BARANOVICHI AIRFIELDS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006800570011-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 9, 2002
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: February 21, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL iNTELLtGEN.eE: AGENQY 25X1 REPORT NO.
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An airfield was located on the southeastern pE:rincter of L aranovichi
(53?oC; v/2600211. r ), :.hite liussian 35R, just south of a double-track
rail.rcjac line, here were no buildings on the landii . field, which was
a lori-e oeacdow0 Up to 6 biplanes, which made Individual flights, were
t.,.1W:-c nt1--, D..r=;nd at t;,c field. (l)
2? Zl;rinc activity indicated that another airfield was about 5 km farther
no:^th, possibly north of the double-track. railroad line, There were about
60 to 70 three--story logg-houses On the woods between the field and the
toile, north of the railroad line They were occupied by an air force unit
of ai:cut 1,000 men, including about 3co officers. The unit was allegedly
as>>irr.c c? to the airfield about 2 km any. Inc:ividual twin-engine aircraft
were seen in the tiro (2)
3. ~, .'uel cdiunp ;wri_ d: a singic-track railroad siding leadin to the double-
track a i.n line was in the same woods northwest of the loghouses o The dump
r.a:; about 300x1,000 meters and was surrounded by a barbed v;ire fence. Eight
fi=.lr.r pipos 7.eidinl- to the underground tank installations were on each side
of the ral.Iro.~ : track? Tyre were some tor.:pora ry build_n _s in the eastern
sectio of the du=,. Soviet civilians said that these buildinL.s were for. r
Our? on install tions, Gasoline and lubricating oil were drawn from railroad
tame cars, "bout six or seven tank cars arrived at the dump daily and were
is edistel;r emptied. They regularly left the field at noon. The fuel was
hauled away by Studebaker tank trucks daily, Forty tank trucks were seen
one dat. Lost of the drivers were air force soldiers wearing; blue epaulets.
The largest ;o -tion of the fuel was probably transported to the two airfields. (2)
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