CHANGES WITHIN THE BAUUNION BRANDENBURG

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003601200004-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 8, 2002
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 5, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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Changes within the Bauun ioa Brandenburg
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The re-organization of all Bauunions in East Germany which was ,ohe4ul d - cor
early January 1954 w'=s postponed until 15 March 1954 for unknown reasons...
Wi.t in the Bauunion Brandenbburg, however, a re-orgy iizotaon occurred in the
coarse of which. the previous production departments were dissolved and replace
by nain construction headquarters I to VI, each of which consisted of the mains.
construction supervisor, his deputy, and a team charged with the preparation of
construction work. With regard to financial matters, the main construction
headquarters were subordinate to a business .manager of the Bauunion headquarters.
Herr Kiaeckncr (fnu), still was assigned as temporary technical director of the
5auu.tion Brandenburg.
2~? At the beginning of January 1954, a bulletin was distributed at the construction
sites of the Brandenburg 3auunion indicating the fact th t the previous product3_011
departments were dissolved and replaced by six main construction headquarters,
3s In early January, source learned at a construction site of the 'r> ndenburg B: uunion
that this Bauunion was to be specialized in the construction of airfields, bridges
and under,-To.:nd structures requiring lar e-scale excavation work, Allegedly, the
Bauunion Brandenburg w_~! s to be charged with the construction of two new airf i ll ts
i_n 1954; the I.,agdeburg area was mentioned. Source believed ?th . t the airfields s
concerned were to be provided with runways 2.5 km long. The construction staff
at Schorfhei ,e uirfi_eld had already received order to make available machines ibr
work at the now airfields. 1
At the beginning of January, the director of the 1,3auunion 3ranuenourg was n;-)t yet
appointed. The former director Herr Tille. (.fnu) had meanwhile become the first
chairman ofthe central executive board of the lumber workers of the f*DGB (Free
Ger::zan Trade Union). Technical director of the Bauunion was Wilhelm Kloeckner,,
DIP. Ing.
In early Jant: try, the staff of the Bauunion 3randenourg learned that I?:anani (fnu),
previously assigned as construction supervisor to Hohenneuendorf and who was the
best specialist of the Brandenburg Bauunion, was appointed chief const.ructlon
supervisor at Schor."heide airfield effective 25 January 1954. Koetz (frt:), the
rI..ASSIFICATION S?CRET/CONTR- .:L - U.S. OFFICIALS ON7.Y
DATE PREP REI 5 Febru: 1954
eni of December 1953 and beginning of January 1954
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previous chief construction superintendent in. criorfheiaey w::.3 ss1:'necl
-:n unknown nicdon.2
6. In January, the j.?roduction depar'tnents of ,.he Lauunion r naera'our;,includ n; thooe
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1. 1 ep. rt iexits for sub-surface constuci:ion, a,.ove roue constructi;:,~ ,.zl inuuatri 1
construction projects, were dissolved -In! repi&c- d by six :.lain construction
headquarters. The ro-oz?? rarization w-,.. carri?::e out en a ragional oaais.
25X1 7. in December,1953, sourca learned of lx)
,ioviet construction hoadcuarters In .-.er er , in 19.4, the bauunion :ranaenuurg
was to oe charged with tv,o iirfieid construe ion projoct--, including, .. ce in the
iv.eiria.r area :.nd the other on in the La ;doburg arcu. The two airfg-.ld ? allegedly
were to be provided :.ith eaneretc r;.maays 1`io;z thick. A sum c.`. 7 million ca:; :ar r
w. s ?.;11-:: ;sly alloc:its-A for the ;roject in the 't e imur area as a . um of 3 or 4
mil-lion e:!stm.arks for the project in the Fagdehurg a ea. Source believed th:;t, .
these sums represent only the costs for the in-~.tallation of the cons?-ruation sites,.
3. The ;sai anion 3randenbur; wiA allegedly also charged vith the cons ,ruc ::ion of -a
electrified railroad line for +,ransi--ort,:.tion of coal between Deuben and Frof-:r,, in
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25X1 A 1 I o 1r. nt. This is the first inform i t S on on the int:;ndod con:: ,ruction of new
ai rfield:~ : n the a dsburtg and cimar areas. If these plans are actually carried
out, two new airfields, besid::s srfurt/ Ar2dcrsleben airfield, will he ests o~ i.sher
in the area west of the :lbe/Sa.ale line.
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2. Co.' wisnt. The change of the construction supervisor at 3chorf'heide v;~ s
previously reported4
2 ant. An intended construction pz c j