BAUTZEN-LITTEN AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002800080001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2013
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: October 16, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE PREPARED 3-6 October .1951
10 Between. 16 August and Scember 1953, no ?. _,:craft or air activity was ob-
served at Bautsen=-Litten airfield. Two cement mixers were used in the
southwestern section of the field where a taxiway was being built0 No 14o:&
i as being done or. the runway ihieh was co rered with runway rats, On some
spots, grass was growing on he runway. 1:3ork on the ta.xiway was being done
)nay. by Soviets, as had formerly been observed on the runway, Sand for.the
taxiway was hauled on tipping tricks from Schafbbera near Niederkaii a. h F
a concrete apron was located about 150 meters nor t:h of the
road, that poles, 70 to 80 cm apart, with foam extinguishers were aloe the
ed of the area, and. that work was 1eing accelerated there,.
77]a fuel du was under constructi.on0 .Ambulance and truck
was. bei -;,.. done by the 13auunion Sued. During the day.and at night, work was
conducted and a dredge; 'and four tipping trucks were used on a construction
site just' be?find the wall north of Neupurschwit z, Throughout the day on
22 August, sand was being ;trucked to the section of the field north of Net
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purschwitz At this site, four large heaps of sand, each 20 meters long and
305 meters nigh,, were observed on 31 Augusto
pied by aircraft or used by aircraft from other fields. Construction work
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20 During the period from 17 August and 4 September,. the airfield was not occt >
30 The airfield was still. unoccupied on 12 Usptember. Work was under way, The
two temporary buildings at the two sides of the northern entrances were torn
down, the entrance gates were removed, and the gap in the fence was closed0
A sentry wearing blue collar patches and arr..ed with a rifle was posted at
the southwestern entrance and a worker was charged with opening and closing
the.. entrance gate in the southeastern section of the fieldo
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~C r t, the report indicates that construction work at Eautzers-
Litten airfield apparently continues to a lignited extent. No information
has been received whether repair vork was conducted on the auxiliary
runway covered with '?unway rats which Q as reported pre vio-asly f, is not
serviceable for jet aircraft. it is possible that, the runway will r?e-
main in the present status as the VPL pilots are not trained trained in jet air-
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