MOVEMENTS OF SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R010000370009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 26, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CONTENT.
E;hipmentu of
military personnel' which passed
11
o
er suen on 0 October and
a :similar ox e , on 13 Novembers s
A total of four trains carrying recruits with
crimson epa lets and. red-bord'ered' black epaulets arrived in Kuestrirx from
Gerdauen on 9, ll. and .12 November 4 (3)
- um L J.UZ1 ?an ij rrovenber included; shut
rap,-) 3 n to Da1:?. cnv-Doeberitz
I'ernau or Loowenberg to Bur
diroctjon of 3(,,rnau.or Ioewenbarg
. 5'R, Trains with
nll.lltal`V ~er.,onrlal
u
e,3 ~ e: rain of 2' boxcars from
hate ovelnbery
To rost-Litovsk From Br(st,-Litovsk
-1491" nor 2.,0 and28o 350 and loo
17 November 290 and 280 360 and .350
1.8 November 310 and 300 370 and
19 November 300 and. 290 370
20 November 320 and.310 380 and 80
380 and 380 (6)
REPORT
Germany (oviet Zoned Sk1U TTY jWFowA4,wr()R~
0 o usy 35 boxcars from Frankfurt/Oder--to Cott-
bus and 72 boxcars from Berlin to. Koethen via Cottbus, (1)
n
y,o Kuetrpax, er "as: 189 boxcars from Cottbus
439 boxcars from . Co utbu,~ to Gubon; 218 cars from Cottbus to Frankfurt/
Edam. 4b75' boxcars from Gz zben t C ttb 6
The .following total Huber of cars in trains which convey.,d Soviet troop in the
b s
Cottbus railroad district betwe::n it and 1R ~Jvr
r
s uc c~ ta.
s c~ , 0 2 cars with soldiers wearing light--blue epaulet p ,,,,.1 , 11 ,~
2 aircraft 1. truck 1 radio t
1 a
A ~ ratins which liras seen .moving along. the Stra1isberg.Kuostrir Frazxld urt/0der line
on :t> l~ovember consi t d f 8`
A train of. cars with troops went from Kuestrsn t
u d
luxe,n;stermark railroad 50X1-HUM
of 19 boxcar: from lAit-
cars from the direction of
and 11 boxcars from the
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x'he following nuuibers of Sov3 ot military err r
in Frankfurt/Odes between 16 and 20 ,S p ~on.tel were observed aboard leave i raiaY
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Dates
t ^v6iments of Soviet W onp Trains
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A shipment of 8 boxcars with soldiers, observed at the .;ustermark
marshaling yard on 20 November. care from i Frankfurt/Oder and proceeded
8f. cnriet shuttle trains observed at the Frankfurt/Oder railroad ,' tio~x
between 21 and 2l November included: eropty shuttle train of 53
boxcars a sanorten + Brost-Lit on 21
Noverk?oer; of 54 boxcars and ry a car with soldiers from
Kuestrin to uottbus on 22 November; of r'
car with soldiers from Llarrur,alde to Gubon on 23 Noverrler; and
of 52 boxcars and 1 gondola car with soldiers from the direction ar
Cottbus to Kuestrin on 24 Novembero (71
Shuttle trains with military persomial
inc ec : 52 boxcars and 1 gondola car from Juetodbog~-
Altos Lager to Guben on 8 November of 52 boxcars-from.-,,he directioaa50X1-HUM
of Falkenl'erg to Juetorbog.Altes Lager on 10 November; of 57
boxcars and l gondola car from Jueterbom-Alter Lager to Kuestr:.n Kietz on
11 November; and 52 boxcars and 1 gondola car from G ben to
Jueterbog-Alter ager on 13 November? The gondola cars carried coal to fuel
the stoves in the boxcars, (8)
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10q On 10 November, 16 boxcars with sold' arrived in
Jueterbog with regular freight train The cars were specially hauled
to J-zeterbog A1tes Lager,
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(1) e inforz~~ataon cannot be confirmed or denied, if the numbers of boxcars
with military personnel, which passed through Gubon ixi both dii'ectionsr
were correct, about eight trains -cent through this border-cros,aing station.
in each direction between 4 and 18 November, 50X1-HUM
(2) rob{ibly one of the two trains -with air force units, which sent to :oothorl
on the .."jtralu.sbor"-Kuestrl.n Frnnlr 'ta 'f /Ori r-r `i i nn n> 11, n. -I -1 r' rt . A
Probably recruits or re lacements for the Eighth Gds Army clothing depot
in Burgstaedt which is thus confirmed there until :t,3 November a 50X1-HUM
and for the 10th Uda Tank Div or headquarters units of the Fourth Gds 1iecz
l r in Krampnitz,
(5) On 10 Novem or, shuttle trains military personnel
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serve
e roT.kto from Guben to J'ueterbo anr3 ,nri+1-, ,,,;,t4...,.._ 50X1-HUM
yusterrmark-Juoterbog lane J Y`? * J Litv1. vii L 41t,
(6) The volume of daily leave 'traffic to and from Er- Ie' in
equilibrium between 12 and 15 Novembero Tile presen,
report indicates that, betwe::n 16 and 2 ovem er, the number of troops 50X1-HUM
coming from Brest--Litovsk exc. ,a dod that of troops going to Brost-Litovsk
bya daily average of 150Q
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WqlhCO NTPO: ,/US OFFICIAr t T~
All rnovoincnts are reported for the first time, but may have been
&tatecl correctly as tlm-7,r fit into the previous schedules of shuttle
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