SOVIET RAIL SUPPLY SHIPMENTS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: August 2, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION-. S
COUNTRY East ~? REPORT
TOPIC Soviet Rail Supply Shipments
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT,
DATE OBTAINED-
REFERENCES
PAGES 6
REMARKS*
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ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
is is UNEVALUATED Information
B-boxcar;
BB-heavy-duty boxcar; F-flatcar;
T-tank car, ;
TT-Heavy.-duty tank car;
G- ondola
car; E-express train coaches, R-refrigerator
car; SS-Heavy-duty flatcar;
F /S-flatcar with sideracks.
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1.
Soviet rail supply shipments
between 9
and 20 July 1955:
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Date in July
Number and , Load
From
T*
Type of Care
9
45 T undetermined
'Brest-iitovsk Ruhland 1
47 T +:
> n
Espenhain 1
28 T
tt n
Oranienburg 2
6 TT "
n u
Wolfen
12 TT +~
++ ++
Beehlen 1
6T
29 TT empty.
Boehlen
16 T tndetermined
n +~
Weissandt 1
19 B n
n n
Fuerstenber
-
10
11
l
12 B
6B
58 T
56 T
24 B
16 F
61 T
25 T
13 F
13 B
5B
(41 ?)
4B
27 F
4B
25 B
14 F
46 B
10 T
8 T
n
tt
empty
undetermined
tt
empty
undetermined
n
personnel, AA guns
n N
undetermined
ammunition
empty, crash cars
undetermined
n
n
n n
n n
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest--Litovsk
it ? .
n
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest-Litovsk
Brest-Litovsk
tt n
n n
It if
tt n
n n
Aue
Brest-Litovsk
g
Have l 3
F.now 3
Muellrose 3
Brest-Litovsk 1
undetermined 1
Brest-Litovsk 1
Espenhain 1
Bad Saarow 4
Pfaffendorf 0
undetermined 6
Jueterbog 6
Satzkorn
3
undetermined
5 -
to
Brest-Litovsk
7
Brand 2
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Merseburg
2
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47 B
undetermined
Brest--Litovsk
undetermined
46 B
" -
Aue
Brest?-Litovsk
7
68 T
empty
Frankfurt/Oder
" "
1
1 B
undetermined
Brest-Litovsk
Eberswalde
8
5 F
tanks
25 F
undetermined
Ellerholz
Brest-Litovsk
9
12
61 T
empty
Frankfurt/ode r
" "
1
17 T
undetermined
Brest-Litovsk
Werneuchen
2
7.TT
20 B
undetermined
Brest-Litovsk
Koenigsborn
3
10 B
Satzkorn
3
18 B
ammunition
" "
Torgau
5
4 BB
25 T
undetermined
Brest-Litovsk
Krumpa
1
16 T
"
" "
Weissandt
1
10 T
"
" "
Magdeburg
2
18 T
"
" "
Ruhland
I
23 T
Oranienburg
2
46 T
"
" f4
undetermined
1
18 TT
13 B
personnel
Brest-Litovsk
Welzow 10
8 F
undetermined
13
1 B
"
Schwerin
Brest-Litovsk
11
17 F
4 B
personnel
Finow
it If
11
12 F
undetermined
(31?)T
"
Brest-Litovsk
undetermined
1
46 B
undetermined
Aue
Brest-Litovsk
7
58 T
empty
Frankfurt/Oder
" "
I
1 B
undetermined
Brest-Litovsk
Schwerin
11
17 F
18 B
undetermined
Brest-Litovsk
Muellrose
3'
4 B
"
" "
Fuerstenwalde
3
8 B
Jueterbog
3
28 B
"
Altengrabow
5
14
47 T
~~
" "
Krumpa
1
65 T
"
" "
Vogelsang
.2
13 T
"
't "
Weissandt
1
10 T
"
rr re
Oranienburg
2
4 TT
53 T
undetermined
I
8 TT
"
Merseburg
Brest-Litovsk
1
9 F
wheel sets
Dessau
" "
.12
24 R
empty, new
21 B
ammunition
2rest-Litovsk
Altengrabow
5
10 B
"
Toepchin
Brest-Litovsk
5
90 T
empty.
