SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005500010014-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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CB - Converted Boxcar
B - Boxcar
1. The personnel exchange mover nt"Included the foltot n shuttle-trains
which carried soldiers from Bernau to Brest-Litovek
between 17 and 20 October 1954:
1 Rathenow
13 1 Dallgow
14 1 Rathenow
15 1 Frankfurt/Oder
16 1 of
1 Jueterbog
17 1
18 1 Bernau
20 1 Jueterbog
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Date in Number of Trains Through Station
October ._.,
29 1
between 11 and 20 October: .
Frankfurt; Oder
Kuestrin
Guben
The following shuttle-trains with soldiers were dispatched
CLASSIFICATION S
Number of Dispatching Through
October, __Trains Station Station
Frankfurt/Oder
ruestrin
Frankfurt/Oder
Kuestrin
Frankfurt/Oder
Kuestrin
25X1
25X1
25X1
25X1
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3. Shuttle-trains with soldiers which arrived from the USSR between
7 and 19 October included:
Date in
October
15
18
19
Number of
Trains
Receiving
Station
Through
Station
1
Jueterbog
Rathenow
Jueterbog
Rathenow
Eberswalde
Jueterbog
Frankfurt/Oder
re
{ueetrin
Frankfurt/Oder
Kuestrin
1
Jueterbog
Frankfurt/Oder
1
Jueterbog
Kuestrin
4. On 23 and 24 October. shuttle-trains with soldiers from Weimar and
Erfurt were scheduled to be dispatched to the East.
5. The following troop trains were observed at the Zberewalde railroad
station between 9 and 15 October:
Date in Number of
October Cars From To
9 58;Ce.rpty Templin Frankfurt/Oder
38, with Frankfurt/Odor Templin
soldiers
10 50 CB; empty Eberewalde
15 50 CB; " Angermuende
At about 0630 on 18 October. about 300 soldiers with handbags were
entrained at the Dall ow r
truck
On 19 October,-a troop train of 40 converted boxcars with air foroe
personnel arrived at the Wustermark marshalling yard. The train was
redispatched to Priort.
8. On 18 October, a troop train of 10 boxcars with about 250 soldiers
was observed at the Satzkorn railroad station. The train came from
Dallgow and went to Fuerstenberg/Ravel.
9. On 17 October, two troop trains with soldiers came from Brest-Litovsk
and went to the Frankfurt/Oder marshaling yard via the Frankfurt/Oder
railroad station. One train of 60 boxcars arrived at 0255, the other
train of 60 boxcars arrived at 2230.
10. According to a report of 26 October, troop trains with soldiers which
went via Guben included 650 westbound cars and 325 eastbound cars.
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omment. During the night of 19 October 1954, shuttle-train
-Litovsk to Jueterbog via Frankfurt/Oder.
Comment,. On 18 October 1954, shuttle-train
With eeplacerzento from thq- t, SR.
Comment. On 8 October 1954, shuttle-trai>went empty
frc Jue urt/0der. It is believed that the train was
dispatched ffrom Jueterbog to the USSR on the same day and returned
with replacements between 12 and 15 October.
o:unent., The report indicates that shuttle-train ~ went
twice toward the wept .nd i once toward the east between 11 and 19
October 1954.
omment. Between 29.September and 16 October 1954, shuttle-
Train as probably, dispatched to the east once and returned
to the once.
omment. The report indicates that shuttle-train lade
three eastbound trips and three westbound trips between September
and 17 October 1954.
21 October 1954.
confirmed by mother report)
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from Jueterbog to i~uestrin was
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