RESEARCH PROJECTS AND FACILITIES AT INSTITUTE 20, MOSCOW

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
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• Publication Date: April 26, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY.
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ins of Title It Sections 793 and 794. of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its tmiumilssion or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person Is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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1. Tin 'or 'six?iined .ditring a period of two months in the winter of
1948 - 49 an ins ute on the eastern side of Moscow to-
gether with pOSP/' Od.:BPIEGET. no ?One else
aocoiapaniek us- en, these.,trips except, o opurse owlet chauf-
feur. The purpose:of the trips was to gill, . advice and suggestions
to the 8ovicit:/.4eChniCians at this institute, concerning pulse po.s,
sitibn modulition OomMunioation equipment under development here.
a Shot h of this that ute and its environment to the
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was about 20 cm, and the RP tubes in both receiver and transmit-
-ter were metal-ceramic tubes0 one: Was of the LD type
(1X-9). A sketa of the antenna, eith approximate dimensions,
ie shown See page10_,T
10. 'A few of the spedifications of thie eqUipient.were as followst
-(a) Audio reproduction, 300 7 3000-cycles/second, (b) filter
:cutoff frequency, 3300 oycles/second (well out off at 4000 to
avoid images) 3 (a) output of the low frequency channel, 1 neper
(d) input to the 10r:frequency channel, 2 nepers (e) pulse rate,
96 kilocycles/seeond before time division, .(f) pulse width,
1 mieroseoond (#) pulse position shift, 1.5 microseconde with
100 percent modulation.
-1%* equipment was being ruggedized for truck mounting.
iQunting Dian
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.the sides. of a covered truck in order: to. have an, operating space
the middle of the truck.' The antenntwas-to be mounted on a
.-Aluist along side the truck. a pipe'mastAras to 'be
. used.. A telesooPing,mast was., discussed, but\ cif the So-
viets could make a?gootielescopinumast because of. the machin-
ing and lubricating problems involved.. ? '
placed along
MUIPn AT' INSTITUfl 20
12. the Institute building by the back door gee
:?? Page 7 2were met by LIPPSEAN and escorted to his
laboratories., The:building was new, perhaps ten years old,
mounted a spiral
'stairway soon after entry And proceeded down the corridor of the
third floor to a control station, then into the laboratories
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paiell _2% never in anylrooms other than those
shown iee page
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LIPPMAN was not in charge of the en-
tire institute. His work was confined to the laboratories See
page 11]. These laboritOries occupied Only about 5 per cent
of the lloorepace,in'thetinstitute.
14. NII-20 had more test equipment and was better eauipped in all
ways thin NII-160. L_
The laboratory.work-shop.was well equipped with shapers, lathes,.
.precision drills, punch praises and a .full out- ?
-lay of work-shop equipment. Only one machine of each type was
but all 'types were there and appeared to be of good
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quality. The.low frequency work done in the twolaboraidr-
:lee nearest to the work-shop. 'These rooms were arranged with
.work-%enehes (four or five-in2each room) in the center of the
rooks, test equipment on elevated shelves, and work space on
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either side of each beno.h. Next to the low frequency laborator-
? ies 'were ? two centimeter laboratories. No particular arrangement
? of ? these rooms was evident and equipment was scattered :tfirough-
: out the rooms. Across the hall Was LIPPSNINt8 office and a rail'
Hof design rooms, The drafting work was done in these design
rooms0 drawings of the antenna there and pieces of it in
the shop 6 ? ? ? .?
1?5 ? ? ci1,1 of the test equipment had. been built at the
inetitnte. I a standing Nave ratio meter, many attenuators,
. decimeter signal generators, and many slotted lines. The ITER .
? (Standard Wave Ratio) meter was yery.iimple, consisting of one.
directional 'coupler of the Cross type. with an absorb.er,..in one
?end ant 'a detector in the Other end of the cross member. Only a
minimum ' sva could be produced,. and nd actual SIM value was
Possible with this instrument, The SWR meter is shown sohemat-
.1oally as follows s ?
-Main transmission line
'The:slotted lines were .for 8 to 60 cm. wavelengths, JUdging. by
their length. 'Many minor pieces, including oscilloscopes and
low frequency generators, were on hand. These..ninor .pieces ap-
jeered to be,..copieb of American equipment.
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16. 'LIPPSMAN? also said. that all the 'items for their research were
roduced.at the institute. .This is- typical Soviet policy. \
]bakelite and iron carbonyl corps, condensers,
chokes, quartz crystals (from inatural quartz) , and coils with
preesed .powder coils, were' made at this, institute. These items
.viere. redesigned- and 'often rebuilt within a week's ;time. The
'quality was good;-about the same as. Gerlian quality,: bnt not as
uniform; '7 \ the Soviet?made parts were larger
and heavier than necessary.. Engineers in Oersiany always try to
tainiatilk1te but in ? he USSR 'enlargement is emphasized.
EA/IEEE 9P PERSONSE AT INSTITUTE 20
/!saw. abont twenty_people, ? all_un-
4 as.' LIPPSMANg i rep ti on , in . the 1 ab orat oriel! see..page 11 J.
, Most of 'the People in the laboratories wore white laboratory
. Smocks so whether any. of. them had on military
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uniforias. or not.
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the names sOf any. .of the people .121..IIPPSEAN's de-
partment.. One Of hi's best' milts tants' was a 'woman., She came to
NII-166 for about two weeks during the construction Of a special
oscilloscope which had been requested by LIPPSMIN for their
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'onnstruction. She' also accompaniet-LIPPULN on several of his
visits id N11, .
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19, The Soviet engineers at 3II-20 were :capable and would probably
.: *int achieved the same' Or equivalent' reanlie, in a little more
. . tiise , ' Without the seers tants? . of the Germans o. : Of- he twenty So-
viet "trechniniane in. L1140/631. a laboratory, perhaps only four had
? academic training; While the other -sixteen were. Of the technician
level.. All were ?ignite young, and LIPMAN iiimeett was not over
O Ware of .a -No more than four of the Went' were women. -
women comprise .30 pet cent of Soviet
technical perannnel.
. The 3II-20 perionnel were better qnalified technically than those-
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3II-l60 and were paid better salaries9 ,perhape4g Or 50. per
Sent. higher. LIPPSILAR salaiyS
[lie about 50 per deli .
higher Oen a. comparable position at 3I/-160.', 1.1.PPSRLN said that
Nn-20 Personnel also, received higher, 'bd?uses. The salary dif;
:---ferential may be :benne. of the military potentiality of 311-20
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Work.
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Entrance Not U..s able
(At Least lii Winter)
Street Car Line
Many-Storied. Appartment Houses
Street Rises
slightly Here
Street Car Believed. To
Come From North
Rbou.t 4 Tra.cip,
Railway
Ste nate pollee
n pace II
Buildins of Good. I
Construction With g
Bright, Colored Wails
And. 4(7) Floors
Starrs
Open Area. With Small Builairr3S /
- _ (Sheds)Garages, Etta) ,
Industrial Area On 711711
Narrow
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Road. Drops
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AREA. SURROUNDING INSTITUTE. 20 IN MOSCOW
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