DISTRIBUTION OF IMPORTED INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS IN 1954

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
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• Content Type: REPORT

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SUBJECT Dist~ibutioa of Imported
Indnatrial Diamonds in 1954
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIR
DATE ACQUIRE
East Germany
The following rough diamonds were imported by East Germany during 1954=
B
ough Qisaionds suitable
for drawi.~g dies
Rough diamonds suitable for tools
3~134~47 carats
0 0, i carats
Total ,224098 carats
2. The following table shows how the imported rough diamonds were
distributed to government stor
i
'DOtal
es
n 1954s
To gabelwerk Hoepenick government stores:
Bough diamonds auitabl? for drawing dies
Rough diamonds suitable for tools
To 9EB Carl Zeiss, Jena:
Rough diamonds suitable for tools
Total
3? Diamond bort was imported in 1954 in the amount
This diamond bort was distributed as fal2owes
To Kabelwerk goepenick
To YEB Carl Zeiss, Jena
21 April 1955
25X1..
S '-
4y~20Ie43 oarats
3,134,47 carats
1 12e06 carats
4, 4 e53 carafe
1 8 carats
622 .98 carats
of 49,201.43 carats,
~~-i~~a?,l~arate
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4. The following are the size specifications of the rough diamonds
imported during 1954:
`'ire Range sough diamonds for drawing xou h diamonds for tools
~~pprozimate~ dies - to Rabelwerk Koepenick to Kabelwerk o e ss o a
Koepenick Je! Impo_ rte
025 carat 297r53carats
Oa33 carat 172o39carats 31062 carats 69014 carats 100.76 car.
Oo50 carat 53a26carats 141 95 carats 166.98 carats 308.93 car.
Oo75 carb.t 373a72carats 186092 carats 205.61 carats 392.53 car.
1.00 carat 834~27carats 396.13 carats 390.64 carats 786.77 car.
1050 carats 796~88carats 307002 car~ta X34.66 carats 641.68 car.
2000 carats 227~93carats ~??p!'!c~ra#s63.78 carats 337.79 car.
2050 carats 141a49carats 112o67'}carats 81.88 carats194.55 car.
3.00 carats 150.82carat~ 60021 carats 33.34 carats 93.55 car.
3050 carats 31olOcarats 17p54 carats 20x88 carats 38.42 car.
4000 carats 7093 carats 796 carats 4020 carats 12.16 car.
4050 carats 13~57car~:ts 9~4? carats 13.56 carats 23.03 car.
5x00 carats 9o8lcarats o 25007 carats 25.07 car.
550 _
650 carats 23077 carats
Rough diamonds
for hardness testing o
~itriers ?
TOTAL
3913 4 47 carats
25.42 carats 25.42 car.
660 6 carats 4'5.29 carats 109.85 car.
151200 carats 1,578o45car. 3,090.51 car
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