SOVIET TROOP TRAINS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600170001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2007
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SraCF,
Es st Ger:ianv
)PC. Soviet Troop Trains
? E`VA,LUATiON
OF CONTENT.
4`E OETAINED. ..
_L~ri:'E PREPARED . 2 move z~.er 3~ 5l.
--ENCLOSURES (NO. & 1YPE)--d,.,.~.
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1o Troop trains dispatched frog Fuor 5teriwwalde to Lernau included
6 converted boxcars on l November
11 converted boxcars on 4 N3ovem` er
4 converted boxc-3rs on 7 Novernr-er
The following trocp.trains were ofserved in Frankfurt/Cder:
De to in Train Cargo From
Nova:nber
2
110 axles
110 axles
troops
troop shuttle train
empty
3
1 shipmment troops
1 shipment troop shuttle train
empty
110 axles
110 axles
troops
troops
5
110 axles
troops
6
110 axles
110 axles
troops
troops
Frankfurt/Odor
Frankfurt/Oder
fires Litovsk
Cottbus toward Kuestrin
Brest-Litovsk Jueterlo
Kuestrin toward Cottbus
Kuestrin Juetertog
Cottbus Kuestrin
Kuestri.n Cottbus 25X1
3o The following trains were determined at the Eberswalde railroad
station:
Date in Number of Cargo
November Cars
8
10
49 boxcars troops
52 boxcars troops
47 boxcars troops
9 boxcars troops
Templin Frankfurt/Oder
Templ.in Frankfurt/Odes
Frankfurt/Oder Neustrelitz
Templin Fberswalde
4. The following trains with troops were icentifiedm
7 November. 50 boxcars from Brest Litovsk arrived in Frankfurt/Oder at
0400.
Novr??bb ro 50 boxcars left Frankfurt/Oiler for 1'rest-Litovsk at 1700,
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; about. 0600,3 sprc: ..r, .teiy 1500 :'o` i n V, 8 ad
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ofgYth sareLion 'e au, pm st:,r..gty waiting fwr their
dep . 1a 5e:
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 3 1 shipment troops
1 shipment troop shuttle train
COUNTRY East Germany REPORT
Soviet Troop Trains 25X1
EVALUATION
DATE OF CONTENT
DATE OBTAINED_
R'EF'ERENCES
PAGES 2 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
1. Troop trains dispatched from Fuerstenwalde to Bernau included
6 converted boxcars on 1 November
11 converted boxcars on 4 November
4 converted boxcars on 7 November
2. The following troop trains were observed in Frankfurt/Oder:
Date in Train Cargo From
November _
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L_ DATE PREPARED 23 November 1954
axles troops
axles troop shuttle train Frankfurt/Oder
empty
empty
axles troops
axles troops
5 axles troops
6 axles troops
25X1
-I
25X1
Frankfurt/Oder
Brest.-Litovsk
Cottbus toward Kuestrin
Brest-Litovsk Jueterbo~
Kuestrin toward Cottbus
Kuestrin Jueterbog
Cottbus Kuestrin
axles troops
3. The following trains were determined at
station:
Date in Number of Cargo From
November Cars
4.
6 49 boxcars troops Templin Frankfurt/Oder
52 boxcars troops Templin Frankfurt/Oder 25X1
8 47 boxcars troops Frankfurt/Oder Neustrelitz
10 9 boxcars troops Templin Eberswalde
The following trains with troops were identified:
7 November. 50 boxcars from Brest Litovsk arrived in Frankfurt/Oder at
0400.
9 Novembers 50 boxcars left Frankfurt/Oder for Brest-Litovsk at 1700.
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On 14 November, at about 0600, approximately 500 Soviet soldiers stood
at the railroad station in Bernau, presumably waiting for their departure
to the USSR.
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