MOVEMENT OF SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009900050008-4
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 16, 2006
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY-
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Ger! !ai y (Soviet Lono )
Movement of Soviot Troop Trains
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EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
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27 November 1; ~1
On 31 October 19 1,, a westbound troop train of 32 cars with about 12 T-34 tanks
able armored vehicles and about 18 trucks
pased through the Erfurt rai:?roog -Alta:es La;- tr; and 552 boxcars and 1 gondola
car from Oubcn to Justerbo;; Altes La.-er; ;2
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o e axrec Lion 01' jo t us toward Kuestrin on
0VOi .:per; ith soldiers from the direction of Cottbus to :tose:igarten
on 11 lo;re:tl;er, emp y from Ausengarten to .'rankfurt/Jde-r for or,
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NovenIxar, and with soldiers from 1?ran?:flu?t/Odor to Juben n
13 November; ~7j.th soldiers from Kuestrin t renze to o us on
Novor ber, with soldiers from the direction o3' Cottbus to;'iard. KLoctrin on 12
November and again with soldiers from the direction o-' Cottbus ? and Kuestrin
on 16 Jlovembor; and ith soli iers from the direction of .'uestrin toward
An urzidontified shuttle train with soldier^., :-rent from the Jabon border crossing
point-to Frankfurt/Oder on 11 iloveubor, and snother train ;it,-- soldiers from the
direction of Cottbus toward Kuestrin on 1)4 :Jov;.7:fero (2)
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Cn ih ;lovorlber,; a train of 17 boxcars with soldiers, 3 flatcars vit1..
tar ; containers and 1 re riCaratnr^ car ;vi.th ration auu -Lie 'vas
aeon going to Koot en;, corain_; from the Kuc trio ia- :r.ze railroad stair--ion. (3 )
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lliu :7o1lowing troop trains were: observed in Thuringia bit:?fo ,n Zit. October a: 3.
11 7 Tt)'V E,1t1ber
October train i with soldiers Near: ?-bordered black
A Sri? on 21~
:Four
ptiu ! ots T.n tanks
L5 i Hans axx 8 trucks
from Gotha to Drfurt~
At, I n on 2h October. A train with so r c' T-?' tank
and T' trucks
uV i:;rfurt;,
oin roin uO a -
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A .-a, on 26 October. A trai+n with soldiors, 16 T-34 tankss
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out cars
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3 armore
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2tr October
Noveiahcr
2! November
1 Novenber
NoveEbor
Novor:ft'o_r
November
f3 Novemh3r
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- 7.th the exception
of I car with ofi'-'>cers, 111 cars had' coodo !ov7ovor, all o I ion : ad
tnnokin,! stove pipcic
castho1r1d jhuttlc ;raids
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9 October an, ,l
io i 'tG?a~i OFFICIALS ONLY
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and 5 trucks a:1="
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pt 1?:3O 'T'I- on 23 October,, A train with 21 loY -harrolod arti73er:r pieces
cf a ut and 10 tics
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t ;30 ?a?ray, on 30 October, A tr izi with 12 assault bo' ito, an and termined
7.37:r pon Dons an rz go construction equip.::ant; observe at the ';Mutt
xrai1-r~5ad station: prob3al:ly head'er'. to ar'd Getaa ,
1) 30 a,n, on'I November, ii train with i1: lon,;-barrolodT ar+i '.or;; pieces
1171677 a s ari 12 truew; observed between ":: ander?1;1c'ben and 4ie~:;dietc:n-
c.orf, going toward ' ?furt
9,, Stippl31-2entinnaa previous report, the follo'ain g westbc
;cumber of
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4 November
5 N4iv orfc.r
7 No 'ember
.1n Nov ember
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Boxcars
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"rty From direction ref
P'ran;.furt/Oiler
rmpty From direction
Frankfurt/Odor
Enpty From direction of
Frank.furtfOder
ExA ty From direction of
TM^ankfvrt/Oder
Empty F ora direction of
Fran:;fu:. t/Oiler
53 Troops Neua trolitz
52 Troops Nc-, ;troli tz
53 Troops . ; oi.ar
53 'T'roops From direction of
53. T
Frankf urt/Odor
ocns From direction of
Frankfurt/Oier
Sno c omer Ln ; f ron t`,.e s tevz pipes
on Vic,, roofs of the boxcars positively indicated that the cars were occupied, (5)
' rarr c an o, er en o the 15th Gd.-, Tank Refit of the 39th ds ..z Rifle Dive
arum th.e trai.ra. in paragraph 2,r an element of the unidentified artillery
di: ris i.on in i otsda;nq
(2) all of 'the shuttle trains mentioned in ?a.ra,-raphs It throu-h 6 are reported
foil t e first tixaeo
(3) r hf) to fighter regiments Stationed at Koethen ai.ra .uld wore -transferred to
Ze:?hst in early October 195].:, The train mentioned in para ra h 7 of the
preseI,t report mmy possibly indicate the pending arrival of a now air force
unit from the US nS,,R.,, to the Soviet Zone of Germany,:,
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hare carried a tank component of the 20th Cd Liecz Div from J'na and the
17-;h Cds Tank SP R t of the 57th G .s' Litz Rifle Div from ~.eissenfcls
re.3pettively; that of 26 October the 28th Ods Ta:.c -?eGt of t'_,o 21st -1s s cz
D.ir from Nagle; that of 27 October an artillery unit of the IX Ode :Ltz a i.fle
Corps; an that of 23 October the 33th (?) AT Arty Bri of the X1 : Gas
Rifle Corps from Lorsebur'c The identity of the units on the tyro trains
o: 30 October and 1 November., can iot be dotcnminod;,
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October, ii other trains w ? nti,oned in the previous reports -
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znc~ txiar tuver amine a
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