ASID SERUM INSTITUTE, DESSAU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600040079-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 20, 2011
• Sequence Number: 79
• Publication Date: April 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
CENTRAL INTELLIGCNC= AGENCY
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMAT;ON
l? ASID erimi Institute is located in Dessau
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narplatz 3. ASID Serum Institute
Weissensee, Berlin-Weissensee, Grosse Seestrasse [Soviet Zone] was formerly affiliated
but is now operated by the government as an independent institution. The ASID Serum
Institute Berlin W35, Potsdamer Strasse 149 [US Zone] was a branch of.the Central
''Institute at Dessau, but since 1947 has operated independently and has no connection
with Dessau.
2. In 1950 there were about 500 employees at Dessau, working 48 hours per week. Sera,
vaccines, and pharmaceuticals for human and veterinarian use were produced. Raw materialF.
were obtained in Germany [Soviet Zone] except agar-agar which had to be imported.
3. The output was largely consumed in Eastern Germany, with some small quantities going to
other countries behind the curtain. Exports to the USSR as reparations were discontinued
in 1949. Small quantities of sera and pharmaceuticals for veterinary use only were sold
to Soviet Army units stationed in Eastern Germany.
4. Since 1949 the Soviets, including veterinarians, have shown no interest in the
Institute.
5. All the old key personnel have left the Institute since 1950, some escaping to the West,
and some goi to Forschingsaastalten Insel Riems bei G
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INFORMATION REPORT
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6. A synthetic serum for swine erysipelas was being trMAur-d -- ,95C
500 liters per week at a cost of DM 30.00 per liter. According to numerous re o Was
veterinarians published in Eastern German veterinarian warts of
definitely superior to equine ser m. periodicals, the serum was
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