PROF GUSTAV HERTZ, LEIPZIG, AT AN UNSPECIFIED DATE DURING THE RECENT PAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008400490010-8
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2008
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: January 1, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Frof L:stav Hertz, L?cirzi.g, at an unspecified date during the recent pa3t,
with Prcf, Robert Rompe, heat: of VLIC- 3(_-;oa, FhyI.ical Institute,
at Fi imboidt University and head of the Aca+lemy Institute for Radiation Sour'::--.F
iesc.arch in East Berlin. The showdown was prompted b,f a sharp difference of
opinion between the two scientists concernin( the maiii lines to be fo_levsed in
physic,a'_ research in Last Germany? Hertz was aware of ,.be fact that Ros:pr?, during
-Ole ~E:r i st period of East G?mmany's existence, has wieldtd strong politics]. in
fi..'.ence .?n scientific development and that0when hi later lest :such of his pcliti ai
i.:l.t'Au .n ,FO he ccatinue to deter :ine the scicnt] fic orientation of physical re-
^~r.i.rch zrt East Germany
IHe 'rz''s position was based on his findings v.ith respect to the status of nhysl(:al
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