1. APPRENTICE SCHOOL AT ZEISS, JENA 2. POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF AERIAL CAMERAS AT ZEISS, JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY East Gerraany
SUBJECT
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
1. Apprentice School at Zeiss, Jena
2, Possible Production of Aerial
Cameras at,Zeiss, Jena
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9 November 1953
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' THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
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EXPANSION OF THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL AT ZEISS. JENA
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the expansion of the apprentice school was a manifes-
tation of the Communist plan to train the youth in every, possi-
ble way technically as well aerpelitioally.The young men and women'
were givenall sorts of promises as to what they might achieve
by pursuing technical and scientific studies. While participating
in the training program, they were at the same time being indoctri-
nated with Communism.
all of the students in attendance were from
within commuting distance of Jena.
enrollment was to increase,
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time.
this building could well be completed by this
The original Zeiss prewar course was three years. The Communists
reduced this to two years after the war, but apprentices were so
poorly trained that it was again rrestored to three years in 1952.
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NEW AERIAL CAMERA PRODUCTION BUILDING
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The building shO;h 71e:5
not a new building. During the warxit suffered serious bomb
damage. However, sections of the walls wpre left intact, and it
was being reconstructed according to its former plans. This build-
ing was 100 it 25 meters, of steel-reinforced oonorete, and three
stories high--the top story was double-height. During the war
periscopes were tested and adjusted in this upper section.
Judging by the rate of construction
the building has now been completed and partially equipped.
thin bullding ?the "aerial camera building"
raw cas nge taken from the foundry into the
usable section df the building. These castings were similar to
those used to build cameras for the German Luftwaffe--about 75
x 60 it 30 centimeters. The shop work in this building was under
the supervision of HENSGE and KEUCHER:
the
rate of camera production.
lis 'certain that no aerial cameras were in production at
Zeiss. ena. as of the ena wr 1952 f
aerial cameras
Produced at Zeiss, Jena, as of August 1953
were not being
the cameras are intended for the Soviets since
they are the only ones who could buy them.
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