1. MEETING OF THE WORKING CIRCLE FOR GYROSCOPES 2. PRODUCTION OF GYROSCOPES AT ASKANIA TELTOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005800360001-1
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: February 21, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY East Germany
DATE DISTR. 21 February 1955
SUBJECT 1. Meeting of the Working Circle for Gyroscopes NO. OF PAGES 2
2. Production of Gyrocope$ at Askania, Teltow
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Freiberger Praezisionsmechani' 9Precision
all-bearing factories and tha NEB
Eartha were represented at the meeting
e= o select certain: tapes of (;yrosco.,es as bases
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1. Jn 2; September 1954 a conference of t,-.-e ',corking Circle for
.; roscopes was held at the VEB Kleinmaschinenoau (plant for
sma.l machines) in Harth. 'Amon others, the 'NTBG (Scientific
Technical Bureau for Instrument Construction) Berlin, the
,iriistr of Interior, Funkwerk hoepenick, Professor Boe e
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for development.
3. It was decided that VEB Kleinmaschinenbau Hartha should construct
gyroscopes similar to those produced before 1945. WPBU was to check
the suggested designs, and the Institute of Professor Boege in
Ilmenau was t,: be charged with the theoretical development work.
plants stated that, At
4. It was not yet decided whether the gyroscopes should operate
with 400 or 500 cycles or not. Several countries includin_ the
USSR operate with 400 cycles. The major problem was the production
of precision bearings. The representati&Q? ?f the ball bearing
,zere incapable of prod
xj.ired for gyroscopes?r
activities in this field, and Funkwerk Koepenick &17-d-777' no'T` s'h W
any special interest in the development of gyroscopic instruments.
robably become the central
t of gyrosco s. }eraetewe
plant),- previously Askaniadropped furt
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It was not planned that VEB Kleinmaschinenbau Hartha was to be
in this type of developiaent activities. Since the 1955
for the
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cheduled to be completed by 15
dy, the general distribution of the
of be discussed.
6. The development of gyroscopic instruments was allegedly to be
settled at future conferences.
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Werke Teltow. It is possible the name is being changed,, in line with t
general pattern of other East German plants, such as VEB Elektrekehle f
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