1. RAIL SHIPMENTS OF GUNS 2. RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600230004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 28, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/08/29: CIA-RDP80-0081OA004600230004-5
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT 1. Rail Shipments of Guns
2, Railroad Construction
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
6.3910
OL I IIx1 . IWIa x954. 8 Polish t:cs . P . g e1 '. r.ri i n 7 F 4 `1l - ie
f l 0 to 150-mm caliber and signal equipment Lera seen b; tween .jn (Poznan) and Twice
Pali:-1_ :cailroadnnn sited that these ins; :ich e:r?r: ad fres airectiou of
Sbi.ern:ia zca were to.ploceed via I .ssa Leszno) to Silesia. Four Sov .at t rai.r.s
etch ;S.ud w1.th..42 artillery pieces of what appeared to be 76 rvm cal ben were seea
r ce+ ?3.,t ccwa.rd Brest Litovsk. On 1 and .2 June, another 5 Soviet trains each loaded
ari th 5 tc LO artillery pieces of about 150 arm cal;ha- wA" o-,e,
, .? . and fox
!lore a an increased rate recently, Artillery :)iecor3 Of a
cc Tiber have `been shipped to the USSR while guns of a heav'?.ar :eli`ae; worn
csc_'ve3 1:rocoeding toward East Germany
On 10 Jun,: 1954, a train consisting of 82 axles left Frarlcfur4/Qrler ;,Sward Brost
ld.tovs,. since the load of the train exceeded standard measurements, it was
directed qia 'lock, Ostroleka, Siedlce, and Czereacha;, Between Posen and Lowicz.
Pol;.sh trains proceeding toward the west., each loaded with 4.0 to 45 artillery
piece:- with a caliber of 120 to 150 mm were seen? The trains wc^r:, ^eportsdly.
.>rder.;,1 tc proceed via Lissa, A tota_, of 7 Soviet trains loaded ati: artillery
pieces of about 152--mm caliber were seen proceeding toward Fransi'urt/brier, Of
these& 2 were observed at Nysokie-Litevsk, 2 at Czeremcha.. I at Socha :sew :and.
2 in Siedlce. An ammunition train from Brest-Litovsk Fr.-7i-Ted in Frankfurt/Odor
on 20 :uno 1954.1
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