SOVIET OB SUMMARY, 11 OCTOBER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014400080004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: October 13, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Soviet OR Summary, 11. October
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
mo[LIE CD
NO.
TEDISTR. 13 Or,tober 1952
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DATE OF
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PLACE
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(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793,
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW.. THE. REPR000CTION OF THIS FORM IS_PROH)DITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The following troop trains were
from 30 September to 8 October.
listed in the Erfurt Transportation Headquarters
a. Date
From
To
No. of Trains
30 September
Ohrdruf
.Hudolstadt
3
Crawinkel
Zeitz
2
Georgenthal
Gera
1
1 October
Crawinkel
Jena
11.
One with trooPs of
66th Guards Mechan-
ized Regiment
Eisenach
Nautburg
2
498th AAA Regiment
Emleben
Saalfeld
1
2 October
Crawinkel
Zeitz
2
67th Guardsiblechaa
ized regiment
Ohrdruf
Jena
1
2504th AAA Regiment
Georgenthal
Gera
1
EMleben
Saalfeld
Georgenthal
Plauen
1
Crawinkel
Weimar
1
65th Guards Mechan
ized Regiment
Ohrdruf
Weimar
1
Mechterstaedt
Merseburg
1
Artillery brigade
Eisenach
Weissenfels
1
3 October
Crawinkel
Jena
2
Ohrdruf
Jena
1
MeChterstaedt
Mgreeburg
1
Donnaorf
Ammendorf
2
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71,ate
4 c)ctober
From.
No. of Trains
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Eisenach Naumburg 1
Ftsenach Weisserfels 3 17th Guards Tank
arai SP Rewiment
Mecnterstaedt Weissenfels 1 932nd AAA Battaliat
Mechterstaedi Nautburg 1
b. 0.11 5 ar.4 6 October., twelvs troop trains went to the Halle district from the Ohrdri
and Jerin, areas. These irciuded trains with elements of he 65th and. 66th.
Guards Mechanized Re4ments and the 88th Gvards ?hglneer Battalion, and 20th
Cuardsikechanized Division,
o. From 5 to 8 Cctober, nine troop trains wert from. the Ohrdruf area to Nedlit0
'Alas& included trains with elements of the 15th Guards Tank and SP Regiment,
and the, 39th qUEITAB Rifle Division, and the 91st Signal Regiment.
From 6 to 8 ..Cotobar, fourteen troop trains went from the l;hrdruf area to 7
Wiesenburg. 1.nese ircluded trains with elements of the 67th Guards Mechanized
Regiment, the 68th Guards :ffeavy Tank and SP Regiment, and the 7112rd Guards
7Jowit.zer Artillery Regiment, the 581st Martar Regiment, the. 24th Guards Rocket
PattaLioa, atd. the Antiller1HP:rigade of the IDUX Guards Rine Corps.
e. un ? and 8 ober five troop trains went from rouldorf to Raguhn. These
included trains with elements of the 68th and, 70th Guards Mechanized Regiments
and. the 28th 6uards Tank Regiment-
f. Four trains with. troops of the 13th. AAA Division. vent from. Weimar to Flsh1Ft.
or. 7 October,
g- On 8 October', one train with troops of the 19th. Guards lingireer Battalion vent
from Bad Ebesen. to Dessau; two trains with troops of the 17th Guards Tank and
SP Regiment of the 5th Guards Blfle Division from Fiserach to Dessau, and one
train with troops of the .Artillery Brigade, of the MX Rifle Corps from.
Mechterstaedt to Bad Fbesen.
2. From, 5 to 10 October, troop concentrations were observed in the., WiesetburgaZetbst-
Dessau rea. Rocket launchers were placed along the Zerbst-Rosslau. railroad line.
A tent camp, 1,000 troops, and 50 vehicles were seen five kilometers east of Rosslau.
Troop concentrations were seen in the woods south of Dessau. Artillery units were
seer. it. the Dessau-Aker) area; 16 x 152 ma guns were emplaced northwest of nein
YUehnau, Sixty trucks with ammunition. moved from Rosslau to Aker,
Ot 3 October, two tank columns with 26 T-34 and JS-3 tanks, followed by trucks with
billeting equipment, moved from the direction of Zeithain and entered the Goitz
Waserne in Riesa. A column. of vehicles with billeting equipment, coming fnom the
direction. Of Zeithatra? was seen. entering the MUdra Kaserre at the same time. All
vehicles belongrO to the 1st Guards Mechanized Army.
4, On 8 October, 25 T-14 tanks and ammunition boxes were loaded at the Weisevesser
railroad. station for the T9th Mechanized. Division and. routed to Cottbus.
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