EAST GERMAN INTEREST IN NAVAL RANGEFINDERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007400440004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Sequence Number: 4
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION a 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.
793, and 794, the transmission or revel.
a which in any manner to an unauthorized
Persoff Is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY East Germany REPORT
SUBJECT Bast German Interest in
Naval Rangefinders
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1. Toward the end of May 1955, VED Carl Zeiss; Jena. received an inquiry
regarding naval rangefinders (Entfernungamesser) with a two-aster base
from Central Development Office . (Zentralee Eatwioklu4gsbuero)1o.1
located at Wolgast near Greifswald, otherwise unidentified.
2. During World War II, Zeiss Jena produced various naval-type range-
finders, but their most common models had either a one-aster base
or a four-meter base. As of May 1955, no production or development
of a two-meter base rangefinder had been undertaken by Zeiss Jena.
3? Zeiss replied to the Central Development Office No. 1 that the
requested two-meter-base rangefinder was not available and that no
production of this item was contemplated in the near future.
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26 July 1955
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