CONSTRUCTION WORK AT STENDAL AIRFIELD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A038300180001-7
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 25, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 4, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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I N FORMAT ION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
16, U.S.C. Sea. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is r-"' " 'zw.
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT Construction Work at Stendal Airfield
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Stendal airfield which gives information on the following: (1) Conc50X1 _HUM
(2) Completion dates, (3) Personnel, (4) Readiness platform at the western"
end, (5) Fuel dumps, and (7) Main fuel dump road. A sketch showing the
measurements and layout of the readiness platform, at the western end of
the airfield, is also included. -
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CONSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPL ITS AT STENDAL AIRFIELD
(end of Sep';ember 1957)
1. Concreting
(a) The main runway is now complete.
(b) The northern parillel taxi-way is complete.
(c)
The Eastern 50 in. wide hard standing is complete, except
for 5 or 6 concrete sections.
(d) All connecting i.ys between the main run:-ay nd the taxi-way
are complete.
(e) The fuel dump road, which connects the taxis y -7ith the
existing clinker-laid apron for the fuel dump is complete
except for a fe,.r metres at the northern end.
2. Completion Dates
The origin.l target date for completion of all concreting
work ;us the middle of September. The recent rainy weather
has caused an extension of 14 d zys to this t:-r,et date.
3. Personnel
ITD DRAITDEOURG personnel, vith their tracked vehicles,
nre doing all the concrete laying.
In addition a detachment from VII!4 is no,.,,- t:Torking on the
airfield.
4. Some of the tracked vehicles belonging to ITD MAATDENDU11G
:ill remain on the airfield after the 1st October to help .-ith
the levelling work on the airfield surface to be grassed.
5. Readiness Platform at west end of Airfield
The dimensioned sketch -ttached gives the measurements
and lay-out of the Readiness Platform at the western and of the
airfield.
6, Fuel Du;-,1-as
(a) The fuel installations south of hangars 2 and 3 .rill
remain in situ.
(b) The installationmar the r-iil spur just to the north of
h:tzigars nos. 2 and 3 is not, as at first believed, a
pumping station, but --V-.Ls the main transformer st-3.tion
for the old airfield. It is not known whether this
transformer station is still in use or indeed whether the
equipment is still in the building.
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(c) Then the old German Luftvr .ffe occupied the airfield,
a fuel pumping station known s "Pumpstation ?iauho="
was situated along the southerly rail spur. This
station was dismantled and completely removed .:lawny years
ago by the Soviet Airforce.
(d) No new fuel pumping station is to be built. Fuel will
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in the main depot.
(e) Further fuel storage installations comprising permanent
t zi s -,x;; rum. ured to be situated to the .:youth of the
airfield, north of th:GLINGIN, ne x the former rifle
range,
(f) There has boon no constructional activity in Soa)texiber
on the former fuel dump between hang,.rs Nos. 2 --nd j.
7? LIiin Fuel Dump Road
(a) The n in fuel dump road st,rts in a northerly direction
from section No. 50 of the 50 in. aide h: rd st .ndin. .
The total length of the road between this hard :~tancairg
and the be ,inning of the clinker apron is :-Lbout 2 j0 in.
(b) about 20 in. short of the northern and of the road?
a cable duct has been installed, runaing fr: m e ot to -.,rest.
No c ales have so far been put in.
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