SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015800100007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 3, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

CLASSIFICATION
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1,. The following military shipments were
17 October and 6 T1ovolber 1952
Sh_ i.pment
52 boxcars,
2 gondola cars and
2 flatcars with
soldiers
.6 boxcars and
10 flatcars with
20 T--3/85 tanks
2 boxcars with
soldiers
1 flatcar with
one T-34/85 tank
54 boxcars and
1 gondola car with
soldier. s
20 boxcars with
soldiers
27 boxcars w th
soldiers
From-To
anlata
direct ion of
Kuestrin to
Cottbus
17 October
ternau to
Lieberose
19 October
Niederfinow to
Lieberose
19 uctober
I etween
F'uerstenwalde to
Lieberose
1.9 October
direction of
Gerbig toward
Guben
19 October
Frankfurt/Oder to
Brest Litovsk
1.9 October
? ryes ?. Litovsk to
}:herswalde
19 October
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Soviet TrooD Trans
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Sbi.pment
1( boxcars w;.th
soldiers
9 boxcars with
soldiers
1 I oxcar and
flatcars with
5 x 203--,ii
howitzers,
1 x 152-mm field
howitzer and
military escort
personnel
From-'Co
an. 15ate
'irl'st Litovsk to
Berns u
19 Lcttober
F-,rcl--:7'- Litovsk to
Fuor.?tenwaldc
19 October
i 1tengrabow to
Fuers t enual~?e:
6 J'Yovember
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2. Troop trains with soldiers from Jiete.,bog-A1tcs Las-cr 25X1
Cuben on 2 fovembcr, a train of 541 cars to k,,,estrip on 5 'tvember; and a
train of 53 cars to Knestr_ ?i_n nn R 71nvr~mhr~r _ 4
I the .f o1I.ow?rinu shuttle-tr!Ti: ns with sol iers
cane from the U.S.S.R. and went to Last Geri`'ranjr via Kuestrin bcr.we n 23
October and 14 November:
Date
Number of Boxcars
23 October
51
214 October
53
25 October
50
26 October
52
27 uctoher
49
28 October
53
29 Ccl-.obey
148
3L# GGc-` ber
43
31 C',;toher
50
1 November
48
2 November
53 (several empty)
3 i ovember
46
44 over ber
53 (e'npty)
5
The following eastbound and wi:s!.bound shutt e- .Ins passing through the Guber 25X1
railroad station betzreen 5 and 11 November:
Date in Number of Cars From ? To
5 53 boxcars and sieiss,en
1 gonr,ola car with
s ol(I ie rs
52 boxcars and
1. roondo7 a, car with
soldiers
Ja.od` n
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Frank fort/G-? er
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Date in 'cunher of Care From
2tovem er ~"
6 52 boxcars and Co,, b-?s {o ref
1 gondola car witt..
soldiers
5 52 empty boxcars and Jagodin
1 empty gondola car
52 e-Jpty boxcars and Jaged-i.n Cottbus
1 empty gond--la car
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7 52 empty boxcars and Ja 7oc+:.i n Cottbus
1 empty ?ondoia car
10 51 empty boxcars and Jagodin Cottbus
1 empty gondola car
i l 52 boxcars and "eitaar Kovel
l gon)ola car with
sold viers
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included.: a daily ?rres ,i^n .nd brain toward ?rarkfurt t~cdAr be,,ween 29
October and 10 November; a daily vesthoun.d e:?apty shuttle train since 6 November
and a daily eastbound - Ira?.n with soldiers hel:i,reen 30 October and 9 TTove;rbero7
bhuttle-tr-;i.ns with soldiers 'Listed he'iy:een 2 and 11 Novem e,25X1
in'ludedr shuttle-train of 5L cars from Magdeburg-B:rieckfeld to the
Valle railroad dist.ric tt,, and. shut lvie-+.r,:nsIfrotn Ferme:'swalde to ;aq~lehurrr25X1
l3rueckfe?d on 2 ado-v it er; shuttle-tr~ain of 22 cars from Iandeburg- 25X1
1 ru.eck:^eld, including 3 cars to :` chvrerin, 12 cars tr Iudwirslust and 7 c:a to
"ardcleren, on 3 November; and shuttle-train of 30 cars, frcrt Macdel-irgw25X1
13rueckfe ld, nci "7.d' a-? 20 cars to Schwerin, 7 cars to Gardelonen and 3 cars to
"uod"pin grg, on ovetnber,8
On 10 Ckctober, a troop tr - n carrying 'tanks and billeting equipient was 25X1
unloaded at the Frankfurt/Oder railroad station. The 1--rain probably came from
Li.eberoe; n Tanks and ea, -i_rmen . were driven to the Bi ndenbura Kaserne. T #nt.
