ZEISS OPTICAL PLANT AT JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500150012-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2011
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: August 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE' AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Oerr:rany (:'ucsian ,one )
SUBJECT'
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
.eiss Optical Plant in Jena
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The following vehicles have been identified in the near vicinity of the -Zeiss
plant.
9 March 1951
boxes 205 x 066 m,, (10 ;narking s) 0 Driver
and assistant, Soviet .:.ir orco
2. The rece it reor;.:a.:xization in the ,eiss rforlcs ryas coupleted at the end of "'arclx.
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1 10 .,oV.c has returned to nex :ral arxl the main plant operates on three shifts
',:or1:s1,L )ps 1, 2, and 3 work on a 2L hour basis. ,or,,s'rop No. 10 of the {idv,cr1:
has been pre- ar:in for production for the past three vree'.:s (as of 12 _1.pril)
For t'_?!,-, purpose equipment and nach.lncry (mainly -owning lathes for precision
tools and horizontal polishing machinas (::rtioraascainen) have recently been
supplied to the ~3tScl.~~erk0
3. decently, the pro,:uctlon of submarine periscopes (Sehrohre) r,-a recoammsrxeatn
Car, at main office. Driver, blackfred
(presumably shoulder boards) vrith artillery
insignia, and three officers, told-red
(presumably shoulder boards),, of tior:r two
rare staff officers.
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30 1.Iarch 1951 Truck, at loading rar:xp of main lr .ldinf;.
Driver, black--redo Loaded th large box,,
3 x 2 x 2 m0 (11o raarki.ngs observet i0
4 Aril 19,r-1 Truck, at main b i1ding? Loaded 2 long
The mecha_v cal e quipuent for rs-,ci ng and loutr ng the per3.^co1 cs (gear r icelc
and actuating egquirment) is also being made here. The chains or this vrork
are supnl led by the firm of 3 rson 'SAG) in Ouh ,, Thtirinf:en0 In the ain plant,
prisms for these periscopes are bc!:ig made from rough glass i aterial sup,--lied
by Schott-Jena- (Glass specification: IM (Isron-Glan) or _ S7 (:lox-icron Glas
No details of the c.:tent of production can be ascertained at present.
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c~ a ROL - U.S. OF? ICL= ONLY
CENTRAL I=LLICENCE AGENCY
Optik) located in Jena, Thfiringena
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U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
The Zeiss plant is also producing, in the main plant, prisms. for armored field
vehicle (AFV) periscopes which are supplied to them rotigh by the
firm of Jenaer Glaswerk Like the submarine Peri?5OX1-HUM
scope prisms, the AAFV periscope p. sms are group and polished on both sides
(botton and top) and then gLven a coating with a liquid application (similar
process to silvering).
5. The main plant is also producing glass measuring plates (Mess fatten (sic)
and again the rough glace is supplied by Jenaer Glaswerk. 50X1-HUM
The type of glass is "aasoterm" which was first produced by Jenaer Ulaswerk in
1950 and is a combination of "Ropax" and "Tempax" glass constructed to with-
stand extremes of intense heat and cold. On completion, these plates are sent
to a metal factory in Yeipzisy. The quantity of plates, and the exact location
of the factory are unknotim).
6. A Soviet Army officer and a German. civilian
cently attached
This officer
axad inter-
is mainly interested in the supply of color filters rarbfilter
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ference filters (Interferenz Filter).
Coucnent: Formerly Schott and Genossen, now Jenacr Glaswerk (1VB
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