SOVIET MILITARY RAIL MOVEMENTS ON THE FRANKFURT/ODER - BREST LITOVSK LINE

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: August 2, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUN'TRY ol nd of gh-occupied Gor? an REPORT NO.
TO~Pif: Soviet T5ilitarv Rail Movements on the Fran?;:furt/Odes _ Brost
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1. On 7 July a train of 48 freight cars loaded with briquettes
left Frankfurt/Oder, arriving at Brest Litovsk on 10 July
1950? Sixteen armored vehicles were unloaded in Poznan at
11 p.m. on the sane day. (1)
2, L>itpty railroad cars observed included 200 to 300 in Brest
Litovsk, 200 to 300 in Warsaw ?'est, 150 in Poznan, 100 in
Kutno (Q 53/0 39) and 100 in Siedlee (B 53/L 33)? There were
6.,000 to 7,000 tons of pit coal at Brest Litovsk, 3,000
tons at Poznan, 2,500 tons at.Kutno and 1,500 tons at
Siedlce, (2)
A train carrying 12 heavy guns,, 12 prime movers 15 trucks
and 500 troops left Brest Litovsk on 11 July 1950, arrived
in Frankfurt/Oder on 15 July.1950 and proceeded to llagde-
burg. (3)
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4? According to an informant of the source, a train of 40 freight
cars loaded with ammunition left Frankfurt/Oder for Buckau
(I 53/D 69) on 13 July 19500 (4)
(1) Possibly armored vehicles for Polish tank units in the Poznan
area
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The empty rolling stock and stocks of coal at the large rail-
road stations were not above normal.
Probably a combined shipment of personnel and materiel
raker than a complete military unit. Similar observations
n 22 June 1950 by the same source,
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