(SANITIZED) POLISH SEMI-CONDUCTOR RESEARCH (SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006600600003-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 19, 2007
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: May 6, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION PPnf
COUNTRY Poland
DATE OF INFO.
DATE ACQUIRED
This material contains information affecting the
National Defense of the United States within the
meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C.
'ecs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revel-
~, of which in any manner to an unauthorized
-n &Prohibited by law.
REPORT
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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Poland is only carried out in one place
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the initial stage.
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this work has not progressed beyond
semi-conductor research and development in 25X1
Poland suffers from the following;'
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a. 4 very limited number of physicists specialize
field.
b. The Polish government so far has not agreed to make available for
research and development the germanium occurring in Upper Silesia.
.as a result the work carried out in Warsaw has so far been mainly con-
cerned with the study of lead compounds, specifically of lead sulfide,
lead selenide, and lead telluride. The Warsaw institute lacks important
materials for its work. For instance, there is a permanent shortage of
hard glass which has been imported, in insufficient quantities only,
from Czechoslovakia. The institute also does not have any Dewar contain-
ers.
c. There is a serious shortage not only of scientists but also of skilled
laboratory technicians. The situation is illustrated by the fact thct
Sosnow3ki's institute in Warsaw has only one glass-blower?who
also has to perform the glass-blowing work for two more scientific
institutes in Warsaw.
d. Government funds for semi-conductor work are insufficient. So far the 25X1
Polish government has nct shown much interest in this kind of work and 25X1
has supported it only hesitatingly.
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