1. TEWA-NEUSTADT: CURRENT ORDERS; 2. CONDITIONS AT ZEISS, JENA

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• Publication Date: October 4, 1951
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE. AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Russian ?ory )
25X OBJECT 1. 711'0 TTeustadt: Current Orders;
2. Conditionc at zeiss, Jena
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DATE DISTR,
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1. Following is a list of shipments of Russian band steel (Lamelle ndstahl)
sent to TL'o'IA Neustadt during 1951. The information is valid to August
1951-
19 January 19E ]. -
10.6 Idlograns
24 February -
75.
3 March
72.4
10 April
50.0
13 May
73.
29 May
30.7
9 June
3 u.2
16 June
44.
27 July
1202
10 Lugust
42.3
5'73.2 ld.logTsms
2. The current 1951 11uscy an reparations contract for niclml wire screen (C: er
ITo. :Z for 33,000 square wtera, 7,000 meshes) on which TI.1"1 is now
working (27 _'.ukust 1951), will be finished by 25 :3eptc; ibcr 1951. sul?l ie-
montc.ry contract calling for an additional 30,1)00 square meters of 7,000----
mesh screen was given to TL,IA in early August 1951, to be completed by ,' e
end of 1951. The July 1951 production of 7,000-rash screen by MX1 (not
including Daderechrei der and Len-ner, Zoulenroda) was 10,350 square meters,
plus 169 square meters of 10,000- aesh screens TE is also working on the
following reparations contracts: R52-114103, for 129000 square meter; of
bronze screen; R52-14104 for 7,000 square meters of bronze screen; and R52-11.105
for 1,000 square meters of nickel screen. It is not yet 1 own of what mesh
these screens are, but they are said not to be made in twill weave.
3. An uri identified o ncutivo (fotriebsleitor) at TI-; '+A-NTeustadt has recently
stated that the I :issiaim will probably transfer the screen project to the
USSR if nom specialists, flee to .'nest-Gornarrr.
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It. it is reported that on 27 August 195l, Gerhard "iller, the DDR Minister
of Machine Construction, paid a visit to the Carl Zeiss plant in Jena in
the company of two unidentified Russian generals in uniform. He talked for
two hours with Hugo Schrade, director of Zeiss, principally about the research
and -development work being conducted at Zeiss by an engineer named Schmidt.
Schmidt is working on an invention of his which ieportedly vill simplify
the making of weaving combs (VtebeblAtter) for the weaving of fine wire screen.
Ziller complained that progress on the invention vas too slow, and ordered
Schrade to place at Schmidt's disposal whatever personnel and equipment he
needed. to complete his experiments, adding that th.Es invention must be per-
fected at any cost, Ziller also stated that Schmidt would get a very generous
bonus, perhaps 110,000 DV, if his. invention proved practical., and that all
others associated with him in the experiments would be app?opriitely rewarded,
Schrade agreed to this proposal and then asked Zillc r why so mnry specialists
had recently left the Neustadt nickel wire screen plant. Zi'.ler replied
that the Test vas going to all lengths to buy up these specialists, "since
it was a question of atoms".
Zeiss is working on an order for. thirty diamond dies sor the L?ltA Rothenburg
Plant, (1) Fourteen of these were delivered in mid-Au gist 1951. -tnd the
remaining sixteen are to be delivered in mid-September,
Chernichenkov, Chief of the SIC{ Reparations Division, 1')teilu g :,I, visit
Zeiss, Jena, on 27 July 195]. in the company of one Petrov (see below). On
this occasion, he made inquiriers as to - the status of the Russian request
for Zeiss to deliver to. the Soviet Union 30,000 - industrial diamonds. He
was informed that Zeiss had so :. ar been unable to locate a sour;e of supply
for the raw diamonds and diamond dust required to fill tie order. In this
connection, Zeiss officials had already been informed by Heinz Tyrulf (2) . of
the UDR Hauptabteilung Materialversorgung of the IMIAL1, fiat he cannot release
the diamonds he has because they are needed for importam prodictioit in the
DDR? Zeiss was given a similar answer by Sitterfeld of the DDR Amt ever
Reparationen.
According to a letter on file at Zeiss, Jena, the plant arranged in March
1951 to sell to Russian F'PN 27301 forty--five microscopes ised in the boring
of diamond dies (Ziehdiamantenbohrmikroskope ), referred to in Zeiss catalogues
as Z. D, Prltffeinrichtungen. The letter was addressed to FPN 273]19 &irlin-
Karlshorst, Marksburgstr. Its. Thirty of these microscopes were (;slivered
in April 1951 and the remaining fifteen in June 1951, Palilov, tie Russian.
engineer responsible for wire screen production in Neustadt/Orla,tztscussed
the above order with Zeiss officials personally in March 195l and tvv several
occasions thereafter. FPNN 27301 is the only Rutesian office which pays for
its orders in advance, Palilov is also concerned with a Russian oz'c r for
25X1C binocular microscopes for research purposes (Zeiss name "Luniipan"), lrt
in this connection always states that the order is intended for GUSI3,1? 25X1 B
(Administration of Soviet Property Abroad), in Berlin-leissensee,
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9, Sobolev was last seen at Zeiss, Jena, about March 1951, at rich time Rode,
chief interpreter at Zeiss, talked. with him(l). Sobolev at that time was
interested in an order for thirty "Lumipan" microscopes. Stesnov has also
dealt with the Schott firm (laborabory glass) in Jena(5), and with the firm
of Hering, in Jena, am Markt 6)a This is a private firm dealing in metal 25X1B
goods-.
