SOVIET MILITARY RAIL SHIPMENTS IN THE SOVIET ZONE OF GERMANY

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CIA-RDP82-00457R005900310002-5
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RIPPUB
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5
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December 14, 2016
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June 17, 2003
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2
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September 8, 1950
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REPORT
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Approved For NM"o0457R005900310002 Soviet Military Rail Shipments in the Soviet Zone of Germany EVALUATION_J DATE OF CONTENT! DATE OBTAINED 25X1 .____,_ !_ J REFERENCES 25X1 25X1 0 1o Rail shipments between 23 July and 3 August.1950 included: 911 rme_,_. Four boxcars with used tires escorted by two soldiers wearing blue epaulets Ten boxcars with rye Lieven boxcars with ration surplies Five tank cars with gasoline Fifty-two boxcars with flour and hay Six tank cars with gasoline seven refrigerator cars with fish, escorted by three AF soldiets from-To and Dale Dallgow-Doeberitz to Strausberg 23 July 1950 Doeberitz to Fuerstenberg, VELT Silo 23 July 1950 Loebau to Satzkorn 30 July 1950 Dresden-Hafen to Velten 31 July 1950 Magdeburg/Hafen to Eberswalde 31 July 1950 Dresden/Hafen to Kirchnaoeser 31 July 1950 Berlin-Zentralvie to Jueterbog 2 August 1950 CONFIDIENTEA1 ('f ASSIFICATIMI SE kET- This document is hereby regraded to I%^kI IDE Approved N I IAL in accordance with the letter of 16 October 1978 from the Director of Cent I,~rttgll1AtQ1ha8 i~Rel at FtDP Next Review Date: 2008 of 25X1 25X1 25X1 Approved For ReII1DENT2-00457R005900310002-5 25X1 Shipment From-To nna Da o ,,n One tank car with asoline One gondola car with sawn timber Mineral Oil Depot 25X1 0 One gondola car with sections of temporary barracks One boxcar with four printing mn,chihes Velten to Liebe- rose 2 August 1950 Beelitz to Strausberg 3 August 1950 Mellensee to Pinnow 3 August 1950 IIeidenau to Fuerstenwalde 8 August 1950 Erich Froh- loff Firm, in orders of GSOV. Viktoria Plant 2q Rail shipments between 25 July and 11 August 1950 included: 5 Dment Fra _T D, Consignee Three tank cars with special gasoline Three tank cars with gasoline Ten cars with ammu- nitions escorted by AtF personnel Four tank cars with lead gasoline One tank car with special gasoline Boehlen to Zehdenik 25 July 1950 I3oehlen to Adlershof 26 July 1950 Cottbus to Verneuchen 26 July 1950 Boehien to Velten 27 July 1950 Boehlen to Zehdeniok 28 July 1950 Four tank cars with Boehien to special gasoline es- Velten corted by AF person- 29 July 1950 nel Two cars with drums Boehien to of special gasoline Potsdam 1 August 1950 Four tank cats Boehlen to with lead gasoline, Bodenhagen escorted by AF per- 1 August 1950 sonnel Three cars with mili-Dessau-Rosslau tart' goods, escorted to Doeberitz by soldiers wearing 4 August 1950 red-bordered black epaulets Main Tank Depot 25X1 125X1 (1) 25X1 25X1 25X1 Fuel Depot 25X1 25X1 25X1 'Mineral Oil Depot 25X1 25X1 CONFIDENTIAL Approved For Release 2003/08/11 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005900310002-5 Approved For Releas ID yI' 0457R005900310002-5 25X1 25X1 Twenty tank cars with gasoline Seventeen cars with grain One tank car easolin I with Velten to Riesa/Hafen 1 August 1950 Doeberitz to Fuerstenberg 1 august 1950 Velten to ? ildpark 1 August 1 50 One tank car with Velten to aso1in Satzkor.n I August 1950 One car with timber Frankfurt/Oder to Satzkorn 1 August 1 550 One car with mi - Dresden to tarq oodKircbmoeser 2 A6ugust 1;:50 One boxcar with un- identified vargo Four cars with un- identified material Two cars with military goods One car w5th so line drums\ One car with gaso line drum one car wit - line drums/ One car with timber Nineteen cars wry ith coal One car with furniture ;ax.avX Ebersbach to Bernau 2 &ugust 1950 to Olympisches Dorf 2 d)igu.st 1950 Jueterbog to Dannenwalde 3 EMg;ast 1950 Velten to ILindau 3 iaucust 1950 Velten to Grossenhain 3 A' us t 13 50 Velten to Falkenberg 3 t t~;pust 19250 Vogelsang to Jessen 3 August 1950 Yuec'::enberg to V ustermark 3 Au _;ust 19,50 Teltow to Falkensee 4 August 1950 CONE I L Approved For Release 2003/08/11 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005900310002-5 25X1 Approved For Release 20twifbl~,~Q~~ 8005900310002-5 25X1 25X1 pme t Froo and Date Two cars with Jueterbog to military goods Gross Stasslow 4 August 1950 Three cars v:i th Doeberitz to .grain Fuerstenberg 4 August 1950 Fourteen cars with Frankfurt/Oder ammunition, escorted to Bukau by soldiers wearing 5 August 1950 red-bordered black epaulets One car with Dessau to military goods Finow 5 August 1950 Twelve cars with Frankfurt/Oder ammunition, escorted to Guesten by soldiers wearing 5 August 1950 red-bordered black epaulets Sixteen tank cars Boehlen to with special gaso- Ellerholz line$ escorted by 6 August 1950 AF personnel 25X1 25X1 0 Three cars with gasoline drums, Frankfurt/Oder to Welt en 10 August 1950 One car with un- to Rathenow identified cargo 11 August 1950 and escorting per- sonnel 3. A train composed of 30 railroad cars loaded with ammunition passed through Frankfurt/Oder on 8 August 1950. The train came from the direction of Brest Litovsk and was bound for Erfurt on the same days Two other trains, bound for Erfurt, passed through Frankfurt/Oderi coming from Eberswalde and Seelow near Muencheberg. Each of these two trains carried an AAA unit with six AA guns of about 105 mm caliber and field kitchens. Officers and EP. had field equipment. (3) 4. Except the daily ftBuf? leave trains and the Blue Express, no troop trains were observed in Frankfurt/Oder between 7 and 13 august 1950. (3) SECT. Co IF& 1TIAL 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/08/11 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005900310002-5 Approved For Rele - SEC `'T (I) 25X1 25X1 (a) main a ue depots in Zehdenick, Adlershof and Potsdam are subordinate to the Derunapht of the SCC. (3) In iriewr of the overall dispaOitipn of troops it is doubted that the two trains went fs;s previously 25X1 reported SET @C IdrI".. r.,_ ~" ! - 25X1 Approved For Release 2003/08/11 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005900310002-5