AIRFIELD AT LAURENTIYA BAY, CHUKETSK PENINSULA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00926A001300050028-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 15, 2012
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: August 8, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/15: CIA-RDP80-00926A001300050028-4 JM
CLASSIFI` 1 ]ON CONFIDENTIAL / US OFFICIAL ONLY
"? COUNTRY USSR
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY- REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT
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CASE 1688
Aug 1949
SUBJECT Airfield at Laurentiya Bay, Chuketek Peninsula NO. OF PAGES
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the field was
north side of the bay on the right
sh4re as ? e ,
It was supposed to be a crude installation
just a naturally smooth area on the tundra where small planes could land and
take off. It was of no military importancee
this field was subsequently ..band.nAd far a "aw ens, .r
have been used for the purpose.
there were natural strips that could 50X1-HUM
The Soviets were beginning to,enlarge the field at Uelen in 1945 -- and c
well have also built a new one at Laurentiya.
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/10/15: CIA-RDP80-00926AO01300050028-4