ERFURT/BINDERSLEBEN AIRFIELD

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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP82-00457R012200360010-0
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RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
1
Document Creation Date: 
December 19, 2016
Document Release Date: 
March 15, 2006
Sequence Number: 
10
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
May 6, 1952
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Ap M% F'9 RQle -6*iln 7 r" (Sly 1 f?t't,..f.-TR?11ft-) n.. ._ CI~,..r~-a~M.l.rfi:4 /?3' nrl~.a..~"hn ,-F;1ei ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) 25X1 25X1 KTE REFERENCES ,- ,...--. PAGES REMARKS._..... 25X1 25X1 the soldiers who arrived at the field by rail belong to an air force construction battalion located at the hindenburg I:asem ?ne in Leipztgo. continuation of construction work there, b/i ich reportedly arrived on 10 April 1252 indicate.- a_?k imr..inent had been enlarged and leveled in 19'1? The soldiers and bui.ldtn e } i Nsrc r:c -1?i1TfCC)I ROL/U OFFTC11,L`' O LY CLASSIFICATION r:CLTT:1''Y' Ti; C-"&':'TOiI__._._ 25X1 1, Beginning in January 1952,, the construction eguipr: nt kept at the rrrI'urt- I3indersleben airfield during the winter vial :~er.~oved s In February, about 50 Qeri:ans were employed at the field,. mainly on demolition and cl arth work. In early April, 72 fanilies were given short notice to evacuate the former officer's houses which they occupied;, fly 10 April, about 100 Soviet Air Force ,oldiers, 't trucks, .2 prime movers and steel rollers had arrived. On 11, 143 16 and 20 April, Soviet soldiers were observed unloading two railroad e 'h` , ed it-4- black cor'ru fated sheet metal sections, 200 x 50 cr. four railroad c arloa.ds 25X1 of corr ur:ated sheet metal were unloaded on one of the days nenz 5.cried., The material was Oiled ur at the nor tl.ern and southern edges of the fl Id 2, On 19 January, leveling work at the field was completed. About 50 workers wemre employed at the installation. .Loss :wooden buildings and wooden sheds in addition to 160 durr.p trucks ar field rail- road equi_pr.,ent vre, observed at the field. The buildings vier- lighted at night. Or, 7 arch, the construction egni;X.c;e:nt was no longer seen,, The damaged buildings in the southern portion of the field were being demolished A large pile n f .w coden boxes 200 x lid x 30 c:n were piled up in the middle of the field. A Soviet labor detail of about 20 . mn ras cuarterec in the vicinity of the installation.. 3.1 the Russians vrere- ?'rnr'a ed in repairing lines aria coo t e at was learned that arimuni. tion was stored in the wocden Shea.; of the Bau.rion :~irr. from .1 i.ch had ?eeer, erected at the fieldo ,;- O:~Y9 lent o The r po t ;:3'! ows that the construction e*,q~tipr":ten va s remove ,ror; he irfturt-Dindersieben airfield in earl1.:L9 2,, Thro field ~'z r~T~~ ~~ T I _.._ .~ . ORE NO. Approved For Release 2006/08/08 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO12200360010-0