SOVIET TANK AND AT ARTILLERY TROOPS LEAVING ROSSLAU FOR KOENIGSBRUECK

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003900670008-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2003
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 23, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SEC
CLASSIFICAT ON- "L2
COUNTRY Soviet Zane of Germany -REPORT NO.. 25X1
TOPIC.-. 3,)Viet i'ank and AT Ai tilt erv "i'rootas Leav3.nr~ OSST-A~" for
KOENIGSI3RUECK
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EVALUATION--L
.-.,,PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT"----7 October 1949
DATE OBTAINED..J
REFERENCES.
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25X1 DATE PREPARED--.L-3-
PACES. 1 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) -
REMARKS..
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1, A train. of 50 flatcars and 2 passenger coaches was dispatched
from ROSSLAU (M 52/E 17) for KOENI GSBRUECK (N 52/A 31) at about
8 a.m.
2. The train carried thirtywei~Tht T34 tanks six 76..2-mm AT guns,
25X1 twelve 50-mm AT guns, the trucks
25X1 and about 150 troops, 20 to 25 years of age, some wearing; tank
insignia.
3. The troops and materiel had been entrained in the ROSSLAU-
IVIEEINSDORF kaserne area on 6 October 1949 0
25X1 Comment o
The required rolling stock had to be made available at the
ROSSLAU freight station by 6 October 1949, according to an order
issued on 5 October 1949, Twenty-five more flatca,r,s were to be
held on call.
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the train
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How-
ever, there are no indications that units of this division should
have participated in maneuvers at the KOENIGSBRUECK troop tratn-
inc, grounds. The mass of this division undoubtedly held summer
25X1 maneuvers in L'ER
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This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 10 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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