MILITARY PRODUCTION AT THE STATE WATCH FACTORY IN SWIEBODZICE AND THE OPTICAL FACTORY IN JELENIA GORA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007100450007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: May 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Thla material contains information aHecting the National Defense of Lhe United states within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, T1Lle
18, U.S.C: $ecs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which 1n any manner to an unauthorized person is prohlbtted by law.
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COUNTRY Poland
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
Military Production at the
State Watch Factory in
Swiebodzice and the Optical
Factory in Jelenia Gora
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 21 .May 1955
NO. OF PAGES 1
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
1, As of April 1955 watches for general use were not being manufactured at the
state watch factory in Swiebodzice (Freiburg), Instead the factory was
producing special chronometers for the navy and air force and detonator
parts for artillery projectiles and aerial bombs,
2, The factory9 which was last enlarged in 1954, is under the supervision of
Soviet and Polish officers and the entire production is allocated to def ease,
There are between 600 and 700 workers employed at the factory; the work is
carried on in two shifts,
3e The factory cooperates closel. with the precision instruments factory
(Fabryka Wyrobow Precyzy~nych~ in Warsawe
4e Formerly9 the optical factor in Jelenia Gora (Hirschberg) made large lenses 25X1
in cooperation with Czech optical companies, During 1953 the factory
was enlarged and was equipped with new East German machines from the Zeiss
Company in Jena?
5o During and since 19549 the entire production of .the factory has been allocated
to the army9 navy9 air corps9 and,in addition9 considerable exports have
been made to CYiina,
6, Imports of optical instruments (or lenses) to Poland
have ceased,
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ARMY NAVY ~ AIR
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