BREMENHAIN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002700610009-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 12, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Since the June 17 distuu:rbances, construction work at Brenerthain airfield
has continued with day and night shifts. In particular, work on the runway
h:.s been accelerated,, Construction nate_rial continuously arrived at the
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`'. In late August 1953, grading work on the landing field was completed, The
i rairacre ditches to be laid at the field are to et:^nty into the Neisse River. of the construction staff stated that the location of the airfield
~.v not ^avorable because or the subsoil water pressure. Concreting work
on the section of the runway south of P.remorhain-Lodenau.:road uas completed
by i September except for a strip in the ni:ddle.'According to a meanbe ? of
the construction staff, the entire runway was to be corrnleted b;r 15 .to'ber
1953. Allegedly, the runway was to be extended to the north and a circular
A. was to be built and had already been surveyed 1qowevef?, construction
.work had not yet started by 11. September .
3. The Lodenau?-Noes road was under improvement with the concrete :,'.`ores having
been put in place on one side of the road by 11 Septrrsebea . Concreting work
had not yet started,, U oc completion of this roads the Brer enha n-Lodenau
road will allegedly be demolished. Only after the destruction of the latter
road will concreting work on the ru.nu:?ay strip north of this road be started.
4. in late A,uE=?ust, construction work was cor;apl :ted oil five small brick bui:3 dingo,
allegedly, office?c billets, near the park of the Bremenhain estate,
A spur track was to bi: built from the Lodenau Rothenburg railroad line to
the field dtzrr.p. Three standard-gauge locomotives, one from Hoyerswerda and
two from Luckau, were used for construction works
The concrete nixing installation was still in operation. However, the
L.- eciP.l tilting cars of Hungarian make were usually under repair. An
;z,titraated 700 laborers including 200 to 250 convicts were employed at the
ri+.eld. They worked in two, shifts between 3:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m Tine status
of the work was inspecited by a Soviet team apnroxi.,sately every( two weeks. 1
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S._'ie's about early September 1953, there has been intensive air activity
by u i_ r cr of : coming from the Polish-occupied Garrnan territory to the Soviet
Zone of Gerimany. Alrost every everting after nightfall, aircraft crossed over
the zonal border and made flights of about 15 minutes duration. Most of the
aircre~ t used were propeller .driven aircraft. 2
Work on the runway has been accelerated since late August 1-953. Concreting
1-ork on the northern third of the runway was started on 8 Septeirber.
Allegedly, a circular taxiway is to be built in 1954.
9. Work was under =ray on the Rothen'ourg Loder.au road, east of the railroad
~._.raa. The trees and telephone poles along the Bremenhain-Lodenau road were
removed and the local resident's expected that the road would be blocked
approxir.ter y in late September. A second spur track was being built, from
the railroad line tower d the woods south 6,f Ioderaau. 1
13 Major Mironenko (fnu) who arrived at the Soviet construction headquarters
In a