VIETMANNSDORF AIRFIELD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005400100012-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2010
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: March 10, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMA;WQN REPORT
REPORT
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
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O ting Land A77 - jjct 146 1113. After, rious
ins the , construction plan, preparatory work for a widening of
ee fi4m*21,--*t6 bQLneterr was started. The exact
of thy:-elteneioi* g:the- western s and` eastern sides were
ie t ' -ther dej** e1y d?termhed that tl"iew: widened
covered with a 30--cm concrete layer, while the inner
thk. s+c11#nj work ,was done by laborers working
an ds Sovit.*iC ee spld s . 2
ember, t ;et h a keys were iplo -e rt' t i f rsa3.
,4e Klein Doelln settlement, Work was almost coTMpleted on
to t a tooter `tern ead 01-Y the
Zft o .thi? ncrete 'Tanewere thre di`se.~. ':seas of which
t ie t .n tt#bn-*n e i grv t' ei1 P.ach other and the
distance to the taxiway coul&Mt d This also applied
to the concrete lane branching off. to the we. f the southwestern
end of the connecting lane.`
4. Repair and cleaning work being done on the.W-E runway and the
taxiway. The terrain located betwee-. the two lanes was leveled by
Soviet Air Force soldiers. The construction sheds which were no
longer used and the light poles at the w-istern section of the runway
were removed. 3 50X1-HUM
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on ugus n i agMwk ,pn,,the disperskl areas' wait c pleted?
The terr;in_ ich bordered on the concrete aprons was.] Bled by,
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5. In early September, the fuel containers of fuel dump :I were
apparently not yet filled. 4
6. On 24 August, a biplane landed on the section of the runway which
is located east of the Gross Doelln o Vietmannedorf road. The
aircraft had the white No 2 underneath the red Soviet star on its
rudder assembly. It took off about 1600 heading in an unidentified
direction. 5
7. The barriers across the Vietmannsdorf- Gross Doelin road, which had
previously been guarded by Soviet soldiers wearing red bordered
black epaulets, were open after 8 September. Some of the guard
personnel with their baggage moved on trucks toward Templin in early
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September 6
8. After previous rumors on the intended construction of a new airfield
in the Querfurt area, there were new rumors on an airfield project
between Torgelow and Eggesin. The workers were to be assigned to
these construction projects depending on the location of their
residences. 7
10. No observations indicating the establishment of lighting facilities.,
radio installations or radar sets at the field were observed up to
early September.
11. The target date for the completion of all the work planned for 1954
was fixed as ?21 December 1954? 9 50X1-HUM
~2. Repair work on the runway and the taxiway running parallel to the
runway was completed 0 A leading member of the VEB Ing Tiefbau Bs andenburg
stated that widening work on the connecting lane A/B was find: l y
decided on 27 September. A 19.5-meter-wide and 30--cm-thick concrete
strip was to be constructed on each side of the lane wMch was 21
meters wide and 40 can thick. Adjacent to the new strips, a 1.5-meter-
wide asphalt strip was to be laid0 These asphalt ^? ,rips were to
border an av 8.5meter wide strip covered with Maus. Work was almost
completed on the lanes which branched off to 'L!ie east and west from
the southwestern end of the connecting 1 ,~a A/B. 1
13. Since all construction projects on Gurma,n territory are subject to
German laws, the fuel dump I was rot accepted by the proper state
control agency because the safety regulations irt the caump didi not
agree with the German regulations. The exact designation of the
agency could r:;t be determined.. 4
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1955 and 1956, considerably more concrete would be used at the fieid.10
15. Kutscher (fnn,-) , business manager of the VEB Ing Tiefbau Brandenburg
at the field, was transferred and replaced by Schulz (fnu).
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1.6. In mid-September, excavation work was under y on both sides of the
concrete lane which was to be widened on each side by a strip 19.5
meters wide and 30 cm thick 1
17. In mid-September, concreting work was started on the connecting
road between fuel dump I and fuel dump II. The road was 5.5 meters
wide and 15 cm thick. The connecting strip to the north was 6
meters wide. 11
18. Work was being done in two shifts on the concrete connecting lane
to the dispersal areas in the southwestern section of the field and in
one shift on the dispersal areas and the connecting road from fuel
lump I to fuel dump II. From 1 September to 20 November, 43,000 cubic
meters of concrete were still to be completed including the extension
strips of the connecting lane A/B. It was doubted, however, whether
the. target could be met.
19, The concrete lane to the southwest, which had previously been mentioned
as auxiliary runway, fighter runway or connecting road A/B, was
officially designated Connecting Lane A/B - Object No 103. 4dening
work on this lane was decided in mid-September. According to the new
plan, the eastern side was to be widened by 19 meters and the western
side by 20 meters, both strips with a 30-cm.-thick concrete cover.
