PARCHIM AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800760010-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

5X1-HUM
uec~assitied in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-004578006800760010-0
'~,rv [ V f 1 V L.l y ~ ir~w.
~:c~~~rs~K~~ur~ ~/c4zs~oL - u?~d a~~cz~s ~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPO
CD NO.
NO.
(LIST
COUNTRY ~ ~Rtsssiaza Zoaie)
SUt3JECT Par~ai~ A3rftald
rata o~eo~xar coroxas~a ugt~sgsno~ arsaenworaae rsAnoawtinra~rse?
0l 7'N~ HfRll?HO BTAYif SatTNflt r96E alA491tlB OP r~z6 eBPZOUA68 ACY SO
n. s. e? at n~c, se. A9 A!lIE61D64- eras Z~z~[ataetcu'v or?.'r8u csvs~eriosr
mr ~ c~orawrs m xarr raeroaa'ea aie oxAe-saaaisa3 s~mn+?x es yea
N1lfriB ~'/ S.II1P~ ittP~p9mC176H ~ 47[t8 POCK 4i A~12' 18trlD,
...~.._.._~~_.~.__.~M~__~_..__,__~ISTRfBGTIOiV
...____._
._._- __ -
~
~
~Q~
___~ _ ~
C~fV FI pE~1T~~1.
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-004578006800760010-0
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORA~ATION
_ :.s __ _ __- _. _ _ ~ - _ _
'1'~~renty het fi htc:rs frith stirrept-back i~r3n~s, tiro sinY;lE-en~ine,la?~ri.~1~
r~onaplanes fitted ?~rith radial en;;ines, and tyro "uiplanes TrerQ observed at ? --
parch3.r~. ~_~ S~.I~ 7~) airfield at ~. p~,rao oar 13 i;ovoriber 1~50~ (1) 'his ~-~--
lotrdr Claud bash eras at (300 ~tetors acid t:iere t?,a .` ~ ? .~. '"here:.. .
Traw^- no .Flying, .5X1-Hlll\/I
On 1G i.ovQrtberQ tiTenty one het fi0~.ters frith s~?rept-back crir~s, four ~in1~-
en?ine, lotir ~rix~~ r~onaplanau :,?i?>ih radial engines and ono biplane frith radial
en~inQ ;~~:re courted at the fiolri bettiaocn 2 and ~:20 ~.~.nm I~3neteen of tl~e `--
,;jot t~lanes :zero painted silvcra and ttiro olive cxraU..
50X1-HUM
-~ .
z' ae sa.r_~ ~ -ant;~.ne cr~r ti ~ monaplanQS ti~rcro r aimed a li~;,ht bl~~so .'here 4rJas
na flying
~~~~~T~~ ~~~~`~`
tlbo:~t 20 saldicrs, tinrec trucks, and two na^sen?er cars sere neon at tt~e
1L'~ dun enn~ace~:.Pnts ~rere not observed
Field a
TFae la~~ps an ~~ot3a sines of t he ~runw~r mere ;aotuz~ed on bases u0 c~ highp :.ed
sy~atli.4hts aba~~t ~5 c?.?~ ~ diax,~ter t~rere ;;et up on the ground at the zrestex?n
enc of tl~e runtray, iced spcttlights on irv4n poles a'~out 3 meters hi;h end
~.~0 ~cters apart ~rere set up, east of the runti?,ra~* along the .poach 1~axioo 2~;
At bot,1 t12e b?,inx~in~ and tI~Q end of thia eastern rrnv of spotlights a se~3-
un~.er~rauMd bunker eras heir.,, built. Gable reels ,used for un~.erf;rourid 1i,Ixt
rains and telephone lines ~rere :tared in thESe i~unt~raw Iyarthor to the
Past, in line ~;rit'_-. they rvrnra-,r, there rras a f arrt irtiich had to be evacuat~;d
b~f 1 :;~ver~'xtr 1?~Oa It is uolievad that a la^.ding bc~econ similar to one
previously 'Lnstal~.ed there bf the ser:sans, is to bP set up, * 3 )' ^he ~ roand
Zzas being dug c}n t'~e rrPS~~ern end of tie runt~a3r, presu~~:ab3.y fnr the installa-
tion of searchli~htsa
~ot~teen t'~e rai.lraad 1-~,Ze at tlio voutliern ed_;e of the field anti the x~urra,gyt
there Zras a ser?~i undQrground heated shed a~:ci~pied ~ a soldier, an its raof
rsas a rod 2 ::~etcrs hi;;lt zritl.~ fo".~r rrir?s lead.in; to the four corners of tk:e
roofo .?r.+o~zr poles about ~ meters li7g'_~, arranged in a ^quarc and intcrconnocted
by antentlas, ~rerr~iotired bot~reQn the run:ray and the edge of the xroods on the
northern border os t?-,:: fielde ~ tiao;lden box, 1~ x l~l.~ meters, painted
dark ;reap, ~~ as it ?th e i1; ~ d14 of the Holes a (1a ~
CLASSIFICATION ~COI~R.Ors .~ iT: s~ 0~'?~GIRt s 0?~r.~
 Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-004578006800760010-0
1
~~ '~~-~~ ~'~~ 50X1-HUM
~~,) ^oz~pared ~~r?th ~zformation dated 2I. 0 to~,~es~ 190,here had bee?n ~.ts
c~ZanQ in the ovczapation, '?hca fie?d is still believes? 50X1-HUM
to be occupied try a fi0hter re~i~entd
(~) .The li~htin~; facilities obsex?vea in k'arciz7rn are tizp same as those observed
at a7xiost a].l airi'i.alds occupied b~; yi~h4er ,.xr~z-~s~,
~3~ To date xao la,~.d~.ra;; beacons have been obsei?veel ~.n F'archi~si? 8i_nce such
br_acoa.is a~,e available at a].riost all o~ ttiie i.'i ;titer a.:ixf fields in the Soviet
;.gone of .AerT:~ny, it is possib~.e that such ~~ea.:C+ns ,;~i].1. also be set up i.ri
Z'ax~chaa=~~
~~) iJ23_s radio -Ltsta.:Lla.tion, e~it?ier ark f~COCk D~' stati or.. or ~~, raG:io beams is
:~e,~c:~ ted fos tt~~ First ti~eo
Vl)e'e L~.L~TI J UA~?s ,~V.LJ~1~Jl! VSY~.~.
CONFIDENTIAL
Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/04/12 :CIA-RDP82-004578006800760010-0