'rankfurt/0der
" 't
1
46 B
undetermined
? Aue
" r'
7
37 B
"
Brest-Litovsk
Muelirose
3
14 B
Frankfurt Oder
14 B
" "
Fu$rstenwalde
15
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8 TT
undetermined
Merseburg
Brest-Litovsk
1
11 B
"
Torgau
" n
5
46 B
"
Aue -
" n
7
79 T
"
Brest-Litovsk
undetermined
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17
46 B \
undetermined
Aue
Brest-Litovsk
7
52 T
empty
Krumpa
" "
1
39 F
undetermined
Brest-,itovsk
undetermined
47 F
25 T
+'
n +f
It
6 TT
24 B
H
Kapen
Brest'-Litovsk
5
24 B
"
Pfaffendorf
" "
5
16 T
undetermined
Mockethal
" "
1
39 T
"
Brest-,itovsk
undetermined
1
4 TT
10 B
+'
" n
Bernau
3
12 T
Oranienburg
2
8 TT
++
" '+
Wolfen
6 TT
"
" -"
Merseburg
2
6 TT
"
" "
Magdeburg ?
2
harbor
19
10 B
"
? Torgau
Brest-Litovsk
5
1 B
"
Brest-Litovsk
Undetermined 11
47 F
58 T
Aken
2
3 TT
\J
1 B
military goods
" "
Satzkorn
3
4 TT
22 F
/
22 B ?
ammunition
Brest-i,itovsk
\j Roederau
5
3 BB
17 T
undetermined
" "
Oranienburg
2
14 G
empty, crash cars
23 T
undetermined
" 2
Mockethal
1
10 B
++
" "
Fuerstenwalde
3
5F
39 T
empty
Frankfurt/0der
Brest-i,itovsk
1
12 TT
16 B
undetermined
Brestt,- Litovsk
Satzkorn
3
46 B
n
Aue
Brest-Litovsk
7
20
46 B
"
Aue
"
7
19 B
"
Brest-Litovsk
Jueterbog
3
17 T
+t
++ +~
Krumpa
1
28 T
undetermined
1
14 F
"
" "
Sperenberg
11
51 F
military goods
" "
undetermined
28 B
40 B
ammunition
" "
"
5
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Date in
Number and
Load
Prom
To
July
Typ
e of Cars
4
18.
F/S
10.new trucks, machine
Leipzig
Brest?-Litovsk
13
sections, boxes
4 .> 7
no observations
8
1
train
20 new trucks, machine
"
"
13
sections, boxes
10:
F/S .
10 new trucks
"
"
13
21
F/S
new Soviet narrow-gauge
Weimar
"
12
railroad cars, grey
painted
40
B
potash
Grosskorbetha
Guben
9
13
F/S
10 new trucks
Leipzig
Brestr--Litovsk
13
3 new Soviet narrow-
gauge railroad cars
10
40
F/S
40 new trucks
Leipzig
" "
13
.
10
E
10 new Soviet equipment
Halle-South
" "
12
7
F/S
wheel sets
. 11
13
F/S
10 new trucks
Leipzig
13
6 new field kitchens
6
SS
structures, machine
Magdeburg
" "
sections
23
SS, F/S
structures, machine
sections, factory equipment
`
12
24
R
24 new Soviet equipment
Dessau
" "
12
8
F/S
wheel sets
14
2
SS
jacket rings
6
SS
supporting frames, iron
sections
15
10
F/S
new trucks
Leipzig
" "
13
1
SS
jacket rings,
Dessau
"
4
SS
structures, component
parts
18
T
loaded
10-
E
10 new Soviet equipment
Halle-South
12
8
F/S
wheel sets, accessories.
10
F/S
new trucks
Leipzig
to "
13
40
B
potash
Grosskorbetha
Guben
12
T
loaded
16 '
50
B
potash
"
"
46
B
"masse" uranium ore
Zwickau
Brest-Litovsk
7
(1
B)
(escorting personnel)
50
B
potash
Grosskorbetha
Guben
17
28
B
undetermined
"
"
14
32
T
~~ .
