CESKA LIPA AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006700030004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 20, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2008/10/17 :CIA-RDP80-00810A006700030004-4
CENTRAL NrTELLK~ENCE AGENCY
I~RMATIC~! REPORT
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Location
1. Aa airfield is located southwest of Ceaka Lips (N 50-1~1~ 8 11a 33) in a ~s~sa~
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tvsr on one aide and the Ceaka Lips-LitosNrice railroard
line on the other aide. After paaaing the south railroad station in Ceska
Lips, the next prominent laraLaark (before reaching the yield) is the sswke-
atack, 30 m. high, of the saw mill in Ceaka Lips} soae 300 w. sautMaat o!
the railroad station. The airfield approximates an irregular rectan`l~~ whose
axia runs from north-r~orthweat to south-southeast.. Zhe field is 2200 w.
long and 1,800 m, aide. ~fith the exception of the west fLnk, the eQtir
field is durrounded by a barbed wits fence anchored on wooden posts. $-e
west flank of the airfield is skirted by the conne
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c
ng r
ad between the
Ceaka Lipa-Pavlovice road in the south. (Thin road has been undergoing repairs
for the peat five months which are supposed t4 be cowplsted by the beginning
of Novswber 195~i)
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2. 'row a piste sane m. east of the w~ssts~ t1 of the t`ield, a conci+s
runway rune in a direction fray north-aorthsaat ;~ should bs north-rarthi-~ty
south-southeast. The runw~q. reaches tQ *i.thin 100 ^. of th? rarth f1aNc or
the field end to within 100 -w:~--~:~.: of the south Rank, and is 2,000 w. long
and 45 w. aide. Zhe approaches between the hangars and the runway are 25 w.
aide. ~eae strips are rolled by special rollers whioh are located in the western
corner of the field. There are x> hardsta~ds.
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3. Paver is piped in from Csska Lips. The overhead wires run tr~w C?ska yips
south, along the eastern sd ? of the Ce'aka Id
pa-Pavlovics road (Itew ? of sketch).
~' the railroad crossing Item 8 of sketch), the oeble divides and a brat~oh eontinu~
v~?~ound to the airfield. Although the t~rpes of cables buried could not be
deterained~ it is b elievsd that the power piped into the field is 220 volts AC.
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