PAROW AIRFIELD; MUNITION DUMP AT JESSENITZ

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009500250014-9
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: December 6, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
,:.T C'-L7 25X1A
REPORT NO.
COUNTRY'
INFORMATION REPORT
Germany (Russian Zone)
CD NO.
DATE DISTR,
6 Doc y 1951
SUBJECT
Parow Airfield; Munition Dump at Jeose _t
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lb The follo ing irui ldings and ins,-,aliations at Parow airfield ttroyed d r 7t, the wars work hops, garageo3 nu nit ion bunkers r.
fuel tbunlers, hangars and sores of the barracks, ;ionsi of the
f oun(3.,,ticri: .re.r e damaged and of the buildings are being ret,uilt O
20 The whole airfield area is on well-drained level ground and is provided
with wate:? !nd electricity. The airfield is covered with concrete and
has landing strips which project 15 inters into the water on a gradient
of 5 to 10 p rcente These strips are 750 mm thick and rest on concrete
piles 0 Thers, is neither a radio station nor a wind indicator on the
field, Abou. 20 Russian soldiers are stationed at the fields although the
barracks arr. occupied by 1,000 to 19500 Seepolizei men. The officers'
houses are oc ;upiod by civilian is. (Sce attachaent A).
31, The salt mince,.s at Jessenitz in Kreis I1agenow, LL,ecklenburg,werv used
during the war tis an am uni.tion depot by the Gcrnans,., After the
end of the vvar., the Russians destroyed the ammunition which they
found there and cleared the mines,, From the end of 1949 uirti.l the
be inning of 1951, the mines. -sere guarded by a Volkspolizoi unit.
In the past few mute}-,hs? large nunhers of trucks coming fror the
direction of : clnrerli and Ludwig--lust have brought arn?rxuni Lion here.,
A Russian guard unit and a Pussizn artillery battery are stationed
here o The latter carry out Bail, , firing practice with shells
reportedly falling about 13 IciloL tors east of the mine. The whole
area,, which covers about 1,000 hectares p is - surroundeu by a V.ire
fence four meters high, (See attachment D)
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