DEBRECEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100110102-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 8, 1999
• Sequence Number: 102
• Publication Date: February 25, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING N NATIONAL DEFENSE
OR THI UNITED STATES. WITHIN TM/ MEANING OF TITLE 16. SECTIONS 711
AND 714. OP TMI U.S. CODE, Al AMENDED, ITS TRANSMISSION 011 REVS.
CATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO ON RECEIPT IY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
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Hungary
Debrecen Airfield
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THIS Is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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The Debrecen airfield) is south of the city about 3 km from its center,, between the
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1`; hy rood .front thc^ r crzad 4nd c pur line from thc
r,,,,bxr c;cer.-Dlerec sko rraA.lr^v d. The field irs tabout ?,000 by 4,500 m., lkhr.c i is id
arta,'I the ta.r'e,n, arourx it a,r quite flat, only the town itself forming ~1 ;,wy,r?14uat[
obstacle, although i;her14 ~r'e seversmall dairy farms with. treys around the
2. The ground is ^a aor.m, grown with grrssz and quite dry.. only in h~;,,tvy
("ioes It present dll`ti.cu:Jtieo, for pcr"g:< fJ .:'.r1E?d The cons :rata S.'17,Y5e ny r'um3
northeast Lnd southwest, , .OO m 1. or rnd '20 ra broad.
The: h,.a>I~, ;tars and special buildings are ,)n the northea t and northtre.st of the
fiL.tca, connected with trho runwP.y by .q concrete apron. R"hc field Is eoui,pped f,?:,r
night and blind flying. ",'here 1,,-i also a wen.ther and radio station.
i.'nla "t;W:rlr nt/ of the 11ead ' Y .v, completed in the fa.i.l of 1952.
5. Thcrc are strict day rand night guards =at th! rn .in entrance, the jtH.scpline dump
at the Comm nca boil-cling rnrad the hang a.r? Throughout the ni ;bt ? care?hx iCht play
+cr'o^ s the field. -i.nd it is ourroun;Iec by barbed wire.
6. Tho Soviet air unit: wee,:! withdrawn at the end of 195',~ . The ran trkr:.latt,Yr" of the
field ir, now Hvng,nri n m~i jo: Soviet p .area often .d !nd1 but aiwuyrs :t.ee+,vc
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after a.day or two. There have been observed 15 or 20 Hungarian MIO-15 jet
fighters and 10 or 12 small training planes. Air activity is very considerable
except on Saturdays and Sundays. The machines do not fly over the town. The
Hungarian forces stationed at the field number some 600 men.
7. The cars observed were 2 passenger cars, 4 jeeps, 4 Wiepons, 2 tank cars, 5 Csepel
3-ton trucks and 3 towing units.
Enclosure (A): Sketch Map of the Debrecen Airfield Area with Legend
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