NEW ZEISS INSTRUMENTS TO BE DISPLAYED AT THE 1954 LEIPZIG FAIR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005100270009-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 24, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: November 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-
ing of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in
any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited
by law.
COUNTRY East Germany
REPORT
SUBJECT New Zeiss Instruments to be Displayed DATE DISTR. 2 November 1954
at the 1954 Leipzig Fair
NO. OF PAGES)
REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. Among the models and instruments that Zeiss, Jena, will exhibit at the
forthcoming Leipzig Fair in the fall of 1954, is a new spectral photometer
for ultrared, to be used in spectral research of the long-wave area, The
estimated sales price for this instrument will be around 50,000 DME.
2, Because of the nature of the instrument and its very specialized use, it
will. not be mass-produced but will only be manufactured after specific orders
have been received.
3.
VEB Optik Carl Zeiss, Jena, also intends to bring out a new small film camera
in October or November 1954. They will make every effort to show a few sample
models at the Leipzig Fair. This new camera will be called WERRA and will
have a Tessar 2.8/5 cm. lens, shutter speed - 250th of a second, film size -
24 x 36 mm. Its exterior will be of modern design. It.-is to sell for about
160 DME.
4. Estimated production figures for the-; WERRA for the remainder of 1954 are
optimistically calculated at 50,000 to 60,000 units, and about 150,000 units
are to be manufactured during 1955. This.camera has been developed by Rudi
Mueller and his staff.
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5. Gollnow (fnu), the DIA photo camera sales chief, expects to sell at'least
10,000 WERRA cameras in West Germany before Christmas 1954.
6, Zeiss Jena and DIA have been worried about their large stocks of binoculars
and portable 16-mm. sound movie projectors. They therefore intend to display
these two items very prominently at the Leipzig Fair and to sell them at
ridiculously low prices just to get rid of their large inventories.
Commentm Deutscher Innen- and Aussenhandel - Feinmechanik-Optik
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