TRANSFER OF THE DRESDEN KELLERAU AIRFIELD TO THE MAIN ADMINISTRATION FOR MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007100890009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IN. SECTIONS 793
AND 704. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BY LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
1. '!he airfield
for India stria
transferred
an$indus ;ri.aI compound.1
17 June 1955
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
ter a -?i11. bI~ t' ken over by the Main Administration
1. P=rt of th TJ.rn:z-Sonnenstein staff will be
tho n,:.rr:y site of the "Industriegeladnde Dresden",
Lr dip?'. 1,55, numbf Pirna-Sonnenstein pe onnel were
the buildings of the former German
fling ground and is,therefore,not
hich is located between the Dresden-Berlin Autobahn and
essentially of tv parts: the airfield proper, with a runway,
and an ajoinir:- n,rt located
,L 2
cm~ ~ eend pa
r Ac,:~d
for the i, ] n~;-off a
1955, rr~rh i e of Dau-Union Sued of the
tractors and bulldozers to the airfiel
r'i a ently 1. 1r;e for the operation of fast jets
When the decision was a
the , ;_rrield rrls to ho taken over by the Main
!". ?re three
opelled aircraft.
large halls at the Dresden-HeftL`rau airfield which were demolished in
In April 195
n:awr ores. Th
t.h,Q, x.1.1 be buil.&
center win;P50
r,f PPach hall will be 165 meters,
in the center tieing about 50
Coy ndations was started by Bau-U
f'> Lhe halls will be delivered
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was ordered to replace these demolished halls
ion Sued of the new halls show that
eland that each hall will consist of
wings, each 30 meters wide. The length
its height 25 meters. Each hall will have a8large
meters wide and 15 meters high. Ground work for the
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4. up butt i of VW toror Gomm M? Aeoieu@ " oe n d by Soviet unit
ftrU 1 "'a A>M lr!' til01Ir moving out
ago ltiMW416 fto of *a
1r ohm
M-1--r i ts.s to.
be d !* IW 1110,e" at
5. Atio"Wr- lit of tew Olrtidd INA W 6M Is $S I tW Soviets was evacuated
by tho In Ib ISO. This we Up bow ti1M building of the airfield.
In April 19%. a eft Nts begun for tt* acopl4 s lMep~tIon of this
to house the production staff of=the-Main?A fstration for jndustr
11 the transfer from Pirna-Sonnenstein to Dresden. On 18 April 1955,
Sonnenstein specialists were notified that they were lWove into this building a
an unspecified time in the near future.
6. Residences located on and near the Flaghafenstrasse n
evacuated in April 1955. About 500 If these residan
personnel from Pirna-Sonnenstein after their transfer to
7. ,ppended sketch No. 1 shows Dresden-Hellerau airfield as of early May l9 with the
following details:
1: Autobabn &d{+_LAutobahnspinne) Dresden-Hellerau with road to Dautzen-Berlin.
2: Corn= the old airfield fence which is now being changed. This point is
4:
5s
6:
call er Hoehe; its elevation is 228.5 meters.
ration building emeuated by the Soviets in March 1955 and
the production staff of the Main Administration for Industrial
Road &ranoh coming from State Road 97, going to the airfield.
Flugbafenstrasse with residential quarters.
State Road 97 Dresden-Hoyerswerda-Cottbus-Guben.
7: Rail line leading to the airfield, a side line of the Dresden-Cottbus main rail line.
8s Compound of the former German Air Academy occupied by Soviets who are preparing to
ver by personnel of the Main Administration for
Industri
9: Rolling led.
10: Planned approximate location of the three new halls (see appended sketch No.2).
11: Old runway.
12: Hall located outsi as sups depot. The expanddd
field will include
13: Broken line marks the border between the airfield proper and the rolling ground.
14: Present airfield ftnoer, W,-a'fence in/c`futng '5:'and 12
8. Appended sketch No. 2 shows the structure of the three hew halls to be put up at the
airfield as blueprinted by Bau-Union Sued:
1: Section of ground plan.
2: Design of the hall with concrete foundations, center wing, side wings and center gate.
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