PRODUCTION OF OPTICAL EQUIPMENT AT THE JENA ZEISS FIRM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005700690004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 31, 2003
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: August 17, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Production of Optical Egiipment at the Jena Zeiss 2irm
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.DATE PREPARED 17 August 1950
1. The department for the production of photo-theodolites was transferred to
the U . S. `-,4. in 1946/1;.7 and has not been reopened. Aerial camel as, gun-
sights, bombsigh's and infra-red equipment are not being produced. * A
reflex sight needed for A-1 Jaeger-Schulungsgeraet sets is produced. The
item produced are cormercial products for standard photographic cameraa.
lC_pm rent. other engineers said that lenses or mirrors for infra-red
eq pmen are" eing produced at the Schott Firm in Jena. This is not believed
possible since there engineers were not familiar with the production of this
firm.
omment. The report is possibly true since the production plans and
ance sheets of the Zeiss firm furnish an almost complete picture of the
present production of the firm. The location, in the U.S. ,1~ 4, of former
Z:,4iss engineers iz known. It is inferred 25X1
from the deportation of engineers of the chott ' irm to Moscow and Kiev
that no war materiel is presently manufactured by the Schott Firm in Jena.
This document is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL In accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
Next Review Date: 2008
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Approved For Release 2004/04/15 : CIA-RDP82-00457R005700690004-7