CLOSING OF GEMA PLANT; HIRING OF GERMAN TECHNICANS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000200730004-9
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 17, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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INTELLIGENCE GROUP
Auth: 7 1763.. lTELLIGENCE REPORT
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SUBJECT Closing of Gema "Plant; Hiring of
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LEMENT 25X1 X6
1. On 19 November 1946, Coto Korot.ki.n, Chief of Gema, Berlin Kbpenick,
approached barman technicians offering them work in the USSR. He
admitted that they would be restricted to their billets and work and
that any other activity%would be guarded. They were also promised
a possible return to Germany if they were first willing to establish
plants in the USSR.
2. Following negative reaction,, Korotkin then suggested to several
Germans individually that they consider setting up their own shops
in Germany to work for the Russians on the development of apparatus
simulating flight conditions to test equipment prior to installation
in air craft ? The Russians promised the following: RTC 5009000 (sic) p
a village house the workshop, and choice of both German and Russian
assistants. Russian help would remain under cover in Berlin. Food,
supplies, end equipment were to come out of the initial payment but
more would be procured at Russian expense if necessary. Following
this,, a number of Russian officers begged the. Germans to recruit them
as assistants, since they were unwilling to return to the USSR
Informant did not state if any Germans accepted.
3,, The Gems plant was officially dissolved on 30 November. All German
workers were to be discharged on 15 December. On 2 December, twenty
Gema volunteers reported for future unspecified work at the Karlshorst
Komendatura end were conducted into a restricted area. Since they
had no baggage, it is believed that they did not go to Russia. Among
them was Dipi. Ingo Kotitsohke.
4o On 20 December, Col. Korotkin stated that he had received orders for his
entire section end all equipment to be ready for shipment by 23 December.
Be was told at Karishorst this was in preparation for the Moscow con-
ference by which time all war industries must be evacuated from
Germany.
5. :orotkin's duties were to be taken over by Colo Korshov in Karlshorsto
The Russians would retain only those German specialists whom they could
eventually persuade to work in Russia.
6. On 31 December, Colo Korshov was reported working on a plan of Col.
Korotkin to use German dummy Institutes as cover for further develop
meat of special devices by both German and Russian speoialists. Several
teams are to work on :utomati - --aratusc
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