VEB CARL ZEISS JENA PERSONNEL CHANGES

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2008
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 7, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL -INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning 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 VEB Carl Zeiss Jena Personnel DATE DISTR. December 1955
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1o Dir, Dr, Hugo Schrade (SED)9 chief of VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena, was frequently
absent from his Tab dn, i.o +h. _&
longed absences this summer Di 1 I LouB-11jia ocr>:raae ? s 1 requent and prc
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9 p o ngo Rudolf
Mueller (SED)9 technical
director of VEB Carl Zeiss, Jeze9 made most of the rleoisione normally failing
within the Jurisdiction of Director Sohrade, However9 no official
announcement was made appointing him acting chief or giving him a similar
titled In spite of this lack of official announcement, it was generally
assumed by the plant personnel that Mueller, referred to in the plant as
RuMue , would eventually be appointed deputy chief or st cond in commands
Many of the top men in Zeiss J'aae have reservations about Mueller?s over-
all technical qualifications, but felt that each a chofte would not be too
bad for the plant because he has three points in his favor
an old member of the Mimi plant, family; (b) he is a member ofathehBED,
yet well liked by most of his enbordinateag and (!) he has the ability to
make decisions (not necessarily always icrrect ease) and does not
as Schrade was in the habit of doing for the p~?~tgelstinat?
past years
20 In early October 1955, a now official by the Hems of Weiss or Weitz (faun)
appeared at the plant, apparently under SED auspices, and, although no
official announcement has been made, it is understood that he will become
deputy chief of VEB Carl Zeiss, as soon as he has familiarized himself with
the firm, Nothing is known as yet concerning Weiss' professional or
personal background, although some officials who have come in contact with
this person state that he either came from Dresden or had previous experience
with a main administration in East Berlin,
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3o Weiss is also alleged to have brought one other official with him (nu) who
allegedly to become the new commercial directorol Should this second
appointment also take place, the present commercial director?, Dr, Viktor
Hueber, will have to relinquish his post and will be relegated to the
position of Sales and Distribution Manager (KLV)2o The present chief of
Sales and Distribution, Lorenz Fromm, will, in turn, be relegated to the
next lower step of Export Department Chief,
4. Incidentally, Fromm and Georg Senf, who were supposed to take a trip
in August and September 1955 to various Western countries to stimulate
their foreign representatives and promote export contracts, had to
shorten their trip considerably because a number of the countries refused
a lications,
Comment: I. Kaufmaennischer Kanpt-leitero ?
2a Kaufmaennischer Leiter Vertrieb,
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