DRESDEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005600190010-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2007/11/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA005600190010-2
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~' ,O ,Q~r? .__ EiNCLOSURES (NO. tYP-1_ .
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Information
I. The fcU?.Utiring obser'trat_lons `:1 re made at Dresden air'ield ~J'.'uileen 5 and
19 October 1954:
5 October. Bct?.ceen 2000 and 2150, three biplanes with sct position lights
made ioc.l flights.
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t October. Between 2000 end 2200, there was activi.yP with seaichiiChts
in operation.
14 Octol:er. Bet'-een '700 and 1 00, 'biplanes took off for slight:, of
I toi-`7 . c duration.
The forme Luftkriegsschulc nre.c occupied. by n estim? ted 'I G,,0O percennel .r.....
.M@ertng; bl acl_-.bovrderr.?e,1 uo,: epaulette. . nca? .as also an e::cnangc
of personnel at that unit., but ilo t ,i;o the t'ne unit t)Ie
oarcennel of which '.,'owe black bordered Ced_ apce111_CtS.
2. Ca 7. and 9 October, the ?oriler Lufthansa adwini^ot cation building and a
l arp e hr.:ng .r were seen in the southern past of tCe f ie la . Antennas were
seen on the roof n-P the . building. There w4.:; no air activity or other
ac'tivi'st'-. Truck the drive" of whic: wore black--bordered red 25X1
epaulets entered a 4 ' , C"... cveral officers we, r?_in black-borderd blue ,
epaulets entered the dense building, A sentryr woo gore black-borde?ed r
officers wearing black-bordered red and black--bordered blue -'_25X1
epeulc cs were seen at,the installation. corgi .n. to an informant, :bout
4,000 eo' diers were quart r6 former Luj'tkri'egsschule and in 'eixdorf:
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CQm-r nt. jipce April 1,)54, "G114L.it? is L~TJ 'en t1y been no c}' :nrpe in the
occL.pCti_on of Dresden airfield. There was at-ui:u air activity by O-2s
o R a, gur q and liaison detrill or to an artil"ery
which are saelievcd to bei y
sit unit of the headquarters of the First Gds i,!ecz Army. The l,uftkri'?gsschule
is believed to be occupied by a motor v- hicle supply unit of the Tvlenty-
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