VEB CARL ZEISS JENA: INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS

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CIA-RDP80-00810A007400390007-4
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December 21, 2016
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May 29, 2008
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7
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October 26, 1955
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2008/05/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007400390007-4 CENTRAL I ZGEII AGINCY INFORM,iTION REPORT This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revel- ation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. East :Germarny REPORT SUBJECT VW Carl Zeiss Jane 8._ I dustrfal DATE DISTR. 25X1 . 26 October 1955 NO. OF PAGES 2 DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED DATE ACQUIRED REQUIREMENT NO. RD REFERENCES This is UNEVALUATED Information THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR-KEY SEE REVERSE) 1. The industrial diamond and diamond supply plan for VU dill Zeiss. Jana, for 1955 inoluded the same mounts as 1954, newly s (a) 20,000 oopets in diamond tort (0 6,000 oasts of sough diamonds. actyal foasiga asppli+eas are met knoa to 291ss Jun.. ' indatatr al diamonds i as follows The quantities ordered by Carl Zeiler Jam and authoriser r the Minia+ r for llsohina Construction are pass" on by =A to the bowtaohe , Berlin (NV). ~ hs ., ..1W ,L t ftaw ^a o 'certain quantities to IM Xabeliesk Xoepaniok. The Carl Zeiss Jena dimond lospeoter tests that industrial dismesrd mqpgft at nabolzeark Zespeniok @ ad accepts th>toae saitabia for teal laaawealM. Ibb 2. 8tipply ooatiraats Mesa concluded with DiIA for these quantitil&. The IMin Adi-lnistratiosa! for Precision Meoaios and option' of the *bistry !pr General Miihine III= Faust, In addition, authorize these diaa lied sigpp] $ss to Zdis*, Jambi kW tbss- ismaing of supply allocations. As of 6 My 1955, only a part o the sUooatiaas hod been authorised and the Ministry La- foamed V q~ Zeles Jags that a oonsiAerabla outbeok In the grunting of alloeetions most be sa otsd fee this year. The diam: and diamond boat 1y for Carl Was Jean is becoming opr ssively Nacre critical. 3? As of Ootobsr 1954, the stook of Green alamamis and hart amsosted to 500,000 as. Jk- Mash 195% this mock had deoawsed to i$,000 as. beo^ilmg diamond a plies set be tsa'ned over i>s~eeiabrly to MW pro. due~aii dS Sr menu sines the latter hive Ilse reserve and need the dlsmandr insIiatelr to rintain their production quotas. 4. In detail, the paooedare. which Curl Zeiss aria moat go through to obldin AIR a FBI ORR x Approved For Release 2008/05/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007400390007-4 ux_ ARMY NAVY X The svearI.U -cost and pricing procedures in East Germany are different from tars in *MUM =a applies wpodal]7 to woaaftsiu -strol"1 s each as indnsdM" dUmmmds? ublab most be issportsd fires abersrd. PIAND for wseh pods sdhin. am* Aer's u is set bw NO MWLat=7 of M PirMsnss. Zr LU be. to 99W a ad&1r prioo far stah itar 00 is abssztsd in the !material QsVrti s Psd (Ad6Lishsf sd). so prossd s at a is dMLr. An srbitrrrlr aooauatin price is not fbr .soh lJLM mar. This sooomtind pries airwa as the basis for cost eatt- sstss aad osloulatioas for the oatiro plan 'hoar reprdlems at the sotml drama in $105 ca the world rat. 25X1 MW MUM. prioos sdsiob Dlh Carl Zadas Jana is charged be the SW for inyial diasmda are as follass Iatssond Bart per oast 21.22 IM craft dlasonds (,itrlors) per oust 234-50 OW 2/4.osrst per oast 134.50 EIS 2/3 asrst per oast 148.00 as 1/2 600t para':oarat 16,5.00 iii 3/4 carat Per aunt 189.00 as 1 oast par carat 207.00 as 1.251 1.51 21 2.51 3.5 and larger per oast UP to 365.00 as Min Jeaa's chief need fir its diasonds is for its am rohine tools. 8oo>rvers tbrM& its lopes st don V (distributica of apaoial its^s ), Zeiss ,Iraq calls now of the sarMglratsrrd tools to other plants in Boat Oerr1W,. it theree plants replace the asomt of the d1unair or best used in tar its. bt fie iishies a os ri supsndlui alloostias or by rsplaeiai the aoias1 diasoor~O diasoad boast. lh em u=# ZsiM am adrdMst lid a so-osllad %t resorvs coa- %sia~lsi 6.000 writs of dtasesd boat. .astir aerial to period 11oe'o^bw ig 4 - iiril l9 5. 2.000 esra..t diasoad beet um used doe own urwA n 4w bps -Aft d piaest bit sm rspla.sd in full mom !burr Naafis alter VW Near drsim ties Zeiss J. Approved For Release 2008/05/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007400390007-4 1i0. go p yap at certain drsNins *ipplas ( fslissen) bas been discontinued at Ziisa oom. Tda rsseiniad ?took of th%viap, hippl* ' A.4 4erdaains, hsoatae, of r'th. peat ehcrtasa of . irYWW.trisl 'd a..nda, tmrouthout East Garmaop-. 1. This is the Mn Oor'aan I matey Which has %mrisdiotion oar IAiM Jens. Page 2 25X1 Approved For Release 2008/05/29: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007400390007-4