BUZAU AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005800600001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 29, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION PLACE OBTAINED Germ n
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DATE OBTAINED DATE PREPARED 29 f u ust 1950
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ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE)
1. bout 45 Yaks and two U-2s vere stationed at Buzau (SY 21)
airfield on 14 February 1950. About 20 of the fighters
were in a hangar near the railroad line,
2. The construction of the fuel tanks which was observed as
early as November 1949, was complelod, **
3. About 40 soldiers wearing li ht blue epaulets were seam
at the airfields barracks.
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Co ?nen , This is the 'rat re ort on the Buzau air-
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field since 19 .uuust 194'0,. The field is
apparently still used by thiY Soviets and seems to be occu-
pied by a fighter regiment. after the transfer of the Soviet
bomber unit to the Calar:risi or 2',ilistea airfield in the
summer of 1943,, the field was soon reoccupied by Soviet.
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omm- nto The construction of now underground fuel
tank installations is reported for the first time. According
to a previous report, a fuel dump was on the railroad line
on the northwestern edge of the field
Since the field is apparently perraarr:,L Lj uy the
Soviets the construction of additional fuel tank instal.-
lations is probably true,
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Archivist of the United States.
Approved For Release 1999/09/09 : CIA- d1yi ~06450006g00
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This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
CONFIDENTIAL letter of 16 October 1978 from the