POSSIBLE MANUFACTURE OF BINOCULARS WITHOUT BRAND NAME BY ZEISS, JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004000740010-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 1, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: May 3, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2009/05/01: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004000740010-5
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Ger2 1y
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SUBJECT Possible Manufacture of Binoculars DATE DISTR. 3 may 195Lr
Without Brand Name by Zeiss, Jena
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. DIA recently .n4uifted-6v,,M..Optik Carl Zeiss', Jena, regarding the production
of 50,000 binoculars of varying magnifying power for export to Western countries.
The inquiry expressly stated that the binoculars should carry no brand name or
country of origin.
V Optik Carl Zeiss, Jena, has not yet accepted this. order froni DEA and hesitates
to begin production of items which bear no clear rn r .sf.