NEW JET PLANES AT KOETHEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012700050009-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 23, 2013
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: July 16, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/10/23: CIA-RDP82-00457R012700050009-4
FEB 1952
CLASS I F I CAT I ON
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
SECURITY INFORMATION
50X1
50X1
. INFORMATION REPORT REPORT
CD NO.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone) DATE DISTR.
3.6 July 1952
SUBJECT
New Jet Planes at Koethen
NO. OF PAGES 1
DATE OF
NO. OF ENCLS.
INFO.
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PLACE
SUPPLEMENT TO 50X1 -HUM
ACQUIRED
REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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Jet planes) first believed, to be improved mod 5" &Mels of the KG-1. later
identified as Lavochkins) were observed.;_at Koethen. between 20 and. 26
November 1951. They differed from the standard Mig.1-5. In that their air
intake was much wider and their sound. different. The speed of the plane
seemed. to be 100 to 150 km per hours faster than that of the jet types
previously observed.
CLASSIFICATION
SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/10/23: CIA-RDP82-00457R012700050009-4