SOVIET RAIL MOVEMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008900320005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 16, 2011
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 21, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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~ en troop trains went to ~larnemuende via
it.^ac^l., Burin th poriocl fr on 17 to 29 ~u ust 191 the trains carried troops
~~I{,h tanks, ar?,il,lery pieces and trucks,, The troops wore detrained in -arneriuande
rrr.d si .,sequontly embarked for ahipnent by sea,, No embarkation of troops occurred
J ,n hear bor? a.f T ostock;,
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no mil.tta?y ebiT .nts arrived 1% ar dep rted
ax,3 :;irci:lo: r urine the second 'hair of ix~usta
gxA te t`'ht tea f c of 3er r~igood: in Ile trelit50X1-H U M
::n I. d vin,- tho last week of Aurusto The .. oi,ht tr- lis concerned included
"arx aver ge of .} or 6 cars carrying w.l_itary personnel afid weapons. Since the troops
.-.e , l ram s these shirrients were not registered as troop _.i nts".
troop trains -ire observed in .1 rankfurt/QIer from 25 to 31 August,,
r..+ re?i e ? :, a train ?aith 1,1.00Ra~s girls from 18 to 2I years of ado crossed the
;;orcj ~ :ntc the Russian zone of Germane during the night of 23 August, The girls
oviat soldiers., organized into four units and marched to
s .e b a:-racks inst.>a1 i.ation on Langer Grund,, Two days Ia ter,, thesa women
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troo tea.:>n are t v a'- the Riederi t railroad, station near Lla de~bur at 21
n 10 reF)tardbeer,? the train carried a motorized artillery unit but
rlraoeia prevented definite en ificationn Six vehicles on t'. train
.Lhe forward
kc E" i o r of oA . train,,, loaded Twi ca caterpillar #.r a ors was ur couplad q and the rest
_:' -Ui ,ra.'.n left the station to:'iarcl t~ltcl7r~rab ra? Trio other troop train, -aent trough
Iv, -x gel r a rai roe: station tom,rd I.agdebur g at l2 s3O and 2 am, respectively on
s ;c* :Is x? wit :Box: t stopp ng he f s?st ,ra- r! consisted largely of boxcars and
? ~r x=ied four trzrc`.a in its center,, The rear cars of the second train were loaded
r. th 6 i`a ,~ ur, a ~-)arcontly of 37-rx:1, ruhich were mou:Yted on sosr sort of pedestal
L? her than wheel 'U (3) No troop trains 'wc rc~ aeon in dittenborg, Dessa'a.s, Dessau-
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in Kueitrin-.Kiotz, a troop train. of 35 50X1 -HUM
r;r?,: left-, the station for Cottbus at rz1dni?ht on 2 :~o rbr6 `iho, train
r~3 about 2~`O troops with an und.eteriiined n mbor 0: -m It' mss, 22
vehicles and I} fi.ald kitchens th unit had 50X1-HUM
arx `. rare he barracks installation o:i the Vor?l,ut Inso1 at Kuestriri-:I,ltstiad.t?
No u?.i.et ' .roop trains rare observed in 3t, olwilugk i.rchthain, ''or[;au ana. 50X1-HUM
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Lol ed- to the same move nt
~u t prol ebi,y belon.,;c , to t_hn 30th s Juz Arty Brig, which
ra a inC t 3 origin of the unit is believed to
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- M + to tt'?~~t't train carried a component of the unidor tificd AAA Div
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