ORANIENBURG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006000120018-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 18
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET/ l_ ~'fl
COUNTRY as rmany
TOPIC Oranienburg Airfield
EVALUATIOn
DATE OF CONTENT
IIATE OBTAINED
KEFERENCES
PAGES 1 ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
REMARKS
DATE PREPARED,
the WEB Potsdam who was accompanied by 2 new construction supervisors
threatened to dim as individual old superintendents. As a result of the
conferences, a construction supervisor from Potsdam stayed in Oranienburg
for 2 hours daily. construction work was also supervised by supply officer
Colonel Karian (fnu) who was assigned to this post by the chief supply
officer, a colonel, presumably from Briesen. A total of 185 workers were
employed. Their number was to be increased to 250 on 3 January 1955. A I WW
air force unit was expected to arrive in Weisse Stadt on 6 Janaury. Up to
that date, all the quartering buildings had to be already for occupation,. In
late December, buildings Nos 6 and 9 were completed and 3 sections and
entrances of building No 9 were occupied by the AA Unit Burakov. The
buildings Nos 13 and 16 were completed to 50 percent. The former repair sk"
which was being converted to a ration storage facility was 30 % complete . This
building was to be entirely completed by 15 January 1955. The Hans Schol
School including the kitchen in the cellar wa4scheduled to be completed by
6 January which, however, was believed to be impossible.
superintendents at the site. There were rather hot discussions and thS
in the restricted area and conferred with the individual construction
Eberswalde and responsible for construction work in the entire GDR,
WEB Potsdam, who is the superior of the special construction bureau in
The following observations were made in the Weisse Stadt restricted 25X1
area during December 1954:
The numbers of the buildings were changed except for Nos 2 through 20.
So far it could only be determined that Hoes Schemm School was given lfb 29. ,~/
The target date for the completion of construction work was 5 January '09
1955 which presumably would- aotbs met. On 2 December 1954, the chief of the
Comment. A previous report contained information on reconstruction
wor on buildings in the Weisse Stadt Settlement in Or b r and on the
mowi of units into other buildings in the settlement.
he arrival of an air unit at Oranienburg airfield and in Weisse
Stadt has been expected for a long period.
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PLACE OBTAINED
20 January 1955
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