPPUB
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3
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December 19, 2016
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November 25, 2008
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3
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Publication Date: 
December 6, 1951
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REPORT
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' Approved For Release 2008/11/25: CIA-RDP82-00457R009800350003-7 C0O 1'RY C~r:~ ray f >s,ut at, r~r,.nA i - rir,r Vov'er;:ents of Sn*' ipt, Trnnr~ Trai nor fi 25X I EVALUATION.,,.,. DATE OE CONTEN DATE OBTAIN REEERENCE$ ?.LACE OBTAINED EbAO t, 25X1 DACES,....... ;.~.~,. ,..ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) ... .........-n-r..-.. - EMMKS This is UNEVALUATED Information 25X1 1, The olloviing troop ttr?ez ins were between 18 and 27 October Cam asition cC r~ x'a ri ~Y 19 0cto' er 6 cirs -:i th troops dispatched from i esa i~ecexvxr>x ut:li"' ?on 19 Cctober 63 cars with tan's a:d Lorna v eh i.c1as; d j_,ripatched iron ornitz near T.ter.~Fz 31 ca'r's c:ith trop: I,r~ isni.C; 24 OctWbor .. 3 cars with troo,? c; id3lljrl4?Y1 37 cars with trot'1.:'s _,aUt,Zen 25 October 45 car: vri Ut tro rr, ;~,rar;c3n;:a lr cars v:=i. h t,a~o~?.~+ F,z~enz arxi taiii{s 59 scars vwith troops Drce,,,,den JtB c~ar.s vwi.'th trocps ieiedorsccil.it7 26 October 1a cars with vehicles Uresdon 27 October 19 cars tiait-h vehicle: Dro : on 2 n On 26 October, three 'troop train., novi.nE teviard D,r?esden were t bserved on 25X1 25X1 25X1 ua uUf?, ~., ~. a.... 25X1 nas:id thr?ou?h ':;eixdorf at 6:30 Sao 3a, carried t,ar,cs Fang truckr, 25X1 CLAS IFIC,AI ION ~}C .rI~/. 1' ~,Li iTlt~. rrrr- w+r Daoun1 No Change In Gass. b Declassified Aft Class 0banged 101 TS Auyyth.= g 7s ~Nt9~ w..w.w..ra..rrrrrr Approved For Release 2008/11/25: CIA-RDP82-00457R009800350003-7 Approved For Release 2008/11/25: CIA-RDP82-00457R009800350003-7 1 (Jr:I'Ftti ,r`3 t: C?l+' `Tc '..L`~ mm third train carried troops, small tan?--S trucks C;nd tank trucks, and also had two flatcars loads v ?: bedsteads? (2) betvr en Z and w November included: Date Composition of rora r ns 1 November 11 boxcars and 35 flatcars; 7L6 tons 10 boxcars ' anti 26 flatcars; 65; tons 2 11oveiiber 10 boxcars and 27 flatcars; 695 tons 12 boxcars and 20 attars; 659 tons 10 boxcars and 37 flatcars; 328 tons 8 boxcars and 35 flatcars; 73) tons 6 boxcars and 37 flatcars; 1,051 tons r boxcars and 25 flatcars; 702 tons It t--ovember 6 boxcars and 31 flatcars; 667 tors To Altengrabow Rathenow Jaevenitz 8 oe tz ow Forst Zinna Dallgow Doeberitz Forst Zinn.a D'alll;ow-- Doeberi'tz Alterigrabow Ftathen;7; - ~; ord Altengrabow Rathetrc-w- Iford Altengrabow hathenow-- Nord 1Oten -rabov ttathenow - idcrd ltengrabow Rathe nowt It. On 16 November, 1,200 to 1,500 recruits wearing black-1) ordered cx 3_m.icfrz emits arrived ived at the Rathenow--r;rd railroaci st atinn abo.i: l Jl?1.irit1e. train from t:erdauen. The soldiers marched to V ald i.as me 1'T. 5o The following niunbers of Soviet r.Ga.l..tary personnel ivkre ob orve;c aboard leave trains in Frankfurt, Oder bet vnen 12 and 115 1-11ove?r er: To ?rest Li.trnrs:f Pr c ;Z Brest Litov k 12 November 300 and 310 310 and ?GEC 13 November 290 and 300 280 and 320 1)4 November 31.0 and 290 310 and u00 15 November 280 and 320 300 ar_A 290 6o Two trains, each of 53 boxcars with mi:litax r porsonue3.y arrived in Frani 1az t,' Oder on 15 and 16 November r?espectival.W7e The soldiers vaaTo seen leaving in s 1 , OL/tIS CIFFICIALS ONLY 25X1 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/11/25: CIA-RDP82-00457R009800350003-7 Approved For Release 2008/11/25: CIA-RDP82-00457R009800350003-7 groups of 15O aboard civi.ian trains ror Taos -s i.1 the Sovi F't Zone of Gz-~rrany on 16 and 17 November. (5) i4} he C1' :ye3."v& 'T-L1i1 of Several coiuriinns c,,f vehicles ball onging to all divisions of the it st Gds P"cez Army in the Osahatz area on 16 0cto ? r arid the rail movements of headquarters en.gtnver troops from the direction of P,.eissen toward Oschatz, at about the axe time, indicated that a Major field exercise may have been held in the 0schatz-ftiahsa area in the second balf of October, which, possibly e :tend i as f