VEB CARL ZEISS, JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004700410008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 30, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: September 2, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION, REPORT
This material contains Information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
w w ;. the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
SECRET - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
East Germany
VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena
This is UNEVALUATED
REPORTI
DATE DISTR. 2 September 1954
NO. OF PAGES.... , l ..:_..
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. Dr. Herbert Kortum has replaced Dipl. Ing. Bischoff as head of the Development
De
artment
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eiss VEB Optik, Jena. He, Dipl. Ing. Bielmeyer and Dr.
Straubel, the latest returnees from Russia, form the development department.
In April 1954, the USSR placed large orders for theodolites, oscillographs,
mirror
alva
t
g
nome
ers, Toeppler Schlieren devices, and interferometers at
Zeiss. The exact amount of these orders is not known.
The production of lenses, measuring devices, microscopes, etc., has had to be
greatly curtailed because of interference in the West market outlets by Carl
Zeiss Oberkochen. It is hoped to fill this vac am in production by the manu-
facture of a Volkskamera (Spiegelreflex)! 15 000 of this t e f
o
camera are
scheduled to be ' J
produced in 1954. So far, however, the plans are still on the
drawing board.
4. The management of VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena, is awaiting the outcome of its suit
concerning the use of the Carl Zeiss trademark against Zeiss,Oberkochen, which
is being tried in Stuttgart.
Be The manufacture of this new camera would require an extensive plant reorganisation.
Furthermore, the Zeiss'Jeaa company does not have the necessary experience for the
mass production of this product.
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