SCIENTIFIC-TECHNICAL BUREAU FOR INSTRUMENT CONSTRUCTION (WTBG)

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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of orders on hand. Of the approximately 470 workers of the plant, only 320
to 350 persons could be employed. However, the Ministry for. Machine
ConssUuction decided in early February % that no workers were to be
dismissedw The labot of the WTBG was either to be employed in other work, the'
value of which was. to cvrrespond to the missing orders, or additional orders
were to be placed. According to a statement by the ministry, it was very.
difficult to make ! ZAF~[approve additional research orders since the
funds provided for research and development work in 1955 had already been
spent. This quota not only included the field of HV Feinmechanik-Optik
(Main Administration for Precision Mechanics and Optics) but the entire
Ministry for Machine Construction, except for Heavy Machine Construction.
Several research and development orders for 1955, particularly some from
the Ministry of the Interior, allegedly of highest priority, had not yet
been approved in early February.
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deliveries worth 3.5 million eastmarks, exceeded considerably the value
connected with the present political situation and was to represent one of
the measures to be taken in case of ratification of the Paris Treaties.
During the preceding years, the Funkwerk Koepenick which was in a similar
situation, shifted its main efforts from mass production to research and
development work. Some 250 engineers and technicians in laboratories and
construction bureaus were affected by the shortage of orders, but similar.
to the W'VTBG, were not to be dismissed.
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Leading personnel of the WTBG believed that the decision of the ministry,
according to. which in spite of the few orders, no personnel was to be
dismissed, as well as the po$poning of certain research and development
orders tended to indicate that a major change of the entire research
and development plan of the Ministry for Machine Construction was to take
place in the near future. It was generally believed that this change was
In early February, the chief of the department Forschung and Technik
-(remea"h- aad-tec uic")_. of _the HV Feinmechanik/Optik (Main Administration
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plants of the HV RFT was utilize wetFQe only a small degree. If new basic
research and development orders/approved by W ZAFT, the HV RFT, the
unutilized capacity of which exceeded by far that of the WTBG, would
have to be predominantly employed.
5. In spite of intensive efforts, the WTBG did not succeed in completing
by 31 December 1954, the last target date, all orders received during
the period that the plant was known as SAG Kabel. This made it
necessary for work on these orders to continue in 1955 and in some
cases, 1956. Necessary funds were requested from the central agency
_.-..__for research and development of the State Planning Commission. Since
large sums were involved, the Ministry for Machine Construction had
ordered that a commission of persons not belonging to the WTBG was to
check on the reasons for the delay and the indreased costs resultix
from this delay.
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the WI'BG f
and there
dates be accepted. On this-?o
.stated that the reasons given by
tional sums had proved to be sound
.funds be allotted and the new target
ion, it appeared that the former SAG
Kabel and thus the USSR were responsibl hhonly for funds allotted prior
to 1 December 1953, the date on which/fplant had been made a nationalized
enterprise ?while all. other coats had to be paid by the GDR Zentralamt _
fuer Forschung and Technik (Ventral Office for Research and Technics) 4,
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Although the. requested funds had not yet been allotted and the new target
dates had not yet been accepted by the ministry in early March 1955, work
on those orders continued.
and Technics that a number of development orders were to be clcelled and
replaced by other important orders. The chief of technical organization
with the "41T PG was informed on the new orders, which were exclusively placed
by the MdIltIn connection e:it}-i these new orders, the WTBG established a
"secret laboratory,"in mid-March. The doors which connected the laboratory
with the other rooms were walled up. A glass window of the entrance was
replaced by boards and the door was furnished with a security look. There
was no handle. Visitors had to be announced by telephone. The"secret
laboratory"was used for work in the field of sonics.
6. In mid--March, the WTBG learned from the Central Office for Research
Yeinmechanik/Optik with the support of a uUNCODED7 institute, probably
of the Leipzig University. Work at the department for ultrasonics
development in the Funkwerk Koepenick of the HV RPT was to terminate.
7. For months, all pertinent enterprises, and instiLtuies made joint efforts to
coordinate research work in the field of ultrasonics. So far, this had been
impossible since negotiations with the main party interested, the MdI, were
difficult and protracted. In early April, there were many indications that
ultrasonics research will in the future be executed in}enterprises of the HV
8. The new development plan was drawn up as"Perspektivplan" in late March
but has not yet been approved by the Zentrales Amt fuer Forschung and
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Technik. The new plan provided for approximately 5 million eastmarks
for development work instead of 3.5 million eastmarks indicated in
.the previous plan. On the basis of the increased allotment, the HV
r'einmechanik/Optik approved the labor plan with 440 employees. As
a result of this plan, 30 persons will have to be dismissed. It is
intended'to employ the dismissed personnel in. other enterprises
if possible.
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1. In early February 1955, the Perspektivrlan (3..v plan) for 1955 of
the 'k'('issensbhaftlich - Technisohh:es ?uero fuer Gcraetebau (Scientific-
techcnical Bureau for Instrument Construction)('?,'TBG)9 which provided for
deliveries worth 3.5 million eastmarks9 exceeded considerably the m3.ue
of orders on hard. Of the a_ proximately 470 workers of the plant, only 320
to 350 persons could be e: plowed. However9 the 1iinistry for :Yiachine
Con^'r.&.:..ion decided in early February that no workers were to be
dis. The labor of the 'fPBG was either to be employed in other work, the
valve ;hick was to corresy-ond to the missing orders 9 or additional orders
were to be placed. According to a statement by the ministry, it was very
difficult to make ZAF approve additional research orders since the
funds provided for research and development work in 1955 had already been
spent. This quota not only included the field cf HV Feinmechanik-Optik
(Main Administration for Precision Mechanics and Optics) but the entire
Ministry for t,.achine Construction, except for Heavy Machine Construction.
Several research and development orders for 1955, Particularly some from
the Ministry of the Interior9 allegedl.~ of highest priority, had not yet
been approved in early February.
2. Leading personnel of the WTBG believed that the decision of the ministry,
according to which in spite of the few orders, no personnel as to be
dismissed, as well as the pektponin;; of certain research and development
orders tended to indicate that a major change of the entire research
and development plan of the Ministry for Machine Construction was to take
place in the near future. It was ~ enerally* b?::lieved that this change was.
connected with the present political situation and was to represent one of
the measures to be taken in case of ratification of the :'aril Treaties.
3. burin:: the ,receding years 9 the Fun:.vrerhh Koepenick which was in a similar
situation9 shifted its main efforts fr(n mass production to research and
development work. Some 250 engineers and technicians in laboratories and
construction bureaus were affected by the shortage of orders, but similar
to the 4TBG, were not to be dismissed. 25X1
4. In early February, the chief of the departuont ? orschung and Technik
(research -nd technic) of the HV F::'inmechanik/ Cptik (,Sand Administration
Precision Mechanics and Opt cu) 9 Siegels (fnu),. stated after a conference
with the technical chief of the HV RFT9 that the apacity of the development
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plants of the RFT raves utili e~eto~ only a small degree. If nee basic
research a~nc f ov