PRODUCTION OF RED AIRFORCE TRAINING EQUIPMENT AT ZEISS, JENA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R005400030002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 20, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 19, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

COUNTRY Gem (Ptssist Ze* )
SUBJECT Pxedmottc at Red Alrfa re* Trafaltpg
Zgoipmat at Zdse, Jetna
PLACE 125X1 A
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
SOURCE
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1, ti :ioviet co:!i. fission sent by tile -a6i,ieer1r,, i3areau i.o .i.(_' jr, t?.ristorst
h.ld been at tine Jena ,,. 51/J 66) -eiss ?l:irit for sever;.l v:ee;ks. it
was headed b y ., .j 5,merkalo:, (:Ur f o r c e engineer, blue cap, sneaks i er,,
and had the 1'olloysin_. personnel: " r
;,'a j Ivchesko, air force
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11atmi rov, air force
Lt '3ol (:nr.) Kosov, fir force
+.. j Nikolayev
-nj Varshavski ano
This sommiseion was trained for several bad SWW-., day by fie s, , ;,,,.,.,.,.
.and demon str -,tions of t,.ie IJ< and j1-1 p sets, ' thhe lectures being de. ivdr
by n~ineer Bil ers, Jr, rru not, ;;n;' olfran,and other '-eiss enL,ineers
An interpreter i%ith tae darner eft Jahn was :fired for this trai:;n~.? ,.x;jj3 q
tie trr:nrlation of classifies tcchn. :':1 material, J:uiri is a 3er.iat
rho was born in i..E :inF,r d and has been er:4ployed by the Leiss r'inn qr 4,ft-;
lore, tinge, a f4
'fi-: tlue:)rints of tie A--1 set are Baia to :'avo been soil to Lau ocvi.e
by Jr. rill.-ers after it a.zd been further develo :ed by :.i.:.. The set
Mid
-~iief;edly; was not coc,-feted b;, the ti::.e of Lt.F: Gen:i::Ln surrender.
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b. The following infor;..ation was taken from Lie .Werliif ,e le lorie director,- :
111 t+11c 61..7b t1,411t,.
3. a. ~i . Huai.:;:' glib; ers is nbout 45 ye:rru oiu %.n'.: '.s . icl Lo, i..v. bc. n
german oi.ice.., he runs an en.v1cer...u.. oure,',u l.rl !it`ix'lifi,
His co-worker .n_ `VJo.t.lmer r:-io speaks iussian. .,csicies' t.,ejr Berlin
.lats sbot en4ncers iixiVe 1ivinc cuarters in Jena ana worrkinL i'aCtL*_.ties
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Hilbere, Giovanni, Jr, Ind, Berlin- .ei-ilendorl, 5 iioc;iv.i. u i a, tel. .. 6 71~
Office, Berlin-S mac;; 9,1 !~ jP.IRi_P,.~ r+r ;term nns i>l:itz; tel [phone], bt ndll
REPORT NO.
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DATE DISTR. 19 JW Iy 1950
NO. OF PAGES 4
NO. OF ENCL. 6 Anmmms
(LISTED BELOW) (34 Pages)
SUPPLEMENT TO 5X1 A
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C$NT LAL #R 111 ABC=
office 3erlin-.eukoelln, 35 Oderstrasse, tol 6i4 i86.
The co. plete descrii;tioin of the L-l set s;:cured ate in jctober 1;49
was co:,~prised of J pin :tssian. The translation made in ta.e
translAtion bureau v,rts returned frori ':ei.nax? wits, corrections of Lae
Soviet co:n.nission and h;-id to be rewritten. k 0 nundred co:Aes were
..ade, one bein, sent . ions; ith crch i-1 set. Triere were also
folders with dia;.;raicis and sketches. The i,-1 sets were about one
cu sic : eter In size. Tile new cyders showed minor modifications of the
ori.inil design.
Copy of letter in Russian written Sro.n the Berlin office or Jr. ililgers
to the Soviet ;;.nt_irieerink 'ureau L,o 16 in EFrlshorst. The subject of
this letter is Proaosal for the r roject of :'.n i:ameri::ent,-:l Trailing Set
A-2. This se., w_dch in Russian is oesi ;nated 't7'reneyoer", is for the
training of pilots and iras tue s =-:e fu_.cti?,ns as the . -l sot, that is:
a. Trninin7 in taking off and iandine
b. TrfininL in the control of the t'lyi ~g aircraft
c. Familiarization with the aircraft irrstrucnerrts
d. k1?;?inf; by maps
The indiv_dua1 parts of the set Are enu.eorr.ted :,nd
b. Annex.2 :
Copy of a let:.er dr;ced :~;9 November 1,',-49 and written by ;r,j ;; erkaalov
to the :aenam ernent of the Zeiss rint, dealirr~; ',kit;, .::odifIc, tions a.t the
A-1 set.
7. Annex 3:
Cony of t.7e translation of the protocol o f conference ire1d ors 30
,,ove;aber? 1,4; in Jena. Inc topic of this conference was 3todifications
of the h-1 set (c; shame of the proje:ctor? by :-. _)ancratic set).
b. The conference attended by :,'ajors Smerkr.lov and -.at,,:irov of the
"::T:i lb", Cr. IIilgers and seven representatives of the Zeiss i!'ira:.
E . Ji.drtex 4- .
a. Copy. of a letter dated 1 Decerfber 1;49 rand written by tue Zeiss rirm
to Lhe cs~ of of the .port De-aHrtment of tiro ioreifn Tr de i-ency ;,f
the SC', (Soviet Control too :::.ission) in Berlin-i:arlshorst, 1 Schtuelineen-
sti-asse.
b. The subject of t:re letter is ..n order fu
: the -1 Set. it IS :. sun l:-
ent to tiro _ ronos:C1. of '/ id;;verber 1(,41.-.
c. in: 5ctareiber was the chief of the ;3 a;1:.ir, .. de, art,rent. ~xi,
olfr:~:t was t,_e chief desiLner of the r.e,; sets. Jo,,u ere ;:rztLen
t ;::,e: lower r?iz,.iit corner.
describes.
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r.. Original copies of the descriptions of the design rnd the functioning
of the R-i k and ~'.-1 p sets.
b. ine description of the set vztn the atLacaeu drawings were trans-
lated in the translation bureau of the firer in October and November 1 49.
Just as in the case of tine 1..-l set one copy each of this descripticri,
was t.) Lm along with each individual set
c. the descript,oci, wider, could be socjred in -,artowas also to sorve
the trs.ining of the Soviet co.w..ission in Jena.
d. Io1..ow?in1 is a short survey of the attac;