HF WERK MANUFACTURE OF TELEVISION TUBES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000100010017-2
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 23, 1999
• Sequence Number: 17
• Publication Date: November 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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tubes designated 6J5, 65Q7 and 6E5.
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Germany (Soviet lone) '
SUBJECT HP Werk-Manufacture of Television Tubes
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DATE ACQUIRED
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17 Aug 53
DATE (OF INFO.) 17 Aug 53
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unevaluated intelligence information received through an untested source.
The credibility of the information and reliability of the source cannot be
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1. The HF Wer?k, Perlin-Oberechoneweide, manufactured 5,000 television tubes during
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There is a tub oh of i,hinl t c I ` y P
ype E~H 619 which isueo bkci divei to l e x t)k
trace and for repaxatinris deliveries to the soviet t1ni8n. `ubes with slIg4t
television pioture tuoes9 copied from an Engli6ft,type
The flew tube, type UC# 81, has come into produc,or~``eto'of~e,! here were
difficulties with the' cathodes, but they h-.ve finally beeeded ro ucin
the. month of J'd1y199 . The shor age of' fllaorescent mAt rial for +-ihagio eyes"
has been relievi6d singe a works T?. uringid is ~bi td ` s,}E~ r?egu ..r deliveries.
vacuum defects now and then come into the trade in the People's Republic (117 ).
The FCH 81 resembles in construction the American tube, 6 AJ 8. These tubes are..
used in many Soviet radio and broadcasting sets.
There also are three tubes of the American series XI 52, a new production since
November 1952. These are designated 6J5, 6SQ7 and 6E5. These'tubes;Pre delivered'
to the Soviet Union and Poland. Pout 8,000 pieces of each kind are -manufactured,'
monthly.
5. A, further delivery of insulation material from the foreign West arrived on
10 Aug 53. In all probability,it came from Holland.
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