1. THE PARDUBICE AIRCRAFT WORKS 2. NEW MILITARY AIRFIELD AT PARDUBICE

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003500330003-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: November 8, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The Parlubice Aircraft 'forks
2. New ..ilitrry Airfield at Pardubice
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REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
The -Pardubice aircraft ?,orbs produce* 14ossorschsidt 109 firfhter planes a'u
the rate of 120 par month, The plant or:ploys 3,200 workers in three ehift:a,
215 office workers, 4 r overs, and 15 engineers, several of whorl are Rua--
s1.ans, The ~ nagers are said to be working under assumed vanes.
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a, base to be kno!,m as the Polestanyr Airfield and destined for exclusive
military- use is at an advanced stare of construction at Pardubice. The
field has three runways which intersect each other at angles of 60 de-
grees. Each runtray is 2,',00 meters Two of the three runways are
ready for use.,
b. The construction *.rork is bein' done by soldiers and by slave laborers.
The latjer are e*uarded by Soviet troops and by* r enbers of the '-wrkers'
`?: .itl :, and not k' " NB .personnel.
Coz_e-en .: It is not certain whether the Pardubice plant actually maieu-
ac urns PIE-109', or merely assembles or remodels existinrp Luftwaffe platt:ss,
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