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12. Quartz (spectrographs, which were developed at Zc..ss in 1950, have iv:ver yet
been sold to the USSR, but nary have been delivered to the various satellite
countries, particularly Poland, Hungary and Chira,
33. In addition to the Amt fufr Reparationen, the a'fico which concerns itself
with Russian reparations )rders in the DDR is tea Ilauptabteilung Material-
versorg'ung, section for fovernment orders, uncle:, Erich Jazosch. Soviet
r-PN-61963 is, strictly speaking, always the Russian customer, but the actual
receiving FPN is usual];, noted on correspondence along with 61963, The
Abteilung under Jazosch which handles Russian ,rders from Zeiss is headed
by Stefan Keller (pres?miably the Abteilung Fei echanik-Optik). Kelle'rts
deputy is Gelhaar. Tirolf,, on the other hand, is in another Ilauptverwaltung
in the Staatssekretar'.at fuer Materialversorging, called the.Hauptverwaltung
fuer Materialversorguig, where he is coneernec. with the DDRts stocks of
raw diamonds. The Stiatssekretaer fuer Mater'.alversorgung Is Erwin Kerber,
.14. No.part of the diamor.i die department at Zeis3 has bees: dismantled recently.,
nor is there any tali of such a. move.
150 On 25 July 1951, Jas:marm, of the Verband De?itscher(7) Ko:sumgenossonschaften
in Leipzig made an urgent inquiry of Zeiss cn behalf of cup tamer (Bedarfstraeger)
8014 (i.e. GSOV; thr, Soviet Army in Germany,, inquiring whether Zeiss could
deliver 15,000 pair,i of goggles for aviation personnel (Flif-gerbril]en) with the
following spocffical;ions: 51000 pairs of colorless 85 x 65 Lm; and 10,000
pairs of umber tinted glasses, with 8W absorption. The Zeiso, price is to
be 7a38 DL and 1O.52 Dtd respectively for these glasses. Zeiss .Wade. a tenta-
tive reply on 22 Augus=, 1951. The date of f:Lnual delivery is to be three
months after tie ccntr tct is signed.
16, Prospective Russian pwchasers who have appeared recently at Zeiss, Jena,
includes
a, Colonel A:)rakov, V',lidimirf from FPN ,7253$ a Soviet airfield in Fuersten-
walde (3), visited Zeiss in early August 1951, purpose 'mknow;to
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b. Major Nilubin from FPN-07287, 1`uerstexnwalde,, early August, sought to
place an order for a large machine-tool microscope.
0. Capt. Pochkarov, FP11-161149 in 111ildau, on 27 July 1951, seeking to buy
operations lamps (sic) (Operationsleuchten).
d. Lt. Col. Zavyalov, FPN-619639 Potsdam,, Pappelallee, mid-July 1951,
general inquiries,
Capt. Luyenkovi FPTN-57253, Fuerstenwaidc(8), early August, called with
regard to accepting delivery of certain microscopes.
Capt. Sergeyev, FPII-23281 from Strausbor ra early August 19519 to accept
delivery of polarimeters with circular fii:lds (Kreispolarimeter).
FPN-23281 has ordered twelve of these.
g. An unidentified Russian official from FPN.-61963 incaircd about the
possibility of buying one "Standardkamera't (with btilt in automatic
photographic device) for checking metals, and one epidiascope (Gluehiampen-
epidiaskop) for enlarging documents.
(1)
1ommmnt: This plant is TMIA-Rothenburg, Tecliniscie. Eisenwaxtin, Rothen-
as e, ruckschestr.3 formerly Mansfeld AG, 1"terk 5, makers of steel
and iron wire.
(2)
Comment: Has been listed as Heinz Thyrolf.
(3)
Comment: Has also been reported as Pryodla.
(4)
Comment: For*description of Sobolev, see
(5)
Comment: This is the Jonaer Glasmrk Schott und. Gt noesen, Jena.
(6)
Connnent, 7l(: 1950 telephone directory lists Franz 1L-ring, Apparutebau,
(7) ~Com nt: Press bly saechsischer is meant...
(8) Comment: 1 is PEN has previously been reported in Berlin-Lichtenberg,,
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