WITTSTOCK AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007100440006-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 30, 2005
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 15, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
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COUNTRY _' REPORT NO.
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DATE OF CONTENT
~,n,-Er Mr7DAP ') 15 Februarp 1951.
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REFERENCES
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1..,. There -as no flying .it the "ittstock (TT 54/7' 11) airfield on 0 25X1
The field --'as } of occupied b ;, an
air unit. (1) The ranking offic. r at the field Seas ~a general
-rhose office as in the headouarters building. -rhere the air force
unit -'as previously quartered
2 Vhe cos itni at the field -as occupied by ab-,at O nritients., most
of ,,hom ~rere suffering from bad colds. The ci~ief ohysician of
the hosnital '"as ?'ajor Obertas, (f nu) , -1io 'ins associated -1ith
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D)i,rinr-. the r.+eriod of observation, patients at the 25X1C
hospital 'were from .
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of the drivers' school at the field. (2)
3., The radar set -"ith two trucks '"as at the location previously rer,orted.
it -as in oneration. (3) the two trucks there interconnected by a
telephone cable. Two single-:strand telephone wires on poles led
from one of the trucks to the forrrr.r cor'iander's building in "h .ct)
the central telephone exchange of the _irfield. -as horsed.
25X1 4 a mother radar sc,t ?'rs
Set u,p a the entrance to the field, Just south of the ",V 'D bi'5 ld-
i.n ,. The set had its la"er section set Into the --round and '.tas
camouflaged t?'ith small trees. The set "as not seen. in onerution,
nor -as an engine noise heard. Ten meters from the Set -as a tem-
porary wooden buildin', dug into the ground. Five soldiers ..,ear3 ng
black-bordered, blue epaulets -.,ere seen in it. Tt?'o single-strand
telephone cables, supported by masts, led from this set to the central
telephone exohantge. (4)
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belonged to soldiers f::'om ^ -chtin-
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housed in the -?ed i'ill, and 25X1C
belonged to ryembers
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driving: school trucks were seen at the field*.
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the runiay
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The 3oviet soldiers at the field those morale had improved con-
siderably as a result of latest events in Korea were often heard
saying: "The Americans shall learn to saris," They did not de-
signate their stay in Germany as "occupations or .safe-guarding.
of an allied country", but as a "front".
Comments G
One fighter corps head-uarters ,?'ith aasir7ned hendrruarters units
are believed to be stationed in '"ittstock. 3evo-ral c curler planes
of this heady carters are possibly scat 7.oned. at the " leld.
:"asst of the were previously retorted b-r the same source. 25X1
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not no''?n; I _j present assignment u nkno'' !
it was reported to be assigned to a unit in Joeher tz. .t that
25X1C time the airfield -as oc ucied by fighter units. The nssi nment
of are not kno-n?
(3) The Location of the, radar set, -"hich belenps to the headruarters
() set of this type is rooorted for the first time.
a are known. 'or sketch of set, see -~anex,
(5) The irforration is received for the first time.
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legend:
1 - Headquarters building
2 - Gary es
3 - Guardhouse
4 - MVD quarters
5 - Location of set (radar)
6 - Barracks building
7 - Telephone line
Radar Set Seen at 'ittstook Airfield
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