The concrete lane which branched off to the east from the southern
end of the connecting lane was completed as far as the bend. The
easternmost dispersal area had the numerical designation 1, the middle
dispersal area had No 2, and the third one located just east of the
connecting lane had No 3. Dispersal areas Nos 1 and 2 were concreted
by hand. The three dispersal areas along the western lane branching
off from the south end of the connecting lane A/B had the Nos 4, 5,
and 6 for the southernmost, tie northeastern one and the northwestern
one respeclaively. 1
20. In late August, no preparatory work for the construction of new fuel
dumps was observed. Two new dumps, one at the northern edge of vcgen
(forest sub-district) 157 and the other one near connecting lane A/B,
will allegedly be built in 1955. 4
21. The main runway was cleaned. Marshy soil was to ir,.irove the grass
cover on the strips north of tha runmav- The r` o the
site by Soviet soldiers
22. The VEB Ing Tiefbau Brandenburg employ;---'- 1,,212 workers at the field 50X1-HUM
on 20 August and 1,178 on 31 August.,
23. In late August, concrete slabs :were laid on the terrain between the
concrete protective wall arx the containers in fuel dujzp I. The
roofs of the containers v-:re to be given a protective coating of
paint, then were covered with earthy including the concrete slabs
Subsequently, grass was to be sown on the earth, Two towerrG-like
devices projected on top of each container, above the space between
the protective wall and the? container 3 One aperture was the entrance
hatch and ti:a other was the ventilation. The former was in a round
concrete tower covered by a roof. A second fuel damp was scheduled
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Comment. individual landings of courier aircraft were observed
in July 195'. . The aircraft probably carried officers of superior
headquart re who inspected the field.
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30. Since about 18 September, the air force construction company of
160 to 200 men has been quartered in one of the headquarters
buildings. The personnel were daily trucked to their constructioa
sites at 0700 and returned at 1800. They were vainly engaged in
grading work on the area north of the runway and between the runway
and taxiway. Top soil from the swamp north of the runway was to be
used in this grading work. The top soil was to be picked up by
dredgers and hauled to the side via a corduroy road which was to
be built.
31. In mid-September, the construction staff ordered that the individual
construction projects were no longer to be designated after their
purpose, but only by their assigned numbers. 14
32. A railroad man stated that, in August, 1,429 railroad cars with
cement, gravel, timber, prefabricated barracks sections etc. arrived
for the airfield. 7
33. On 22 September, no work was being done on the spur track which
crosses the Gross Doelln road at kilometer marker 2.0, extends to
the Zehdenick Templin highway, and terminates in the marshy soil
south of this road. 15
Com. ent. On the baia of previous information on connecting lane 50X1 -HUM
B it is assumed that this connecting lane has a total length of
about 2,900 meters. Previous reports indicate that the lane will be
widened from 21 meters to 60 meters. i.e a by i9,5 meters on each side,.
The length on which this extension work was to be conducted could not
yet be definitely determined,. but is believed to be about 2,500,
meters. The information on a concrete strength of 30 can on the 50X1-HUM
expansion strips is believed to be correct and is normal for
fighter runway.
3. Cqgm~nt, Work on the runway and tax-..my was completed. The
two concrete lanes are serviceable over Ineir entire lengths.
4 Comment. It is believed the', the fuel dump is in working
condition except that the contat ers are not yet filled. The
refusal by the state control .gency to accept the fuel dump was
reported previously. Accor;iing to available info oration, a third
fuel dump will probabl'? ce constructed along connecting lane A/Es
approximately in JapF -a 130.
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A portion cat' the guard d otsvil Saar-; p 'ohably discht;
7 Comment. The construction of an a ' f i e 1 ~ a nes uerfurt has;i
been confirmedb The reported transfer of t mpsr? ' " hru'-idings to
this construction project with the de sigr..ti.on object No 542,
was taken over by the VEB Ing Tiefbau Bra denbu.arg, appears possible
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The other construction project between Torgelow and 'Eggesin is no
airfield construction project but a project of the KVP Army for
the 7E73 Ing Tiefbau Brandenburg was also contracted.
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a unit in Voronezh, probably to a border guard unit
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dump was allegedly to be const'r acted -,"hzx
LComment. This information is notevcrthy?. -".t is unknown for
which purpose the materials will be used. Special. attention vill
ha re to be paid to the construction of u t6erg ^owx1 installations a-ac',
other protective installations at the fieIt&;-
omment. This road begins at the northern edge of Jagen 162,
extends parallel to the taxiway toward the east F.s far as the
northern edge of Jagen 157, where the second fuel. dump is probably
intended to be constructed.
Comment. The ammunition in Jagen 103/104 s,rid 115/116,
southwest of Grunewald, is apparently completed. No shipments to
this dump have been reported so far.
The correctness of the infort atioy on. the utili .ti. r r l'
the clearings cannot be verified. The constructtic o of a g :sr.' cogs.
on the clearing covering an area of 15 is ft metez s app:enr
Comment.. ..
Comment. This order agrees with p e ousl.1, -.sport seou:r ?? ;
measures. The numerical designations of t?}:e; indl e
projects have not been determined.
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of a railroad emban cent whiff be ; c Aga o ;a Lmately in ..~ege A :t; = ~?L
extended via Jagen 132 Into Jagen L21 an 122 ; 1, set;'ond Luilt-tion
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