WOLFSBEHRINGEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007000030007-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 5, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE PREPARED 5 May 1955
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1. Status of Construction Work
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Past Germany
Wolfsbehringen Airfield
Construction at Wolfsbehringen airfield near Eisenach, project No 541, 25X1
had still not been resumed. Concreting work could not be continued
because of unfavorable weather. The workers had been sent home until
further notice and received 60 percent of their wages during that
period. In 1954, a portion of the runway, 200 meters long and 48 meters
wide was concreted. The first results during the winter indicated that
the gravel layer on the field would have to be reinformed to a thickness
of 30 cm. This additional work and the setting of an earlier completion
date induced the construction headquarters to order work in three shifts
during the next construction period. According to orders from 'Herder,
the project was to be completed by late November 1955. It was believed
at Bauunion Sued that work had to be accelerated because the field was
to be occupied immediately after completion. A total of 500 workers
were to be employed on each shift upon resumption of construction. It
appeared difficult to hire this number of workers in the Wol:ftbehringen
area. On 7 and 8 March, about 600 men were employed at the construction
site, 540 of whom had been earlier sent home until further notice. These
workers probably returned to the field after the completion of the frost
period. The concrete road which was being constructed from the road to
Haina had been included in the budget by the Soviets. The road construction
had been started by the construction headquarters to establish a paved
supply road. The plan had later been approved by the Soviets and the road
was scheduled to be widened from 4 to 8 meters and extended &s far as the
Eisenach-Gross-Behringen road, thus establishing approach roads (from
Hama and Eisenach) to the field also for futute use. In February, 46
gasoline containers each with a capacity of 10,000 liters had been
delivered and stored in the area of the Wolfsbehringen construction year
yard. As of 8 March, it had not yet been learned as to where the fuel
dump would be constructed. No difficulties were expected to arise in
connection with the runway construction. There were difficulties being
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has to be conducted to the Neese River. Seventy-five percent of the work on 25X1
the concrete steps down the slope to the Nesse were completed. Since the
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Nesse has a mud layer, about 1 meter thick, it was necessary to
construct a concreted water collector below that layer in the
River. Bauunion Sued also feared that funds for this secondary work
might be arbitrarily curtailed. While on 30 September 1954, the
construction site ad a surplus of 118,000 eastmarks, on 31 December,
there was 11111111,01116W O00 eastmarks which was mainly
due to the . !Z e b out 400,000 eastmarks. Construction
supervisor Zo transferred to the central office
of the Bauunion '3tie'd at Dresden because of poor health. He was
replaced by Engineer Schoenfelder. For the same reason, the commercial
manager was transferred to Goerlitz and was replaced by Haase (fnu).
It was repeatedly heard, that after the completion of the project at
Wolfsbehringen, two other projects were allegedly to be constructed
in the Gotha-Eisenach - Nordhausen area. It appeared that preparatory
measures were already underway for these projects. The labor force
at Wolfsbehringen was allegedly to be employed for a construction
project at Langansalza. Since it was also rumored that the machinery
was to be employed there, it was inferred that another airfield was
possibly scheduled for construction.
2. Two hundred workers of Bauunion Sued were transferred from Strausberg
to Wolfsbehringen. Most of them were untrained workers.
Comment. The status of construction work described in the
present report is probably not up to date. The target date for the
completion of the field in November 1955 is reported for the first
time.
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