FINOW AIRFIELD (DESCRIPTION OF FACILITIES, BUNKERS AND ANTENNA)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A044600450001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: September 25, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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south of the airfield and southwest of the Samithseeo
and the :lack .of flying activity, and the location of a restricted area
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attached'' to the control tower, various railway sidings, the location
of some underground bunkers, the runway threshold approach, a vehicle
in the center of the approach path which had a semi-circular net aerial
on its roof (with sketch thereof) and one rod antenna, a W/T station
near the firing range, a vehicle workshop, a count of aircraft observed.
report concerning the Finow
arx.r:Leej- . me report gives information on the supply of electric power
to the field, the appearance and dimensions of a large building " semi
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Soviet activity zt FINOW Airfield and surrounds
(1-2 Jul 58)
No overhead electric power c~.ibles enter the airfield from the
north or west.
Electric power is supplied to the airfield by the E. WERK, FINOW.
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T e e is a larfg building; semi-attached to the airfield control
tower It is flat-roofed and ha.s no windows. It is approxi-25X1
mately 150 metros long and 6 metres high.
There is a railway siding entorine the airfield 25X1
There is no rail siding; entering the NW corner of the airfield.
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there are underground bunkers. The bunkers
are covered by earth and grass. What can be seen of the structure is
of concrete . 25X1
The runway throshhold approach is
150 metros wide at this joint. This approach runs east and is land
by search-lights and a line of red lights. The northern row of lights
carries a telephone line. The approach path extends beyond the RPRLIN-
EBERSWALDE railway line
east.
There is a vehicle that stmnds in the centre of the approach path
that is rcu(;hly 200 metres from the runway
The vehicle has a semi-circular net aerial on the roof, thus:
ding; branches off the FINOW-BIESENTHAL line
and one rod antenna (as at 2 Jul 58).
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near the SOHIESS PLATZ, there is a W/T
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10. South of the cemetery there is a vehicle workshop where
petrol bowsers are maintained. East of this workshop there is a fenced
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11. A rail siding branches off the BERLIN-EBERSWALAE line 25X1
and runs northwest. On 30 Jun 58 three cistern
wore pared or this track. 25X1
12. On 1 and 2 Jul 58 aircraft were parked immediately south
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of the main buildings 8-9 MIG fi htars and some small 25X1
single radial engined mono-planes were ;irked in the SW corner of the
airfield No flying; activity took place 25X1
13. The wooded area south of the airfield and SW of the SJ MITIHSEE
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is closed to civilians or unauthorised persons.