CONSTRUCTION OF NEW AIRFIELD NEAR ZEITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003600570006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 19, 2002
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: March 10, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE D)STR. 10 H arch 1954
SUBJECT Construction of New Air field near Lei.tz NO. OF PAGES
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reugired and preliminary work is to start inmediately.
in early January 1954.
then construction project a arentl will t e size_
as Tutow airfield. I the Baw;nion
Brandenburg was establishing a branch office near eti;tz and had mede a_
list Of construction rams 1' -squired. Deuben Prafen railroad stations
v re mentioned as supply statione. Preliminary work ryas allegedly to begin
In October 1953, the Branden g Bauunion was c d with a construction
project north of Zeitz Surveying work` for a sp~ack between Thole- en
and Profen had allegedly-not yet been started by October a
In conjunction with the Tot rideri re-orgenis tioa of~_hhe Bauuniona in
Germany, in early Decem 1953, mention was made %b4' .the Bauunion n~
denburg was charged with` i construction project nee . ettz and that
8-km-long spur track was to be laid to the construction sites Alleg
70 men of the Bs.uunion had already been detached to the construction sites
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of a new airfield near Zeitz.r In conjunction with the existing airfields at
1 erseburg Altenb _ fuM - gin a 11ld 'would `inareaas AA protection of
the %entral Last German induati .al. area.
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k on a construction project, apparently an` airfield,
In 'to s;war , n itz In 1954- Surveyors were allegedly to be detached
to the construction site in the new future.
2. At the beginning of ttovenbar 1953,
u can was charged a new
coratruwtic .project near2eit - A total of 1+O million eastmarks '411 be
NO. OF ENCLS,
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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