ZEISS JENA WORKS PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP81-01036R000200030058-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: April 12, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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AND 7e., OP THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION ON NEVE.
LATION OP ITS CONTENTS TO ON RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
OP THE UNITED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANINS OP TITLE is. SECTIONS 7S$
THIS is UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
DATE DISTR.
/,A Apr 54
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Oerwfnny (Soviet Zone)
Increase in
Zeiss Jena Worrkw, Production
1. Production clf vide aimgle laantlaa';, w is further increased in January 1954 at the
Carl Zsiass >wrork>m. Jonmi. Two more telaa,r+hc to lenses with a foeal .108A, :rrn
of 1.5 moterl:+; ire in dsve;llo:n elnnt. The,~s lenses are used exelusively in,,
phototheod,olite,, erhi.sh r rs to be built by the Askanis works ,t Teltow,
in future. The film v*pm:rsatus and i?ndanter are manufactured by Zeisa Jerwi.
This theodolite i.- a turthorr develcav+resnnt of the well-known, Asll nice n,hoto-
theodolite a The develoru rant work h ax been sowrleted. Hoverer, production
of telephoto lensei ,At Zeiss Jena samnot befit before the middle of Wn oh 1954.
2. The telessoDis sighting asr,naratus (Ri,shtfernrdhr) is still in development
because the one in hand as rejected . by the 5'ovi.et in> resting sotrsission for
the reason thfnt the i relliSar error w"~s more than 1-600th degree for long range;
1-600th degree in the w'v etm Imrdllmx error for a viewing angle from 6 to
26 percent. This job will s lao be ready for production by the middle of Wt oh.
The apparatus uses standard notion r,isture film. The snmera mechanism makers
it possible to take up to 38 oieture% leer 'wood. The camera was developed
by Zeiss Ikon of Dresden. The teler',hoto lens he a focal distance of 1.5
asters. (Ratio of focal digtsnse to lens aperture, 1:8). The Quartz
oscillator used to synchronize the orumera was dsv0oped for Zeiss by the RAT
Erfurt. The plant will not be ready to undertake production until the middle
of 1954, but the Soviet Union is demanding the first deliveries by 3 Jun 54.
The apparatus is most c,robnbly used for airfield control. light are to be
manufactured by the end of 1954. Zeiss has been making theodolite lenses
since 1947, but theie appear to be the first electronic-optisaal ones. It is
reported that 2,200,000 morrkm were sralproprieted for the develo!.snte
3. There has been no ehanfre in the production of field glasses; 42 stereoteleecopes
were produced in bui7 Me Production of teleaeopis sight (Zielfernrdhren)
was the sans as z..,, ase>eber 1953.
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