SOVIET MILITARY RAIL MOVEMENT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007500680001-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 13, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 2, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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. A traln of 44 converted boxcars en route from 'bimar to Kovel was observed in
the Cottbus railroad district on 2 February 1951. (1)
. The following additional information was obtained on a train Which was rer:ort- ---
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ed from Cottbus on 10 January. It consit-ted of four SSY-type flatcars and : 7Znt
two boxcars. rxid h d a totza of 20 axles. It was 1,acied with tanks and rersonnel
going from Cottbus to Weisswasser. (2)
Shipments Observed at, the ".ustermar4
marshaling yard between 7 p.m. ane 7 a.m. on 2 and 3 Febrtary, between 7 aorri.
p.m. and 7 a.m on U and 9 February .?H-4
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on 5 and 6 February, and between 7
included:
Shipment
One motor
vehicle
Two railroad
cars with
am7unition
From-To and Date Dispatcher
ragdeburg to Tad
Fre:_oalde 2 Febru-
r_y
One boxcar
with undetelmined
cargo
Three talc cars
with gasoline
One tank car
with gasoline
Four tank cars
with rasolino
Fin= to Satzkorn
2 Fe'.trttary
Leipzig to
Derlin-nummels-
burg 2 Foruary
Volten to Olym-
pisches Dorf
5 February
Velton to Koothen
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Velten to Bran-
denbu-g 5 FelTuarY
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kIfteen railroad ca .s
with flour
One tank car with
gasoline
One railroad car with
military goods;
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Three boxcars with un-
determined crgo
One boxcar v,ith un-
determined cargo
One tank car with
gasoline;
Jueterbog to ?
Cross Hasslow
6 February
Velten to Olym-
pisches Dorf
6 February
Velten to Rade-
beul-est ?
8 February
Dresden-haabor
to Altstrelitz
8 February
Kyritz to Frank-
furt/Oder
8 February
Velten to
lt-
Brandenburg via
Fritz
8 February
in the area of the
tei road sAi is ric Lice b,..tween 1, an. ) .0 ,ruary, there were no shPment450X1-HUM
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whereas shipments en 14 February included an empty shuttle-train
ears going fro- Zerbst to Ebers,alde, another empty shuttle-train of 39
flatcars goinr from Dobrilurk to Eberswalde, and a third empty shuttdo-train nf 30
flatcars going from Elsterverda to F,berswalde. On 15 February- = +,..;n or 16 box-
cars and 14,condola cars with ammunition went from
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Altruppin to Jueterhor-Altes Lager.
5.
Daily Soviet leave traffIc through Frankfurt/uder averaged 300 soldiers going to
Brest Litovsk an 46o soldiers coming from 3rest Litovsk during the period from 12
to lit February. There was no chanre in the train schedule. (3)
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6. Between 11 and
Shipment
Two tank cars
with military
fuvl
Two tank cars,
with mi1i4-ar-r!fue1.
Four boxcars 'aith
undete-mined roods
Two 'noxcars with
1--aper
One boxcar -rith
rUitary a.00ds
173 the followina military shipments were identified
at, the Frankfurt/Oder freight yard:
From-To and Date
Brest Litovsk to
Velten
13 February
1:rest Litovsk to
Velten
13 February
Frankfurt/Oder to
f;atzkorn
11; February
Frankfurt/Oder to
atzkorn
14 February
Frankfurt/uder to
Velten
lh February
Tro boxcars vdth ,rent Litovsk to
military roods: Kets&endorf
lh Fel,-,ruary LA,
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One boxcar with
military goods
7,ir:htet;n boxcars
with motors ;nd
ammunitio
One boxcar with
military goods
One boxcar vith
military goods;
One loxcar with
military foods;
One boxcar lith
military goods;
Nine boxcars with
undeterminr,d :-roducts
Seven flatcars with
field kitchens and
four boxcars with
China
Seven boxcars with
military goods
One boxcars with
ammunition
Fourteen boxcars
with ammunition
and seven flatcars
with 34 mortars
Comments.
a train carrying soldiers due for discharge. Compare also with observaticne
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Oder and departure eastwards on 31 Janua,7 and 3 Fexuary 1951,
ruellrose to
Eborswalde
15 February
nrest Litovsk to
7uellrose
15 February
Frankfurt/Oder to
Neuru:Ipin
15 February
Frankfurt/Oder to
Fuerstenwalde
15 February
Frankfurt/Oder to
'itrausberg
15 February
Fiankfurt/Odor to
Ketschendorf
15 Fel,ruary
Frankfurt/Oder to
Satzkorn
16 February
Fraukfurt/Oder to
Jueterbog
16 February
Yuellrose to
Kirchmoeser
16 February
Jessen to
Fuerstenwalde
16 February
Jessen to
Strausberg
16 February
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(2) The same train was mentioned in a previous report
It :-robably carred :troops goinE to the This!masser troon
traininc grollnd for advanced co bat pract'.ce f iring.
(3)
firures rerorted f or
r,eriod from 7 to 11 Y&ruary 1951.
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