~ ~ l4 Q~c:i,~ent~ belongs to a tank repair shop. of the Fourth Gds -Necz
/lrmy in zbersw e. : ne train T.oscibly hauled tanks of the 7th Gds ~Iecz Div
to Lieberosea
.The troy . ,ra'.ns from Brest L'tavsdc monti.cned in the
c. n:~o e crr?1'ir~nedo
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(;onatrie,rto In a previo'i.: report an e~stbo.tnd empty 25X1
troops train icaving Frankf ?rt/'Odes on , October, and a troop train with soldiers
arriving at Fr; nkf-:lrt,/Oder fro.;, Irost Litovsk on i' October 1952 were the only 25X1
indications that recruits arrived in :t~a t Germany directly from d:sri,st Litovsk,,
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3. -a-tent. The train from Alten-r_~bobr probnhly transYort,ed materiel to one
of o '.note*n iz dn. noe de-pots in the Fuers ' oric a l de area.
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25X1 proba y was shuttle- train Dar-id the train frc -n Jueterbog-tltes Larer to
Cor2?icnt. Shuttle-train I on 5 November
19 2 on the U'ctthzs-Frank.iL?rt/L,der railroad line a;zr' was believed to h Ave carried
dischargers from Weimar to Kuestr n. Tt is - of lcnown
whether this tr l - left, bas' (per ?any via Ku..s'.,rin or rtaben.
Shuttle-train Gwent-, = e m p t y from Jagodin to
Cottbus on 3 Uovember 1952 in the
present re ort, t at shuttle- ;rain transpor a soldiers rum agodin to
Frankfn,. t/Oiler on 5 November 1952, the two s~ ai:.e7,ieits are ccntradictoryn
All other trips of the shuttle-trains mentioned In par_:r?rai)h 4 are reported for
the first time.
~,uestrin on. 4 ~'lorember 19152 shuttle- ,ruin 0 The train on. November I952 25X1
ca-riot i:-e accoun-,ed for.
Comment. shuttle-train II observed west- 25X1
battnd on venM r !b to f rlin on L I oven ber 1952. See
25X1 It is not l:fown b :than shuttle-tr...i_ri as capt,r or 25X1
carricc.. sold it rs. All other shuttle-tra.i:ns werL previously reported.
P?XI 6.
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.c3ischargees t, Jere replacer
the program under- 'which
-r r~ecr~.lits w a.s corinIctery on about 6 november. 1SS52.
?3? [---]Comment. Shuttle-trains L
arriving in Last Ger'."any.
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25X1
IJorc^. pro viousl:r reported
Fermersualdc railroad stata_o_, is s tuatedI on t.1r i ;en berg-?,i en er
line which _indicaat .s the rou?e of shuttle -tr^a= n
The
ra.T - oad
25X1 9 comment. Talks Melon- to the Stith 25X1
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brie 7th Gus r.ec,
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the Horn Kaserne at Fra:nkfi rt/Lder 2U S tanks 25X1
moved after unloading on 11 October 1952.1 1 25X1
anent. The train frc.i Jueterbbo -alto's Lar-or to (}uben on 2 November 1952
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