STRAUSBERG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003200670002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 9, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: February 23, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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1 , In late Septeriber= 3.953. Soviets who irked in a barracks in~atal?ation in
Strausberg r6- gat the unit at . 3t a usberg airfield was c Lea : and
%hit: te)i 1; U e f 13 would h occupied by another unit .= Tn early
October o :y u groups of soldit.rt ware observed -arrivi=ng; s , i h
field. 11-a! rumor an intended trunifer still circulated in mid-October
and no repair shop but. a technical
school war it,cat ac' -,her W :between. 19 t:nd 24, October, . grc upss c..f :10 to 12
soldiers c_ a J.nT i sksack3 anti sui.?,c .s eo ,.,ere r4#watedly-,&oE~er-wel on the
reel bet:wee i tie r.w1d and town. Thfore= were still rumors on the evacuation
of the `b r ,"Icto' 'er 1953. thx. irzg the first half of November, the
evacuation a" actually started and 25X1
billeting i re ., .. crates, horses asd vehicles were ng =* by.
tai.1. , cr dt u:3a c: not d,bserwed to -+E.ve left the field. On 1.7 3ovember,
2 trucks s4 pax c alight: , 7 genf:rators and preheaters, and I radio
truck ;or being shipp3d awmy. Dicing the first half of
November ?t z`. sass c:t,;.?rying soldiers :.eft ."trausberg heading east, A train
10. .bo ,; s tl beta 31 3,00 .Hen a gnotha r train of. 7 box+;sa4rs carr7ing
about 200 .:n c, November,, A train of 20 boxc ?s carrying about
600 aver.-: an ant :mc , trr-': h. of 17 box 'ti 'a carrying about 500 men Left on
14 November
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In late .bou-t 800 kg of vad were daily delivered to the
airfield. ba o,,,r, ws-s informed to pret-:ere for an increased b: ead
del..iv4ur.y 'by, ":...O ,-i,_ Of September, However, on 29 September, ".t :jas made
know=, that ~h t 3:. ^ ,~;t t date would be ;x-stponed.
Watxout 3 x:, November, a tra_ii- of 15 boxcars carryiinb , Soviet
Alr Force war observed at ~3traueberg railroad sta=,i. :
the installation
was t( 1e tic F Soviets ef'e: u v cause of an ini e)n 3
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1ATr 11E)" PARED 10 December 195D
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occupa'ulon by VPL.
6. Between 10 and 14 T;over.:ber, soviet Air Force soldiers, ?ehieles and
uirru:nt were being entraine6 at Straut;berg af-r" ield. 25X1
the soldiers came from Strauebe ?g air .e .
1.0 No2r1mber.. At 8 pon., a train connis`,irg of 'v boxce?s carrying
M, wearing black-bordered blue epauletn, 15 box=.ara t*xryin' militt rlr
cds and billeting equipment, 14. flatcsnri. cExftrytr,g tru
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gondola cars with crates, 1:arre.L.s:, bed~sat's etc. vn
and 8
being assembled at the railroad station> 1 he train was to proceed; v lam.
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12 November. At 3 p,a,'.rr a train cons:is-.,Ilt:t g of. tie : 011.~W+ng cars wa
being r~-sse:mbload for dispatch to I1irow: 1 broxss :?s carrying 9 wea. _ .-g .c _>.
bordered blue epaulets, 19 boxcars oarryifg biting equ_:p>entj, 8 n :P -W,
cars c ,crying crates, bedsteads etc., 8 f:latcaarE carry ng a search ._i;ht
each, 2 flatcars carrying a generator each, arn:i 3 flatcar:3, each ea ? ?wi
truck ncludin ; one radio ,suck The t r &.i n was to go ' :u rG to
1 Novc:mber-- At 6 p.m.., a train consisting of -'3 boxcE.r& carrying ?i? ,
wearing black-bordered blue epaul eta 17 'boxxaa_ 's~r -ng military q nods
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7. Between 1C and 15 Novenber, the airfield was being vacated by troops and
equi :gent. According to a rinior, the field was ,,o be occupied by a V M
school, 1
1. L e n t . No observations have bean inade _ndicat_.ng an occupation
of St::ausberg airii.,ald by Tr:tL. It is believed t-t..at the field will be
occupled by UP.
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2. ';on ent. The ssh.i ents observed w?re pae :-iousiy- -re Forced
believed that the air tech.iica school of the =:renty- u)r ; tr?aas. -
ferred from Stcausber to )oeberita.
3 01^. r,ent. it has not been definite: y detE 'rained whether the rfti.c
actually vent to Mi rcu, . iah would be the unl ,>ding eta; : on for Laer. a
airf isid, where a tighter division is stsitionec.,
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