ALTENBURG AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006100470011-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 24, 2000
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: September 29, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Soviet
TO^IC lbltenburr,
CLASSIFICATION
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nATF PRE'PARFD_ 29 :'3ntember 190
1. fetlieen 21 ?-ug st and 2 September 1350, the :,lt3n1hurg (3; 511K 27)
airfield was occupied by 32 twjn..en~;ino transports with red,. blue
and ;,yellow squadron niar'_;ingo. (1) x rom 503 to 630 officers 4:zd i
:sere stationed at the field. A colonel, allegedly a Jew, was
commander of the unit,. Three to fiv. trans' )orts made local flights
every day between 21 and 25 ".ucust 1950. The craws were relieved
after each fli, `it. The trans Tort plane with cargo glider, )revi:)usly
seen on the landing field, was no loigar there. (2)
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3. The road via ;uerisa (I3 51/K 27) to the buildings at the field was
blocked. The iobitz-Klausa road eras temporarily used to reach the field.
A ne:r road from Alteni,urg via L:ueasa-.rilchwitz/Krasclmwitz was under
construction. (4)
4. The runway was 30x1,730 to 1,830 metors. hll of it was not yet service-
able. (5) Grading w?_s being. done in the northeastern ext:,-nsion of the
runway and in Vie southwestern section of the field, east of the old
ru,4rray. A new runway or a now circular taxitray :%rac under construction
in the latter section. Trues were being cut on the edge of the ~-rood_s in
the extension of the r?.,n;7ay to northeast.
(1)
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'lie aaircra strcn ;th at the airfield has not changed compared with
observations of 13 august 1950. The field is still occupied by one
air transport regiment ecui)ped with about 35 Iii-2s. The re,-;imant was
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with army units at the Kindel troop training grounds. Th red blu
and yellow squadron markings were previously reported.
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CONFIDletter of 16 hh~s (s With t"
Director of Central 1973 from t; l
Archivist of t Inteiligenco to tho
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(2) The cargo glider was previously reported.
Its oresont location is not known.
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an air transport regiment.
(I4) The road was blocked because the concrete m away at the field was
being extended to the north beyond the road. The construction of
a new road is re;jorted for the first time and is plausible for the
reason mentioned.
(5) The length of the runway agrees with previous information.
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