SOVIET AIR FORCE IN WERDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003600560004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 5, 2005
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 27, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION- SErWIT
I COUNTRY East Gen
TOPIC tiov7,eL A3.r rorce in an rreraer
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27 January 1954
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1. in November 1953,, some billets at Werder
airfield were repaired and.subsequently occupied by VPL personnel including 1 major,
1 captain, and 4 lieutenants.l
2. At the end of November., the first dependents of Soviet officers arrivsd in Werder
and a school for Soviet children was established at Werder airfield. About 70 Sovl oofi
women and children arrived by- 5 December. On 23 November, the checking of pause's
was itensified in the restricted area and the number of patrols was increasedL,
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3,,j the building at Warder airfield II housed
a laboratory on the mound floor and the ordnance shop on the second. floor. The
length of the building was about 35 meters. On the second floor was a room with a
set about 3 x 3 x 3 meters, with many copier tubes, which bore resemblance to an
alcohol distilling ap aratuaa Above the set was a dome-like air exhaust. About 5
young officers worked on long tables in the laboratory and the ordnance shop; they
apparently performed chemical analyses:, Devices observed on the tables included
Bunsen-burners, various types of glass receivers and numerous test tubes filled
with liquids of various colors? Captain Grigorian (fnu), 30 to i0 years olds was
responsible for the ordnance shop and the laboratory. He wore golden epaulets with
red stripes. The Soviet officers who worked in the installation were from 20 to
30 ye-rs old, ranked from sub-lieutenant to senior lieutenant, and wire silver epau--
lets with blue stripes and two crossed propellers and, on the left breast, an erabroi-
dered eagle with a red middle section,3
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In December, a Soviet Air Force transport unit of about 180 men and with an air
orce lieutenant colonel as chief was determined in the area of the former air forc?
radio station in Glindow.'Captain Darabanov (fnu) who was the supply officer of the
unit, repeatedly telephoned direct to Werder.4
5. Motor vehicles of Unit Piamak: were narked- ine repair hah?ax at 5/erder airfield?
Dependents of the officers of the headquarters in Werder more allowed to come to
However, the officers stated that they were not permitted to Confiscate
lets of the German population ; 2 -,'Generals of the he adruarters ,'rere billeted at
'xos 10 to 12 Zernsee., in the restricted-areao =
6, 3etween 20 November acid 19 December 1953,1 rucks ue,e used by Soviet
i Force commissaries for purchases at the Central Commissar Base,) in Warder-
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20 o Movember
Cot ; : a1'y Y? . ptkiru `) has a ;a ..been charged "_ th the supply
CAI 12 w id -1.3 soeanber , the gaff` cer:i of all cor .ssarles held
on-Ce: 3nee an ,r adr:Lth hoehe in Werder-,
On 18 ace ba ? j 3 11ticz:2 officers of the &nsa 4 Wardesr checked c.11 of the book; r?
m et ! e :. and i to rG.phs and gave ordars that these with. the name or c3cttnre a:25X1
`; xl 1i::ra to be destroyedc
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Cosnrnents, The officers mentioned are believed to be liaison officers of
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the VPL (T' r oclub) who represent their commanders at the headquarters of the
T, enty Fourth Air Army.
c-n~sar~t~ Captain Barabanov was previously reported as supply officer of
oaznta Captain Grigorian is reported for the f irs', time,
C:oyment. Soviet officers ' deb enients have a1-Ra arrived at other airfields,,
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disport of the Soviet Air ?Force,.,
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Colonel 'ismak as chief.,
25X1 6, Comment. The commt.ssaries supply the following units and military posts:
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ki_ ryukov (1) In Finald
Volevack (2) Ftr Div in Zerbst,
Gi.tun (3) GA Div in Alt 1 eunewitza
I`szlov (4) Ftr Div in Merseburg,
Bilyazki (5) Ftr Div in Laorz,
Toporkov (3) Ftr Corps Hq in Wittstock
i4ashkin (9) Doeberitz, Elstal and, Stendal0
Krushilnitzki (11) GA Div in Brandenburg; I
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Tupita in (112) Ftr Div in Puetnitz,
Corsher kov (13) Ftr Div in Grossenhain
Komar (14) Ftr Corps I. in Wittenberg 25X1
ov (17) GA Corps Hq in Finsterwalde J
Fagaziane V (7) Wusterhau en.
ja gazine VI (7a) Bad Saarow,
14a azine XII t7b) :Ra ,.gsdorf
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