COTTBUS AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008000180010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: June 5, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF CONTENT
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:JDATE PREPARED t;'-'-;#e 1951
PAGES- ENCLOSURES 4+.J & TYPEY l ne o n.itta
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1. On 3 ".ay l 1, bet.,,een noon ar~ci 5:30 p.rz, , M. t-in-enrir.e lo'??-
ing, rionop' afes ,.,ore ' rl-ed r frost o tl
f ? e-n.-a.rs et Ooti:.bus
airfield. ._o Jet rairernft mere soon. '21"ere "ss no flying
althounh :Ac ??'occthor ?'ac rood. :2h?.n ^. 'ea of the ., ,es
blocked ,1.d i uor tied b s^ tie-!,s ,..4L..o more b!_i3c ii bc~.rciro3 blue. or
rod--fiord.,'Qd b_ e.c'c c,nauiets9
The Cot?LL'is-]?urp .'oa:. "^s bloc'ie,+ to civilian traffic. ca
north ff !.hc Mond, ,hic)- ,,, as "or?ier1v cotrr: ,~r ..,i_t)hh .,,Dods '~,d
f3el.d, ''4tc levelled. "'ork as not coT'nieted ;L~e e nnc; it Could.
not be dcterni:' ed 1f the terrain -as to be ineorrorato _i into the
1''' ~. rt~...''T1c3.7'.r'O*.,~~,.Q~~n
,4i.i'ald. t.t e spur trcc,:.. ran, a,lorrr .r.
..he eastern
ed rj of U e fi.oidry The terrain on. both;. sides of the s?`r..r trecl.
been ~,ocently- {.railed for a ?.,ica.t)h of ,.tto,it 150 to 180 meters..
.tall r- ?rdens lioro also ;graded farther to the east.
It i Y,c 1.ieveJ t1-:, -t the fi.cl'd -ill be
occt r}ieci. tune. :,7 jet aircra.ft u^on connnrletion of the runt^Taya
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Ira*- 13z~^ c . r:.a.s net been cter -lined ?~l.etl~er the
area -ill be i rel oiled in the Airfield. _,"or location of rrrad.ed
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CLASSIFICATION -
Approved For Release 2003/08/12 : CIA-RDP82-00457R008000180010-7
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