ACTIVITY AT ZEISS, JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900410015-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 2, 2000
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: August 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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1 F AT h REPORT C0 NO.
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COUNTRY Germany (s9an Zane)
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SUBJECT Activity at Zeiss, Jena
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The production of t" nfaerbepo:?ar-3.oationsfil.tern is being i~ tia?.:ct,, A.
specialist*,, from "7e; .x rn Germany -.as engaged for this pu j,ose o Forenrly
this specialist worked in this field at IG Farben,, t Tie I is:,ian; haw
shown considerable interest in this project0
Zeiss has .ce attengated to cast a two-meter mirror, p vtwn.ibly for tee..
objective o In both cases, the casting .ms 't n ucces sS,'ulo
Conferences have started at Zeiss conce =ing a Russian order for N2, a
successor to D.' .ector Hugo Schrade is in favor of trying to obtain
the order, s .i.ch would make it possible to employ more per's xLnel an l to
obtain funds for further reconstruction.. Dr. Horst K ilc , Ihcad of the
computing dcjxu-tacnt for telescopy, is against it,, because he feel ; -that
work v i.ch is more appropriate to Zeiss T?ould suffer an3 prevent Z-:iss'
from holding i.ts Position in the irate rnatiof market.
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to On 1 March l%1, the last three tons of 'iron were removed frost Zee is and
trans 'erred to another factory ithich was completely v .tt?boier. iron;, As a
result, Zeiss was obliged to stop the pro uctii,ora of mmach.i:rc tools ar.
work on as yro cupolas. It is not kno m vthen Zeiss Trill.receive f0=,d t
iron again,
2a The production of telescopic gunsi its is to be started in
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