MILITARY OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE RAILROAD LINE FRANKFURT/ODER-BREST LITOVSK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007500540007-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 2, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Military Observations along the Railroad Line Frankfurt/Oder-Brest Litovsk
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A fuel de oot was seea in Warszawa-Powazki on 3 January 1951. It was
located about 3 km southwest of the railroad station of WarszawaGdanaka? just east of the main line to Vhrszawa-Zachodnia. A round
bunker-ria building was under construction in the southern section,
which contained- underground installations with earth heaped upon them.
In the northwestern section of the depot, which had a rail link on the
north, 10 long gasoline tanks lay near the ? fence. Four large
bunker-like structures for gasoline tanks- were also in the northwestern
section of the depot. *
2. A Polish ,military ration supply depot was seen on the sane.. day approximate-
ly 2 lea south of the fuel depot, just east of the nein line to Warszawa-
. Zachodnia. The depot, through which several rail links led, consisted
of six storage sheds and a &Welling and administration :building. The
sheds averaged about25k100 meters.
3. A Polish army motor pool was seen on 3 January 1951, about 50 meters
north of the -Jerszawa-Siedlce (R 53/t 88) railroad line and about 200
meters east of the northermost Vistula bridge. The installation in-
cluded garages, about 100 meters long, and repair shops. The buildings
stood in the middle of ? a circular concrete road on which military
passenger cars and trucks were engaged in practice driving. **
4. During the summer of 1950 Polish troops were camping west and south of
thC administration building of the marshaling yard of Golabki/taliska
(1 53/P 98), which is located west of Warszawa and north of the main
transit line to Sochaczew (Q. 53/P 48). The marshaling yerd consisted of
42 tracks with two interlocking plants and a station block, but there
were no ramps. Six guard towers with spot lights stood between
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5. A train with 14 coaches, two heating cars and a gondola car left
Frankfurt/Oder at 9:30. p.m. on 28 December 1950. It was occupied ? by about
250 Soviet. officers and al and five Soviet women and their ?children
and was turned over to Polish railroad personnel in Siedice. - - 50X1.
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The soldiers wore red-bordered black epaulets with tank- insignia.
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The depot was said to have a total
cananity of from 42W0 to 50000- cuemo
COmmento The military motor pool lies in a L:irge military in?
stallation on Modliaska 6treet? wherc a .,liotol-ized -,-eeorrnaissance unit
and militia units were reported. It is 3,ossible
that may have mistaken the arages and raoair shops of that ?
or a motor pool.
Comment,, It is believed that this is a unit to guard the railroad'
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