MILITARY SHIPMENTS BY RAIL

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006600320007-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 7, 2003
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 22, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Germany (Russian Pone) f Polar l TE DISTR.. 27 December 1950
SUBJECT i' ilitary Shipments by Rail
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A train was observed on 1 December carrying 172-Yard. k sic) artillery
pieces and motor vehicles
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3. During the period 8-1.8 December about 470 trucks, a few of which were new,,
were shipped into the Soviet zone via Frankfurt on the Oder. Other shipments
from Brost-Litovsk Included only commercial items, and no troops, at least
until after 2l December..
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!*. The train density on the railroad line from Frankfurt to Brest-Litovsk has
been doubled; it now averages some 16 or 18 trains daily.
5. No loading or unloading activities were observed in the Zossen-440nsdaxf
area between 18 and 20 December, nor were any empty freight cars parlEd
there. The Lutz Kaserne and the tank troops' training ground were still
unoccupied on 22 December 1950, while the Hindenburg Kaserne was only pa ?tly
occupied. The only vehicles observed there belonged to the GSOV.* However,
all. barracks installations in WttnsdorP are being renovated, and the local
authorities expect that they will be reoccupied early in February 1951.
6. The Ya.3aszewice marshaling yard**, which is the railhead for Russian broad-
gauge tracks, will allegedly be ready for operation within three weeks. The
bridge across the Bug River carries standard-gauge and broad-gauge tracks.
The yard at Malaszewico is to be used mainly for trains carrying balk cargo.,
7. The personnel of the locomotive columns stationed at Frankfurt/Oder were
restricted to their quarters after 15 December. It is rumored also that
deactivated columns will be put back into operation.
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Date: _ _L-1-4 By
oaata sent Thus it. is clear that no new units have arrived there since
e recent evacuation. If any new troops have come into Gera y during December,
they may be quartered In the Altengrabow area, which has been evacuated by
an AAA division.
25X1 1., On 16 and 17 December 1950 two trains comp ' '-Menu _a,.+9 r1n+._.., nQ
carrying 120.-mm. AA artillery passed through Frankfurt/Odor, headed for
:are st-Litovsk.
2. Two military trains passed through Frankfurt westbound on 16 and 17 December.
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Next Review Date: 2008
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ArchMost of tlp dd` r-Releasej2003/09/03 : CIA-RDP82-004
GONFIUENTIAL in accordance wigh the
letter of 16 October 1078 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
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