VPL IN BAUTZAN

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015200240006-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 7, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 1, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NC.
INFORMATIOM REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY st Geaa
SUBJECT VPL n I tutzar
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1. In September 1952, a board fence or a wall, about 2 meters Jf,h4 tr'der
construction around the Husaren "; a erne in T3autzen:. Repair 11rorkc ..+ ;.e iar
done on some o.' the destroyed -,ulldings in the. souther n. sec ;i -c n
barracks area. The Husaren Kaserne was occupied to capacity.. ill t L: rhtt
windows were lighted at night, It, appeared that the occupet-en s t ti had
increased? when compared with the prvicedirg weeks, An et i.x a ,ed l,#:}
r0. 31 .1 men
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Russians wee .e quartered in the t wo buildings inl the northerr sec r 4 a_' the
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barracks insta.11a.tior,. Un 19 Sep-reribfer, the highest eking So;ri.t '?;.car
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to 4 ictober.: It was not po siblf> to observe training and mill :,ai t. t,it:V
an t.ie bar=~acks area because of ' hE' fence around the installat .or. t ec;arxse
the roads around the ins to:.l a tion x ere off limits. From the comma: i he=a, d
from the barracks yard, infantry training was given there. (1')
2. Iwo or three VP trucks occupied 117 :Soviet soldiers and VP
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local l:;bc1r office has to hire l8kia ers for constru t_.ri -'
On 12 S AT tcm r,, aircraft were obz,arvred for the fir3t Ui.r ca-i. tht 1 glance xsu:..ally landed there in thc; morning ~,rd left in the evenirl
unfavor'-tle ffi a?thet the aircraft iF:~ covered with tarpaulins and . e.i near
the fljcht control s .tion, A max'd.ntum of 13 aircraft were obrFrvet.' T,lar?.ea
were trat.rers with in--line enginei .nnd rigid landint' gear, sirsil.ar t:tf
Kl ram tve. The student pilots ,caecr ng VP uniforms moved to the f.:: w=~rre
they put on Soviet flying malts. They were trained by Soviet i_Mt 3r;;. Local
fl gh is ;. ore made at an al ..ituda of 30(0 to e; Cif) meters On 24 Se, t ,.
teriparar> building, probably a flight control station, was being 4q(" at
the fie1c'. It was not observed that construction material arrived f'x-; fi.hid
or th it construction was started or the runway. (2)
op:terato:,~s, mecharr:;.cs, telephone and radar operators was to start at=tzen
on 1 to ;,,,tom of 30 01' "irers and M., 04 were selected : 'cr ; c; a rse
The in i (,x uc tore a a leg;e3;.y t. ere itus s:i ans . The equipment require # f2 F .: , . -, :;
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:arse was still crated on 29 "eptem`ber. The students of th '
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c, r~rtered in the Fusarcn Kaserne after lea September? Some o:? the st71dc:nt
o. "`.cers had attended a course in radio tec-a?niques while others hac. be en
s, ?:.:ive in a. signal 'init durinc the u ar. Most ? of the "aC0s and EM were
s-' wicte:' on the basis of their related civil'i-an traini.nr~ (gin y < small.
T.,. i_on had. no tec? nical training. Prior to the beginning of tic: ccurse,
ti e officers Pine fiioned as platoon loaders or deputy platnon Lrarers Th{
d, .1.y tour of duty included basic training- (close order drill), thrnoretica t
t:. r-+; nine, and fundamentals of el.eetro+echn:i_es. The officers? course was to
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.ived at ni-ht and were larked in the carap'es. They tr'ere locked and
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1! , Or 25 and 26 September, about 3( stu ?ert pilots who had attended a course
ir, Cottbus arrived in Baautzen for flight tral ring. (t) The pilots woe
sP_H?ictly prohibited to answer any questions regarding their activity;
bi ipline was rather poor, particularly among those who had neither knoi?'le t re
interest in the field of signal. corrirtunicat, ns. ::t the last weekend for
e: ,: zple, eight students retzrned after taps and were punished with three
de.v e confinement. Stricter discipline was to be enforced as soon as ?,he
ai..- police would become a peoples army,
6. Of the VP air units stationed in Bautzen only the r,iards were armed, apr:a:.^o~~t,lt
with carbines; the commander o ' the - 7ard carried a pistol,
7,, In x eptemler, tech -ical courses were organized by the VP air division in
C bus, Kanenz and Eautze*n. Instruction was ;riven in the field of aircraft
er. :.nes and elements of aerona itics. (3) In about mid-September, ai. r force
re niits left Pirna for the U..'.S,R., a11egc,dl~r for two ,Fare. (5)
plane4, probably Yai- i:ls .
a -aclio truck w thh a mast and truck were observed at the ai-r-flcl
F:i r`._nr was practiced with about 10 planes, 25X1
I P, large temrorary bui'ding was under construction at the field (6'
On 20 September, the V1;B Ifldustri.e.; n twur f (Indu tr ias
Cc is Vructions Designs Office) in Bautzen refused to take any further contras ti
fo the time being because the potential of the enterprise rav required to
cc in:trzct barracks buildings in the I_autzen area until 195h.
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(1) i` usaren Kaserne in Bautzen is occupied by thk: 1st Rent of the VP fair D v
Fo ~ layout sketch of barracks installation, see Annex. The Soviet Air Force
un:. is probably composed o" instructors for the VP regiment? The reported
s':'e?ngth of about 250 men appears over estimated when compared with ;he
` a iet unit assi-'ned to the VP regiment in Kam)nz.
(2) As no hangars arc: available at litten.reupurschwi_tz airfield it is possi.blsr
tl. the trainers are being flown every i orning to Bautzen from Cottbus
a., 'leld when . enough hangars are available,
(3) Th I. information that an air force signal course is being conducted it
-< teen, though received for the first it:ne, -i?: believed to be correct,
( ) It is believed that within the VP air division, ri.lot trai nine is c or,ductet .
by _ 1 three re?-,iments, while basic thecr etic al. instr e-- on for ri.lots is
i?'e:n in Cottbus. fir technical personnel are being trained in icameriz and
a:f : : force signal personnel in Farrtzen.
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- :~orrectness of this infornation cannot 'the rated., ,.ccordi_ f.r to
v iah;le information, former Herman Air Force n.1 ots have - en 1:r ,. of-c1
in -Nurses outside the Soviet Zone of Gerrnanv s-n,e 191!9?
It i j believed tha' the three regiments of the VP it Div 'ego 6CC ar,,
e c - :,;ned with about 12 Yak-11s each so that tt.r ,-ninry can be cnnd r.te8.
?n() -. intensively than previ o~zslyo
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Husuren Ka _;cane in Bautzen
1 Ft ::~-stcry h:.irracks bui1?.tings
2 R ; .{n, hall
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4 Pi. ).)ably repair .-~hap7
5 D all (Gym)
6 , c c iien sheds
7 Bi :,!k buii dinr;, rr?ob::t%.ly fuel dump %
8 lr._` f;
9 !ic.;I b:i.r, ricra
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