SOVIET TROOP MOVEMENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001700170007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2005
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2005/08/18 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001700170007-8
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Soviet Troop Movements
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1. A continuous flow of eastbound Soviet troop trains has been observed on the
special freight line near Lindenberg, eight kilometers northeast of Berlin,
since 25 June. The trains carried artillery pieces, tanks, aircraft and repbirs
shops, The trains were said to be enroute to Poland where riots had allegedly
been occuring since 23 June.
2. 9bviet units, which had been entrained at the Templin Railroad station on
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18 June, were observed in the area of the Stettiner Bahnof (Nord Bahnhof
on 22 June, One-vehicle was identified as belonging to the 6th Guards
Mechanized Division.
3. A tank unit was loaded at the Templin railroad station on 28 and 30 June.
Bedding and household furniture were takers along. The unit had a new type
of tank, similar to the T-44.d
4. The loading of billeting equipment at the Hammeispring railroad station began
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on 28 Jun r,--Three hundred ammunition boxes were observed ready for oa ng o
29 June. ranks and artillery
pieces left the barracks on Castaven Lake in Fuerstenberg on 12 and 21 June, enroute
toward Gransee. On 20 June the barracks installation was partly vacant.3
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1. The Soviet Army units were probably contingents which have been withdrawn
from the Berlin area. It is riot yet possible to conclude whether these
troops returned to their home stations or were actually transferred to Poland,
2. Tanks of this new type had previously been observed in Doeberitz and Neuruppin.
7.-'-. '.It is possible that the troop trains carried the units to their home stations.
3. Probably elements of the 33rd Guards Mechanized Regiment of the 9th Guards
Division which left by road for employment in the Berlin area,
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Approved For Release 2005/08/18 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA001700170007-8
6 July 1953