BRANDENBURG -ARADO AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004600630004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: March 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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i'.;. The ::. ov i et ,fir Force unit had t~?.mos t completely evacu -.ited
the Brrundenbur,g-.lrado (.i 53/Z 23) airfield on 22 February 1950...
_? 1'i{;hter vai th in-line on{dine was standing on the compensa-
ti-on stand? The hangars ",re closed,. #'o planes handed at the
+'ield between 9 and 11 ?a~m. The field corkers said that two
or three bi;jlunes v..ere parked in a hangar and tanks and burs
v,ere stored in the other hangars. The former lionier Kaserne 1,
f,reviousiy occuyied by the 6oviat %>ir Force, was recently occu-
pied by tank and artillery soldiers
2 The field. was guarded by soviet Array soldiers on 23 February
The hangars were closed0 Ruts made by tanks were seen
at the field and in its surroundings, Local residents said
tip at 6o to 70 artrsored vehicles were parked in the hangars,
-Individual biplanes allegedly landed at 1h,e field at irregular
:.ntervalso There Yvan a cement runway extending from the
:outheastern corner across the field toward the west?~northwesto
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x:.ol,ort is a aupjilemi nt to items 2 And 3 of a previous reYort4
lie wa'ie scurces, `r:'.he information that the
su,oliau by to
hangars and the former IFignier Kaserne are occupied by army
units again confirms that the field is
no longer ocou,i ied by an air unit,
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENT IAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from thc,
Director of Central intelligence to the
Archivi
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the United States.
Next Rov;ew Date: 2008
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