AIRFIELD CONSTRUCTION AT HAINA

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were required These machines could be supplied. but without the necessary
prime movers which, therefore, were to be replaced by steam loc-srao!.ives.
Temporary difficultiee with regard to the payment of 30 civilian uards
were finally settled.
the field to do overtime work. For the removal of roots, uprooting rachinee
station was delayed because of the shortage of construction ma+,eri.a,1,
wrong material supplies, 9M lack of the required railroad cars. l`:ork
on the field was about month behind schedule for lack of vtcrkers,
About 300 workers were required to overcome the delay.. Since these
required workers could not b' found because of the low pay, effor?th
were to be initiated to -et permission for the workers employed at,
on the spur track to the field and at Friedrichswerth railroad 25X1
of Xolfsbehringen airfield i1i which .ilunker (fnu), Goepelt (fnu),
Zoennchen (friu) and Grosser lfnu) of the Bauunion, the Soviet officers
Lieutenant Colonel Smirnov ("nu)y Lieutenant Colonel Xusnetn.ov (fnu.)
Captain Ber rozovehuck (fnu), and a civilian called Kaminttzski (fnt.)
participated. The difficulties during construction work and the wars
of overcoming these diffic-ulti es were discussed. Construction work
second third of July 1954:
The spur track was completed up to kilometer marker 116.
;:ork had to be discontinued almost entirely because of continuous:
.caua. Excavation. work at Friedrichswerth railroad station was
but work on the track had to be suspended because of a shortage o
workers. Construction work on the cantonment for the workers could not
be carried out according to schedule because of unfavorable weather.
:ork on the construction yard was also hampered since the paths were
sr,-_. oth and no vehicles could pass except caterpillar tractors and
sleds. The completion of the water conduit was also delayed.. The
roots on the cleared area of the runway could not be removed Ciro
boles for the blasting charge aere not yet excavate!.
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1. On 2 July 1954, there was a conference at the construction 1-_ea.dqu-rter:25X1
2. The following status of construction work was reached during the
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 Or. 19 JulY , 595 laborers ` dingy personnel echo were i l 1. and coi
furlough were employed on construction site. The au :?.-.rzzed
personnel. c trength was 800 laborers in addition to 200 ,iorkerr 1
who were required to make u... for the dela;..' in construci,~o,, wcx~_,
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ditnd daily o be:ra-~e on the line. The number of passenger train-.
courtno'" ' Ile increased because of in'.en.sive frei-ht traffic.
Expansion work was conducted at the railroad station :ohere tNo
side rail lines about 600 ii etears lou" r;h' ch branched off from
main railxwere being laid. The rail-i-oad si ation thus had a ri:::le
line. Construction work on2the s;-.u.r track c_)ntinued b,3yond polo
283.:,0 toward point 312.3.-
02.3.
The road line to Friodri.chs;rerth was completed by M October.
Chief of the construction site s`i_1 ? we construe': ion superi r r er :z. r:
vr~ermohen u wh#avas assisted by supervisor Leiuna nn (fnu j.
to .a"1t'`of.9~'i.men wete. employed at the site on 10 Ccto,.er On
dt&te;, ewavgt n etdrk on the eastern hial.f' of the runway was ai::os
coed and. rading v,-iork was under way Concreting work .ra.s
to be started ati??15, OCtpber. The constzt.et-icn staff, ho. ever,
doubts ,thab the date"would be net, oirtc;e the track =system in the
oonst s, icn ""ialj.Yar& was not yet suitable for the unlc-ac ut
of, lie quarittt4es 4of;goodaf ?the cement suo,;lies ha. to be str ,;Ld.
Ten.-owlesds of event which were ccel.ayed on 4 October arrived only
irregularly.. That-cemeft tas.shipped? -loose. #he respons bie personnel
at the constructiohr material yard still believed' that alf of the
runway 't,'e+ng#rh was to be concreted i. 1934. The construction staff,
however, awpremsed doubts because of the ,,.:,r condition of he
soil. and on account o` -tlie rainy ueat.i:er. he graded area of the
runway was very smootia aft r the, lon rainfalls, since the rc.und
contained ?a high percentage of clay. Before co.:crete slabs could
be laid the muddy- Rur ace had to be rer..oved. On account of :t ,e
s1uiaon it, wsp feared that the subsoil of the runway would st,'i'...i
be?aworkino upop completion of concret in; Y.o.rk. The cement silr'
installation which was still under construction was t' ibee ready
for operatipi- by. 15 October: :.xcavation wcrk for a concrete road
was started in the construct_on material y arr. Painting rock was
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being done on the contonment which con?is-i ed of 10 barracks Cr
quartering puirposes and 1 temporary building; housing the can`oru:_en,,,
administration. The culture room was completed except it the innaex.
decoratiop. Its inauguration was scheduled for 12 October. 1,54,
which -is the Day of Activists. The warm water supply for 'the
installatiAon and the heating; system of the mes hall and c;:.1tu,,e
room wore not yet in working condition.
The expenses during the winter months were estimated at 33v,OOu
eastmarks by the Bauunion Sued. This rrr; s.as cor.iir?ried 'by the
cons'ttuction staff` in 'H'erder. 3
jince 10 October, 2 :3SD of.;'icers have: been statioi,ed of the f i.t:1.r
in addition to a detail of 71 i' rier~ why frequently
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6 Jetvreen 22 Sente:aber and 7 0ctoaer, construction work on the spur
track advanced toward the southwest beyond point 283.8 r. staniard.-
jauge trick was laid from he side ra_.1, which branches off :f Tom
the railroad line northwest of Fri ed-r?_cl,swerth, as far, aq point
275,,6. 2
7. Clearing work was comnleted on'the scheduled rtuiws.y. itoot4; .,!ere
still being blasted there. 3
~Coi,unent The statements on the states of construction wort,
at ''olfsbehringen airfield are partially
known from previous reports. The par ti ci.;oatants in the conference
on 2 July 19,4 were reported previously. Cief supervisor at the
construction site is Iierr Zoennchen after v:horm the construction1
site is named T11-3 Sov iet
officers belong to the construction staff in ;,erder. - aiDinif ski i:;
presumably an interpreter. Senior Li.tttenant Lashvinski Lai, been
stationed at the field as liaison officer to the Soviet c;.:,ristruct_.on
staff in erder since late .:pril
2.I ~Coi-ment. Several tar-,et, dates r'reviousl?- set for the
completion of the slur track have nor been met. At present.
about 1,000 meters of the track are presumably to be laid.
Expansion work on Friedrichswerth railroad station is completed
A triple track system now exists the,-.,,e.
delayed it cannon be determined at which date and at which rate
the work will be started.
Cornne,t.. Since work on the runway has continuously been
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