ZEISS JENA OPTICAL PLANT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R015700300001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2003
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: January 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECT
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CENTRAL I NTELL I GENCEAGENCY CIRCULA TE
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INFORMATION REPORT REPORT NO.
COUNTRY..' East Germany
SUBJECT Zeiss Jena Optical P1afit
DATE OF
INFO.
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DATE DISTR. 9 January 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1o DuringJ'uly 1952 the-VVB Opt,ik Zeiss '9 Jena, produced 771'00 field glasses
(on a, scheduled 9,200)._ Of tahe e9 80 pe cent were 6 3O 1.5 percent 15 X 50F
Ond5.percent 1argei? glasses weighing 15-pounds apie , and intended for
mounting on a stand 0 The diamete~r of he front Lena is about 10 to 12' cm
The p Soduction. of medical eq ip eht has been almost entirelt suspended 9 with
the exception of heatless ope ?ating,la.;mps. Production costs rose about 4
percent from 1 May to 1 August 1952.
2. P oduetioh du .ng August 1952 I-eached 9,700" field glasses, of which 65 percent
optical sights
were 6 x-30 and the rest 10,X 50 -and 15 x 50. Production of
eonti cued; about 30 were produced it A xst . Gyrocompasses were
ctred- after plans of the Aska is worke the number -is not ascertained.
'PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 18, SECTIONS 793
AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE-
LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITEDBY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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cost of about 17,000 DM each. The production of microscopes and lens cells
is vet limited. The productiora.. of iurve ` po?tentiomietera has been 's spene d
tempora;ri : r beca. so the VEB Medi .lnteclrnische Werke in Leipzig .stopped
deliveries
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