SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Sequence Number: 2
• Content Type: REPORT

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TOPIC Griet Troop Trains
EVALUATION-J
DATE OF CONTEN
DATE OBTAINED
REFERENCES
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REMARKS
1. Railroad cars with military personnel fro: i Brest Litovsk to Rosengarten
crossing the border near Frank-urt/Oder on 3 and 5 March 1953 included.
51 cars on 3 March; and 21 car 5 5 4Maa.rch.
2. Troop trains to Cottbus observed at the Frankfurt/Oder railroad station
on 27 and 28 March included: .. train of 8 boxcars and an undetermined
num r flatcars vith abnut 20n tranns- 14; AA smins and 25, s
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o_n 27 March; and a train of 12
orders and an undetermined number of flatcars with a troop unit AA
guns and 22 trucks,.
3. On 26 "arch, a troop train of ''? boxcars with a troop unit ' nd an
undetermined number flatcart! .h artillery pieces and trucks,
I Ihas observed at the Wusterarark
railroad station. The train went, to Ao67-)eritz.2
4., Trodp trains to Rue:gen Island observed at the Stralsund railroad
station on 25 March and 2 April included; a train of 30 boxcars and
15 flatcars, including 1 flatcar ca..-rr,ing a JS-1 tank, on 25 March;
&nd a train of 50 to:scars on 2 Apri i. `
5. Troop trains Ion
3 April include : t train of 9 boxcars, 23 flatcars and 5 n-type
flatcars with an force unit frov Juete}bog-Altes Lager to Cottbus;
and a train of 3 boxcars, 6 flatcar; and 3 SS-type flatcars fron
Jueterbog.4ltes Lager to Sprenberg.4
6. The following troop trains pas-ed through th,Muellrose railroad
station on 28 and 2C L'arch:
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Date inin Com os ition of
March Troop Trains
40 flatcars with
"J; guns and trucks
11 boxcars with
a troop wit and
15 f].atoars with
vehicles
.10 converted boxcars
with a troop unit and
30 flatcars with
AA guns -:nd trucks
5 flatcars with
2 tanks and 2 truck
17 flatcars with
aircraft parts,
radio trucks and
tank tru^,ks
Frankfurt/Oder toward
Cot.bus
Frankfurt/Oder
undetermined
Meberose
toward
Cottbus
toward
Cottbus
Frankfurt/Oder
Frankf%..rt/0der toward.
Cottbus
8 boxcars with Frankfurt/Oder
a troop gait and
25 flatcars with trucks
7. Troop trains
inclu:1ed;
Date in
AMU
Combination of
TrooR Tr no
8 60 axles
14 boxcars and
36 fla tears
.51 cars
7 boxcars and
27 flatcars
20 boxcars and
31 I a tears
22 boxcars and
35 flatcaro
ueterbog-
.ltes Lager
between 8 and 10 April
Wittenberg
Dali goti:
Oneboritz
1(.411gow-
Doeberi.tz
Jal1go-
Dov; ~critz
12 converted boxcars, Loburg
10 boxcars and
24 flatcars
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reustrelitz
Neustrelitz
D a.ll ..ow--
Doeberitz
Neustrelitz
Noustrelitz
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On 10 April, fc._:r tank loading rar.ps were dispatched from the Dobri1u ;k-
Kirchhain railroad station to Spre=:mberg.9
1. 1 omment. The two troop trains rgornrted in narye_ranh 2 carried
It is definitely
believed r the our troop trains reported in paragraph 6 of the
present report also include the above trains of the 32nd t.`.~ i)iv (us).
As the troop train went to Jueterbog,
these trains probably were also bound for Jueterbog.
Commont..,,. The troop train bel ones to throe
trains carrying elements of the 2nd Light Arty Brig (US) which
returned to Doeberitz fror- combat firing practices at Jueterbog.
cannot cer e be determined.
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3. k'on. gat. On 29 ::arch 1953, a northbound troop train with tanks
coming from a southerly direction was observed at Bergen on Aregen
Islcnd the unit previously
stationed at Bercen had left and a;.nother unit had arrived.
4. I I Cor rent. A? thou?h it is believed possible that, accordin^- to
the planned enlargement of the airfield, the two air force regiments
stationed at Jueterbog--Altes Lager airfi~,ld will.. be transferred,
it is rather improbable that they rove to Cottbus where YTPL was
confirmed. Thus,, the troop train to Cottbus probably carried a
component of the 9th 2ecz Div which, on 14 March 1953, had left
for Jueterbog for field exercises;
5.1 LaMr;en&
elements of the 286 _ Gds
AAA (teat - o the 6th Gds Tank v were loaded on '-.his train. On 7 and
8 April 195 preparations for a final trans-
fer of the units stationed in Wit ;enborg to the Werder- .rkersdorf
troop tr-uining unds. ? robab for summer training. Thus, the troop
train -1 was the first train of a
?n erg to Forst Zinnia during the next days.
t,mon moy-,.,nent fro- Wit
6. Comment the four troop trains
Carr ed elements 2nd Light Arty 3r S) loaded at the Doeberit;
railroad station.f the ive trains to have been
loaded. As apparently the entire billeting equip,. ant 'tnd also uniformed
wo,:_en were loaded, it is believed that, the brigade left for simmer
training. In 1952, V e brigade was stationed in a carap in the Speck
area cost of Moustrelitz during the summer.
7. I C?zrr,:ant The troop train probaoly carried a tank unit of he 1st
141?:'cz Div which returned to Doeber:`.tz after cot.pletion of field exercise?;
in the _deustrelit area.
Comment Theo train probahl-' carried an air force AAA unit which
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re urned to Finow airfield after completion of combat firing practice
at Altengrabow0
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9. ''or. ent. I after 10 April.
1953,, the 30th Gds 1{vr Tank SP RE gt of the 9th Heoz Div was to be
transferred for rummer training,; probably to Weisswasser. In
1952' the regiment had moved on 14 April.
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