SOVIET MILITARY TRANSPORTS IN KRAKOW

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: February 20, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

SUBJECT Soviet Military Transports in Kraka.
COUNTRY Poland
PLACE .
2501 ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
The station
was surrounded by a cordon of Polish troops and the transport was preceded
by ten minutes by a pilot locomotive. The. transport was carrying explosives
for Germany, travelling in the direction of Goerlitz and Zwickau.
2. Transports from U.S.S.R. vin.ich passed through Przemysl and Krakow between
29 October and 23 November 1951 were as follows:
Date .
Time
No. of Cars
29 October
02.00
I!}.
3 November
06.00
16
5 November
21.00
20
5 November
23.00
7 November
03.00
12
8 November
04-00
17
Remarks Direction
Ammunition Prague
Infantry with machine Prague
carbines (automat)
and light machine guns.
(Krotki karabin).
About 1,000 infantry Zgorzelec
with machine carbines
and rifles
Flat cars each carrying Zgorzelec
four Katyusha rocket
launchers with Soviet
crews.
About 500 infantry Spopienice
with machine carbines
and light machine guns,
Flat cars each loaded Legnica, Kohifurt
with a tank escorted
by crew.
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1. On 16 November 1951 at 11 25X1
p.mo a train composed of .8 cars wig a strong
guard located in the last car passed through the Krakow freight station. C
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Date
Time
No, of Cara
9 November
06000
19
13 November
23.00
16
15 November 03.00
.18
18 November
10,00
19
20 November
03.00
18
21'November
21.00
15
23 November
04.00
20
Remarks RLrection
About 1,000 infantry Legnica$ Kohifurt
with light machine guns.
Flat cars each loaded Legnica, Kohifurt
with four single-
barrelled guns escorted
by crews.
About 19000 infantry Frankfurt/Oder
with machine carbines
and rifles.
Flat cars each loaded Szczecin
with one gun on eight
rubber-tired wheels
escorted by crews.
Flat cars each loaded Szczecin
with three guns on
two wheels escorted
by crews.
Flat cars each loaded Legnica
with one tankette (sic)
escorted by crew.
About 1,000 infantry Bolesiawiee
with light machine guns.
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