THE MANUFACTURE OF A-1 TYPE AIR FORCE TRAINING SETS AT ZEISS, JENA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014300280010-6
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 7, 2002
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 6, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY East Germany
SUBJECT
The Manufacture of A-1 T pe Air Force Tiainin;
Sets at Zeiss, Jena
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DATE DISTR. 6 Novembeir 1952
NO. OF PAGES 2
NO. OF ENCLS.
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REPORT NO.
THIS DOCUMENT CORTAIRS INFORMATION AFFECTINSTNE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE 19. SECTIONS 753
AND 751, OF THE U. S. CODE. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVEL-
ATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON
IS PROHIBITED BYLAW THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM 18 PROHIBITED.
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1. In early April 1952, eight Czechs visited all the Installations of the
eiss r lant in Jena '(t' 51/s+ 66), except. the assembly shop in the
southern section of the plant, where f-1 type air force training sets
are manufactured. The Czechs who came from Prague were members of the
Committee for Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Eastern
Germany and Czechoslovakia. This corr.ittee is said to be subordinate
to the Central State Planning 11.-,ard in Prague. The management of the
:.eiss plant did not welcome this visit because the Czechs,, who were
accompanied by a Russian from Berlin, demanded that they be shown
construction drawings and be informed of production methods.
20 In late ay 1952, some foremen of the Zeiss slant, the chief designer,
Dr EvnstOuveno' and interpreter Jahn (fnu) were asked by Soviet it
Force officers to go to the airfields in Zerbst and e7ittstock in order
to repair some A-1 type air force training; sets t=- ere. The group returned
after several dais. Jahn stated that the motors of some A-1 sets had to
be replaced because of damage. He further said that only one A-1 set was
available in the instruction room so that he could not determine how
many sets were it operation at each field.
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3, :\irther orders for A-1 type air force training sets have been received from
the U.S.S.R. and China? The entire set consists of several units most of
which are operated by special electric motors. :.:any of the orders received
ask for the delivery of potentiometers which are not available at present.
L On 29 arch 1952, a meeting was held in the Zeiss plant to discuss an
acceleration of the delivery of ;,-1 type air force training sets. This
meetin was attended by Russians 1'anikeyev (fnu) and Sharupkin (fru)
and I:-.- Zeiss engineers Schubert (fnu), Heller (#hu), Jahn (fnu), Starke
(fnu) and '::ueller (fnu)., The Russians requested an accelerated delivery
of the 74 A-1 type air force training sets ordered from the Zeiss -pl mt,
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,,jh1ie the t.crr;an specialists poinied out tthat. there was considerohle
vliortare of resist-.-Ice ,ire, copper and ~., ..2.~ Calsle,,, the Russians nt3v .sed
tuhe `.eiss manr.F ors to report to the amthor ized ministry in Berlin '>l.l.
difficulties in tho procurement of the required material