POSSIBLE NAME CHANGE OF VEB CARL ZEISS JENA
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CIA-RDP80-00810A005300220007-5
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RIPPUB
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1
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December 20, 2016
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July 18, 2007
Sequence Number:
7
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Publication Date:
November 1, 1954
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REPORT
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY East Germany
statutes, part and parcel of Jena and cannot be moved from that city.
SUBJECT Possible Name Change of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena - NO. OF PAGES 1
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
AND 754. OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OP ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT ET AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED By LAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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DATE DISTR. 22 November 19;1
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
Numerous public statements have been made by-Dr.-Hugo Schrade, Chie!!`
of VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena, and other leading Zeiss Jena officials to the
effect that the Carl Zeiss Foundation's move is illegal
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all inherent rights, such as
and that the seat of the Foundation and
patents and trademarks derived therefrom, are, under the FoundationLs
courts of I anal-soma ot'herl
and the Optics and Preci
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However, it seems that t?
Carl Zeiss Jena to prevent future seizures of their exports and other
lengthy legal entanglements.
Should these controversies indeed take an unfavorable turn for VEB Carl
Zeiss Jena, the latterts management intends to change the name of VEB 25X1
. This matter has as yet only been discussed among the very top officials,
4. The suggested new name*if and when the name change takes place is:
VEB Ernst Abbe Werkel.
and they have been pledged to secrecy.
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Comment. Ernst Abbe was an employee of Carl Zeiss and the founder
of the original Carl Zeiss Foundation,
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