SOVIET RAIL MOVEMENTS THROUGH FRANKFURT/ODER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004300010014-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2003
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: January 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

ONFIDEN I IAL
Approved For Release 2003/08/05 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004300010014-2
COUNTRY. Grey-nanV.. ~.,.W.~..,-.._._-, .-
I PIC: 60V apt ts:A1.' - . s vnrne:r1:q ''bTnzix?h 'R'io.IK1+'iii7T/Ckoa,r
EVALUATION.......
DATE OF CONTEN!T.._...___4ePc' '9810W_
25X1
DATE OBTAINED[
25X1
REFERENCES.
25X1
SOURCE
0
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
g ee tie: l ow S'! ACE 0!3 TAIiMED
_E.NCI-OSURES (NO. to TYPE).
16 October 1949
~ATE PREPARED 1'7
a o One train ?akththe follow in , cars loft FR .`KFW T/Oder (0 53/.
V 63) f c E.NZ 2
One passen }er coach 11 class, occupied by officers wearing
golden-black epaulets;
One passex:i er coach III class, occupied by ,ham wearing yellow
cross-braids on t'._eir epaulets;
lour boxcars, occupied by 24 to 30-year-old. a',1 wearing red-
bordered black epaulets and black-bordered red epaulets. They
had xau_ch ba(paage t' ith them;
Fourteen gondola cars, carrying trucks
b ~ The train passed the folloti;win ; trains on its way to the
east ::
(1) About 10 males before ER T:
A westbound train of 28 railroad cars carrying 28, heavy
guns of an estimated 150 to 180 mm caliber**.
(2) About 6 miles before BREST:
A westbound train of 30 railroad cars carrying ,.)heeled and
caterpillar trucks".
28 October 1949
Ai train carrying about 50 field howitzers of about 150 mm
caliber left j'RAI:KFURT/Oder, headin P east. The howitzers
were allegedly new
21 to 31 October 1949
The following soviet rail shiprients were observed in i;;h tKFURT/
Oder:
CLASSIFICATION
C0I1FIDENTIAL
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDti ; , iAL ?sn accordance with the
letter of i6 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
jveuthe jjnited States.
For Rel 2003/08/05
Next Review Date: 2
25X1
25X1
 25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
Train carrying 17 tanks, leaving the marshalling yard, heading
rest 00,
9 Hovember 1949
Train carrying 26 rocket launchers, standing at the marshalling
yard at midnight OOH
3.1 Lovember 1949
Train of 36 boxcars, comic ; from bL TENE'1ALD. ; (N 53/0 53),
carrying; rocket launchers and baggage, leaving the marshalling
yard across the Oder iiiver bridge toward Poland***.
25X1
25X1
25X1
or Release 2003/08/05 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004300010014-
a , One railroad car with unidentified cargo, dispatched from
10TRITZ (INN 53/Z 19) to nS.iut4KFURT/Oiler via RUDM..M +L SEURG (N 53/Z 94)
Receiver: "i ,iVK.BT0RT/Ochre
b. One railroad car with unidentified cargo, dispatched from
sS:I Tti_^C L i (A 52/J 99) to FRA XF'URT/Oiler via I'J.Lii 4L-SRG
sd 52/: 74). Receiver:
as shipment dispatched from I JL V!:RS.DORF (N 53/Z 80) to
.1;EUI Ui0S..E (1' 53/V 42) via FR Sa[A. ti iTfOd y. n R ce ver: Unit
:,.{!.E' LLROS],.
b. One railroad car with unidentified cargo, dispatched from
UETEREOC UL-52/E 69) f% "RAIX UkT/Oder via RU:L.. LSEUhG. Re-
ceiver:
Train of 56 boxcars carrying armor plates (5 to 50 mm thick)
axle steal (20 to 150 mm) and, corner iron (lOxlO), running
from Elt P to ,[~71:t -1'ZT 3Cli (N 52/J 22) via COTT1b1J$ (TAT 52/
4. 5r ) ? B~4.~ il' JULtS. \Tp
Lint of 29 October 1949
Train carrying 56 guns of about 7602-mm caliber, with 17 to
; o--feat long barrels, dispatched from L REST to an unidentified
destination in the soviet Zone of Germany**.
{sight of 30 Oetobev 1949
Train carryliw 20 tam trucks tahieh were unloaded in FRA URT/
Oder,
o 6 to 28 L4ovcmber 1949
d. The following soviet rail shipments were seen In FWaiKART/odor:
Approved For Release 2003/08/05 : CIA-RDP82-00457R004300010014-2
 25X1
'frain of 3 flatcars carrying 35 _ heavy I.T guns; standing
At the railroad rassen~gger station., e puns were observed for
-:Frio first tine; they were of about 100 am caliber, had a
1.7 to -21'0-foot long barrel with muzzle brake, recoil brake and
about 16-foot log split-trail gun carriage. The train had no
3.ocor otive 0/
26 'ovember 1,01419
Train carrying 26 guns of 122 mm caliber, standin at the
-passenger station, ready to null out to the east *
28 :ovembor 1943
rain (without engine) , carrying 22 AT guns of 37 _rim caliber,
-runs of ?6.2-rrsm caliber and 28 g?u.ns of 122 mnm caliber, stand-
ii w- at the . narshalin yard,,
~ Corsrre~~t
`,, ; stay ..- a ^ jJpe_n s
:assorteC trucks
...ecz 1):I.v) n
~~!?~..~ ? ca:~r.? l?r~ ? rsonnel going on fu ough or to be discharged a.,d
bef nitely shir:mnts of materiel going from the Soviet Union to
the .soviet Zone of Germany. 4-,bout 56 guns of ?6.2 zt caliber,
28 nuns of 1150 to 12.0 am caliber and about 30 trucks were seen,
Definitely ship:ients of materiel going fron the Soviet Zone of
Germany to the .oviet Union. About 50 field howitzers of 150 mm
caliber, lc rocket launc!??rs and 26 guns of 122 mm caliber were
k 3e 11.>
0 presumably also shi -raonts from the aoviet union. \T guns as
described (102 mm caliber) were Previously observed with the
AALi IvBURC 38th AT Arty brig (x).
Component units of the 7th Gds ..ecz J iv (Cadre) which returned
fromi the Lis!,.~.SAW. & training area.
Ip to
25X1
25X1
~, N ~t NTtAL
Approved For Release 20031 . 9IA P82-00457R004300010014-2