54
T
"
Boehlen
Frankfurt/ 0 ?
14 ;
18
10
F/S
new trucks
Leipzig
Oiest-Litovsk
13
6
B
undetermined
Ruhland
Guben
18
T
"
?
8
F/S
machine sections
_ 19
8
SS 4
boilers, structure
Dessau ?
Brest-Litovsk
sections,, etc.
19
F/S 10
new trucks, machine
Leipzig
" " .
13
sections -
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10
F/S
new trucks
-Leipzig.
Brest?-Litovsk
13
60
B
potash
Gresskorbetha
Guben
21 .
10
F/S
new trucks
Leipzig
Brest-zitovsk
13
8
B
loaded
6
SS
' jacket rings
10
F/S
new trucks
Leipzig
Brest-Litovsk
13
24
B
(. loaded
29
F/S
20 new trucks
Leipzig
Brest?-Litovsk
13
10 new sedans'
60
cars
about 60 new trucks
Frankfurt/Odor
Magdeburg
11
22
16
F/S,,
st ucture seetio e.
Leipzig
Brest-Litovsk
60
B
potash
Gresskorbetha
Guben
26
T ?
undetermined
Frankfurt/Oder
Dresden
about 30
T
Ruhland .
Guben
23 )1
j ,;j?
, -~.
SS
E'rfurt
Brest-rLitovsk
~~
46
B
_ ore
Aue
7
(1
B)
(escorting personnel)
24
SS
heavy tanks, covered with Frankfurt/Oder
Altengrabow
15
tarpaulins and planks,
crated barrel
.
3
B
escorting personnel'.
'
20
E
,
- 20 new equipment
Halle-South
Brest-Litovsk
12 j
` 24
15
F/S
new trucks '
Leipzig
" "
13
12
F/S
machine sections,
'
structure sections
.
46
B
"masse" uranium ore
Aue
(escorting personnel).
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22
B
loaded
Dresden!
Forst
6
F/S
machine sections
20
F/S
new trucks
Leipzig
Brest-Litovsk
13
18
F
structures, machine '
sections
3.
On
18 July
1955,
' a shipment
consisting of
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ee
asoline was dispatched
from
Frankfurt/Oder
to
Ve1ten,
4s
s
ipmen s
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in
Load
From
To
July
Number
and
Ty
pe of Cars
.
9
20
T
gasoline
Pra f t d
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8
B
military goods
Frankfurt Oder
Satzkorn
20 '
10
B
Frankfurt/Odor
ue er
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2s F-I Comment,, Fuel shipments ( jet fuel) for the Twenty-Fourth Air Army from the 25X1
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3.
Comment, Shipments of rations, clothing, tank spare parts$etc.to
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mownSoviet supply depots in East Germany.
4.
F_ ]Comment.- Presumably motor vehicles (radio trucks ?) for the GSFG
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depot for radio and signal equipment at Bad Saarow.
5.
I Comment. Incoming shipments of ammunition from the USSR consigned
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to known Soviet ammunition depots and return of ammunition arid empty
ammunition boxes to the USSR.
6,
Comment. A similar shipment of AAA eauinment Ana nm-rann has been
reported It
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appears that additional AAA units were transferred from the USSR to the GDR,
7.
Comment, Uranium-are shipments to the USSR,
8.
Comment- Thic tank shipment is identical with the shi ment
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consigned to Eberswalde on 11 July l955
11, Comment, Possibly incoming and-outgoing shipments of motor vehicles
within the framework of the current motor vehicle exchange program.
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12, Comment, Export deliveries of GDR railroad car factories,
13. Comment. Export deliveries of GDR.motor vehicle factories, -
14. Comment. Deliveries by the Leuna hydrogenation plant to the USSR.
15. Comment, Probably incoming shipments of T-54 tanks. Altengrabow 25X1
certainly served as. forwarding station,
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91 Comment -Similar shipments have already been reported previously.
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the Rechlin shipyard,, were dispatched from the Ellerholz railroad station
10, Comment. This shipmentswas reported previously. E: _
This is the third train previously observed which carried air 25X1
force ground units to Welzow.
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