RETZOW AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004600230005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2007
• Sequence Number: 5
• Content Type: REPORT

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in L::.-L3 ?key 1954., 271tors had it that Retzow ai:field world be occupied in
the r.c:ar ftr~:,tre. Parachute ;;u -re wore made at -he field.
On 2 Jttls, the a rf_eld was rat occupied. The #iaid was guarded by two
n`Trilian:3 who re_'usai edrittanc? to a motorcar driver who was ?3n route to
.:,;.zeta co ing Crrx direr icr of Meyenbu:2,3 and deviated from National
_3`.., ;7w r :d;.,?::C3. The stz.tus the: field and the grass cover La the casterL
,hixc of the fleic. vii appar(ini iy trorse than in the western section. Trails,
ar,rs entl se:n trucks; lea frc.i the field center to the southeastsr_a corner
of tr.e i:a Ja:Liation. In thin corner faded b-9nches were seen which 's::;.3 probably
bier. tise3 for catnoufla~'e yr{k"_' ~ .1: No runway gate were observed at the field.
Tyre 1E.rg wccden chais, eacsi..atout 15 meters gong, 6 to 8 meters wide End
about 3 a terr nigh, with a ':,wc-lee-t,approxiJdtely 6-meter--wide gate in the
J rf aids v=. at the northerneg.e of the field, about 400 rioters
of .. e ,;.astern corneib Sever fuel"!lcntainers lay it. Jage:a (forest sub-
riitldxtlti:; '::c,84, sir,ut 50 mt;tsrF; riortitof the northern edge of the field. it
jwcons._s i,...r:g of abut 12 white tents with pointed roofs was observed. on the
a 1;:ne-z :iat-et: e4 at 86 :nett. with the e~foreraentioned road to RatzIn the
i.^ ? r? Jd rrri its saokestack? No additional buildings could be identified
Iet; to the aces. was partially obstructed. No activity was s, in it
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n>' i..:'ldi wa c'iegoc1y ceupitd by about X,^,0~R1~4lil~l1)gal;^Q,t
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ia,vora2 :_ccrct resl.dentE '.ndeperdently state3 that the airfield was temporarily
occu>.ded cy about 20 jet fighters during th:a f: rst half of June, and that the
aircraft conructec rc :parativ tStle air ac-. i.vity, The aircraft apparently
h=.d difficulties during the -cake-offs and la xd:_ng3. Two residents ina,ependentiy
3_.id that there was a r4tfT'indicating that the field would again be ocoupied
a ter i July 3954:. A bo;i allegedly observed thnat, prior to the occupation of
the ;'laid, :cma hi.p1.-:acs lardai there, Rnaajai jdeseended from: the a'-rcra?t,
tznE':er?ed he field. Informant also st_cu, *11
ni? re^.era?* arrived uu.~c Inc core firm Witestock. The camp at rue northern
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