1. APPRENTICE SCHOOL AT ZEISS, JENA 2. POSSIBLE PRODUCTION OF AERIAL CAMERAS AT ZEISS, JENA

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CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8
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RIPPUB
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S
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4
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December 27, 2016
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July 23, 2013
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7
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Publication Date: 
November 9, 1953
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REPORT
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50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/23: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8 4;r 41. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT SEiCRET SECURITY INFORMATION COUNTRY East Gerraany SUBJECT DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED 1. Apprentice School at Zeiss, Jena 2, Possible Production of Aerial Cameras at,Zeiss, Jena REPORT DATE DISTR. NO. OF PAGES 4 REQUIREMENT NQ. RD REFERENCES 50X1-HUM 9 November 1953 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM ' THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 50X1-HUM 50X1-HUM SECRET STATE ibc ARMY #x NAVY Wkx AIR #x FBI AEC ORB Ev OSI Ev (Not*: Washington Distribution Indicant:I By "X"; Field Distribution By "*".) Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/23: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/23: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8 HUM COUNTRY g East Germany G SECRET SECURITY INFORMATION REPORT DATE DISTR. PI 0 r. 5.3 SUBJECT : 1. ApPrehticeSchool at Zeiss, Jena NO. OF PAGES 3 2. Possible Production at Zeiss, Jena of Aerial Cameras i PLACE NO. OF ENCLS. ACQUIRED (LISTED BELOW) 50)(1-HUM DATE ACQUIRED BY SOURCE DATE OF INFORMATION s THIS' IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. 50X1-H UM EXPANSION OF THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL AT ZEISS. JENA 1. 2.? 50X1-HUM the expansion of the apprentice school was a manifes- tation of the Communist plan to train the youth in every, possi- ble way technically as well aerpelitioally.The young men and women' were givenall sorts of promises as to what they might achieve by pursuing technical and scientific studies. While participating in the training program, they were at the same time being indoctri- nated with Communism. all of the students in attendance were from within commuting distance of Jena. enrollment was to increase, SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/23: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/23: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8 4. SECRET -2- 50X1-HUM time. this building could well be completed by this The original Zeiss prewar course was three years. The Communists reduced this to two years after the war, but apprentices were so poorly trained that it was again rrestored to three years in 1952. 50X1-HUM NEW AERIAL CAMERA PRODUCTION BUILDING 10. 11. The building shO;h 71e:5 not a new building. During the warxit suffered serious bomb damage. However, sections of the walls wpre left intact, and it was being reconstructed according to its former plans. This build- ing was 100 it 25 meters, of steel-reinforced oonorete, and three stories high--the top story was double-height. During the war periscopes were tested and adjusted in this upper section. Judging by the rate of construction the building has now been completed and partially equipped. thin bullding ?the "aerial camera building" raw cas nge taken from the foundry into the usable section df the building. These castings were similar to those used to build cameras for the German Luftwaffe--about 75 x 60 it 30 centimeters. The shop work in this building was under the supervision of HENSGE and KEUCHER: the rate of camera production. lis 'certain that no aerial cameras were in production at Zeiss. ena. as of the ena wr 1952 f aerial cameras Produced at Zeiss, Jena, as of August 1953 were not being the cameras are intended for the Soviets since they are the only ones who could buy them. SECRET Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/23: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/23: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8 50X1-HUM Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2013/07/23: CIA-RDP81-01030R000100320007-8