RUSSIAN CONTRACT FOR DIAMOND DIES AT ZEISS-JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R011000050002-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 19, 2005
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: April 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 25X-REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SIrJ BJ ECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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Russian Contract for Diamond
Dies at Zeiss-Jena
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THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT SO
U. S. C.. 31 AND 32 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER 70 AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
NIB ITED BY LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PROHIBITED.
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Zeiss has been trying for a long time to obtain
25X1 supplementary contracts for diamond-dies for the USSR, but [ -ll Zeiss at ;erupts until
now have been in vain, in fact Zeiss had been told by the authorities in Berlin that
no such cont~ act was envisioned either in the long-range DDR-U`SR trade agreen nt or
for the 1Vb2 reparation program. As late as 17 Dec bl, Zeiss had been told by Director
25X1 suhling of the Kabelwerk Kopenick that such a contract was unlikely.
25X1 Zeiss received an inquiry Ifrom Daha-Feinwerk-Tecnnik regarding an
order for lb,000 diamond dies for the USSR, including a request for 2,000 dies in
25X1 December ,1, Zeiss refused to onsider the latter order since it had cut drr its die
shop to a point of insi gfif icant capacity (in view of a lack of contracts -nd the un-
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certainty of obtaining any raw diamonds).
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in the task of setting up the die shop again. The following agreement was reached
of requirements in all detail.
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(1) Zeiss to receive
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from Soyuzpromexport a written_ sta#.ertent
Zeiss is to study all problems c?nnectect with resumption
of the diamond die program.
(3) Zeiss to decide hether or not it can accept the cs ntract.
Peitscher lists the following notes as a supplement:
(1) The total contract will be for 157000 diamond r'ies, .05 bore, vt th
.a tolerance of only minus .00U mm.
(2) The representative of Soyuzpromexport*does not know what material is
to be drawn with these dies, but he is of the opinion that one-half is for soft--drawing
and one-half for hard-drawing.
(3) Zeiss would be expected to deliver lb00 dies; per mo~ith, and the total
contract would have to be delivered during l b2. They are willing to adapt themselves
to our ?ossibilities (capabiitties) with respect to the time when the first partial
delivery is to be made, and with respect to the size of the first delivery.
(4) The representative of Soyuzpromexport cannot give firm assurance of
25X1 supplementary contracts. Howover this question is to be clarified in good season in the
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:nt on prices in hard currency is to be made betwe.:mn the USSR and
(sri) Zeiss is to be provided with raw diam ?v id alr e-idy to have
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been checked for their useability.
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25X1 They are said to be stones of =3razili =or n> i Ply so. Zeiss insists
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that the final checks on useability occur on the Zeiss premises and reserves the right
to reject stones which cannot be used. The stones are said to be
of a weight of from .23 to .2b carats each. One-
third of the total lot are to be turned over to us at once when the contract, is accepted.
The rest would be delivered progressively.
(7) Diamond dust and powder are also to be delivered to Zeiss.
I t is assumod at Zeiss that the contract will be
accepted. I t is a fact that most of the workers who had been working in the diamond-
die shop in lVbO have since then been taken over by Walter Fischer for we k on
Zeiss optical production, and that Weiss will have to scrape together *hat personnel
he can find and probably train some new people.
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