VIETMANNSDORF AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003900140003-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2010
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains iaformatlon affecting the Na-
tional Defenao of the United States, wlthia the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 sad 794, of the U.S. Code, ae
amended. Its transmission os revelatloa of its contents
to or receipt by an vnsuthoriaed Dersoa is prohibited
by 16W. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SECRET/CON.~,OL~! : _U~S,.. Officials Only
COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Vietmannsdorf Airfield
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 2 April 1954
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEfINITIVE.
7HE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR ~ KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. General Situation '.
ear y a work has ceased on th? airfield due to wintry weather
conditions. On ~ F~bru.ary, the ?ar~hwork and concrete workers brigades still
employed on the sirfi~ld wire sent homi. The workmen received 60~ of thmir
pay and were told to report back to work ~n 22 February.. At th? present
tiros there ara still approximately 2b0 people employed on the sites including
the clerical staff.
2. Aircraft Dispersal
su`rv~yor employed on the sits, in conversation with a casual acquain-
tance, stated that aircraft handstands are not to be built at the NW and SE
ends of the runway and taxi tracks as previously had been planned. Instead,
new parking places are to be-built underground parallel to the runway and to
tYls north Hof it. This work is riot to be 'undertaken by tht Bau Union
Brandenburg but by the Bau Union Potsdam.
3. Ammunition Dum
-R'o new work has bEeri carried out at tha:s sits sine D~c~mb~ r. Th~r~ is
a Soviet ~ua^d iri a but near the railway siding and the whole site is guarded
by patrolling sentries.
!~. ' ~Sec_~ur~it~
~'~ii checki:ng of identity cards by sentries has become noticeably
stricter and mozr frequent since 23 January.
SEI/RET/CONTROI, U. S. Officials Only
ARMY
NAVY ~ AIR E~ g F?) AEC
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