1. SVAZARM AIRFIELD IN LIBEREC 2. MILITARY BARRACKS IN LIBEREC

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• Publication Date: June 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SUBJECT 1. SVAZARK Airfield in Liberec
2. Military Barracks in Liberec
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United State. within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Seca. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
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THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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SVAZARM Airfield, Libereo
11 The Liberec Airfield is. situated midway along the Ostasov-Ruzodol road,
which forms its northern boundary. On the other sides are fields. The
airfield area is marked by red an white.stakes bent over at the tope
The airfield is about one kilometer long and 500 meters wide. On its
northeast side is an enclosed space with barracks and hangars.
2. When the Air Force left the airfield in spring 19539 the SVAZARU (Union
for Cooperation with the Army) took it over and in the following
summer glider and parachute training began.
39 SVAZARM training takes place at this field on Saturdays and Sundays
and irregularly on some afternoons during the'week,. About the same
amount of gliding as parachute training is being carried out. About
30 persons, of whom one-third are women, attend the training. Parachute
jumps are performed from small, low-winged planes flying at an altitude
of 500 meters, from which parachutists jump in pairs. Two aircraft
are used for 15- and 20-minute flights. Fifteen gliders are used for
gliding; these are towed by small aircraft, from which jumps are also
made. The gliders, about four at a time, usually remain in the air
about 20 minutes.
Military Barracks in Libered
4. One barracks is located on the northwest side of the Mamesti Sovetske
Armady (So4et Army Square), in the southeast part of the town. The
area of the barracks is about 130 meters long and 80 meters wide and is
protected partly by wooden fence and partly by wire netting two meters
high. The estimated number of soldiers is 1,500.
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5. .Another military barracks is located on the eastern side of the Horska
ul, which continues from there on as Ruprechtice Road. This is also in
the southeast part of the town. The shape of the barracks area is rhom-
boida1' the southeast side is 100 meters long, the northwest side 70 meters,,
and both the remaining sides are about 150 meters long. The estimated
number of soldiers billeted in these barracks is 800?
6. Training is carried out daily on the training ground lying between
Ruprechtice and Radcice. Night exercises take place in the forest in the
Katerinky---Rudolfov area. At training it was observed that the men
were armed with rifles, submachine guns, and machine guns. The uniforms
had green facings and epaulettes, bordered with black piping. Only six
Skoda trucks and three Skoda jeeps were seen in the first barracks and
four Skoda trucks in the second barracks.
Legend fox the sketch of Liberec Airfield
1. Hangar, ?brick, with wooden arched roof covered with tar papers about
60 x 4,,5 meters. There are sliding doors on t he southwest side of the
hangar. The hangar shelters two single-engine monoplanes, it also
shelters a few gliders.
2. Control tower, wooden,, about six meters highs with a mast holding a vied
sleeve on its top.
3. Hangar, brick, 60 meters wide and 90 meters long, wooden arched roof
covered with'tar-paper; divided in three parts, with sliding doors. The
hangar probably shelters only gliders.
4, ?.bout ,4 wooden huts,, one-story, each approximately 30 x 15 meters, housing
soldiers. The soldiers probably belong to a chemical units they have black
shoulder boards with a yellow circle a.t .25 mm. in diameter and an arrow..
across it. There are flamethrowers in the unites equipment and the unit
has a special antitank detachment.
5,, Road connecting the airfield with the main road.
6. AJI.rfi.eld, grassy, slight slope from west to east, landings northwest-southeast.
7, fence, wire netting, around the buildings,
8. Guard room,, wooden, 4 x 5 m.
Legend for the sketch of two military barracks in Liberec
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Barracks No. 1 (on Namesti Sovetske Ar &dy):
in building; 4-story, masonry, 60 a 25 meters) contains billets and FIQ.
Billets. three-story, masonry, 30 x 20 meters,
Billets, brick built; 50 x 20 meters.
Garage, an annex on the southeast side of the billets, 3 above.
Garage, one-'story, masonry,five doors, 40 x 20 meters.
Gate, always closed.
Entrance with a sentry.
1. Main, bu -Wings shaped, r c q rse-story, 80 x 50 x 25 meters,, men' s
billets and HQ in the western corner of the building.
2. Building, one-story, bricks 40 x 20 meters, part of it contains garages
and the other part stables for two pairs of horses.
3,. Billets, three-story, masonry, 40 x 20 meters, contains a military
music school for about 100 youths of 15-16.
4. Swimming pool, a basin 15 x 15 meters, open.
5. Entrance with a sentry
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