SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN SENSITIVE RESEARCH BETWEEN EAST GERMANY AND SOVIET BLOC NATIONS

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 2008
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• Publication Date: February 11, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY East Germany/USSR/Satellites
SUBJECT Scientific and Technical Cooperation ip
Sensitive Research between East Germany
and Soviet Bloc Nations
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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OF THE UNITED STATES. ?ITMIN THE NEANINY OF TITLE IS. SECTIONS 793
AND 7P4. OF THE N. S. 0O0E. AS ANENYEY. ITS TIANSNI$$ION OR REVEL-
REPORT
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DATE DISTR. 11 February 1955
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Bloc countries for scientific-technical cooperation w- Ti-eFi-7e
mitted b; the Ministries or other central organizations-, there are
requests on a f,-w topics which are nit processed and therefore not
forwarded to the countries involved. As a rule, requests of this kind
do not even reach the WTZ but are "killed" in the Ministries or other
central organizations. The topics in question are obviously those which
are considered "hot", which usually means that they fall under the
provisions of the Control Council law forbidding certain kinds of
research and development in Germany. One of these is the application
of atomic energy research. 11,ith the following exception, no request
involving this field has ever reached the WTZ. Among the 1955 requests
for scientific-technical cooperation with the USSR forwarded to the
WTZ in November 1954, there was one which seemed to have slipped past
the attention of the Ministry involved. The request originated with
an uniddntified East German inistrial enterprise and aimed at obtains
ing from the USSR all informa~irin on the application of atomic science
for use in industrial power plants. This request was not processed by
the WTZ and, of course, was not forwarded to the Soviet Trade Delegation.
The originating enterprise was sent
effect that the request could
Soviet experimentaticn in the
nor reached the point where the
technical cooperation with Czechosloval-ia_there is one which asks
permissifl for? East German team of research workers to continue
by the WTZ to the
the grounds that
not yet been completed
n could be obtained.
2. It hhculd be added, however, thaC"Wome requests pertainin
atomic research were processed by the WTZ, although forma
requests would also fall under the ban established by the
Council law. or instance, among the 1955 requests for s
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_nsitive Research between Eat Germsuy
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Ct~ P;Q' ne `Iommission, usually processes all requests to Soviet
Blot. countries for scientific-technical cooperation wnic}, ere tr.:.nc-
r i F a b;; the ?linistries or other central or. az4icpe , there are
313 on " w topics whf aare nct proce d therefore not
forw~ r-ded tc the countries i ived. As a ru equests of thi.s kind
do nc . even reach the WTZ but`sare "killed" in the Ministries or other
cena?al orgc.nizations. The topics in question are obviously those which
are (.'risidered "hot", which usually means that they fall under the
;ro,,,3ions of the Control Council law forbidding certain kinds of
re33Urch and development in Germany. One of these is the application
of atomic energy research. With the following exception, no request
i nv iY ving this field has ever reached the C:TZ. Among the 1955 requests
fog cientific-technical cooperation with the USSR forwarded to the
WT :n November 1954, there was one which seemed to have slipped past
the ;-t.ention of the Ministry involved. The request originated with
an unidentified-East German industrial enterprise and aimed at obtain-
in, -from the USSR all information on the application of atomic science
for use in industrial power plants.- This request wes not processed by
the ''TZ and, of course, was not forwarded to the Soviet Trade Delegation.
1iginating enterpri.ce was sent a short notice by the WTZ to the
that the request could not be fulfilled on the grounds that
vi4v experimentati.n in the matter had not yet been completed
r-:or 'ea.ched the point where the required information could be obtained.
.'.: s-'iould be added, however, that some requests pertaining to jLrc
,ttcs`lc research were processed by the "TZ, although formally such
recucsts would t,iso fall under the ban established by the Control
Coun::il law. For instance, among the 1955 requests for scie-tific-
tech,iical cooperation with Czechoslovakia,there is one which asks
errr4.ssion .o, an East German team of research workers to continue
cosmic radiation research besun'irr 1954 on the top of a 2,400-meter
mountain in the High Ta-tra.range, Czechoslovakia. The request: originated
with an unidentified institutq of the bast German Academy of Sciences.
The WTZ processed this request and-it is expected that it will be approved
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bL r;rechoslovakia in the same way as it was approved for 1954.
It is well known to the. -ersonnel of the fTZ that t: eru is an url-ent
need for ecientifi4~taq tioal cooperation with the USSR in,all matters
concerning g
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telopment, since the USSR in known to,
,.f'ia2d, than Last Germany. c uoVor,, o rep,
has over been iy by the
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