RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ZEISE WORKS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001100840009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 31, 2006
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: December 16, 1947
• Content Type: IR

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
INTELLIGENCE REPORT
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COUNTRY
Cats ray (Russian 21or )
SUBJECT R"stablis1vent of
t:ee Zeus Jorks
ORIGIN
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In A/.;:'il 1947, SVA ordered the re-establishment of the Zeies
Works, which had been over ninety percent dismantled in 1945 and
1946: and appointed Andmanr, a (, erman Communist returned from
"!osc: v, as manager. The Thuringian government was ordered to
put it the disposal of the plant a non-interest..bearing capital
of :venty-four million marks.
2. In rune 1947, again on SMA orders, another twenty million marks
of ion-Interest-bearing government credit was invested in the
worts. In July and August 1947, S14A node available to the
wo.sks a qusn tity of machines and other equipment necessary for
re['iminq; production. T:tost of this materiel came from the euip-
mer,dismantled in 1945 and 1946; much of it was in such bad
cor+.?ition that it could not be used.
3? SI applied steady and increasing pressure. for speeding up the
wor-x of re-establishment Under this encouragement, one part
of the plant whicii had a crew of 6000 during the war is again
working with a crew of 5500, since the end of August 1947,
This section produces aerial cameras (Luftbildgergto). The
Zeiss Works have been the sole producers of the completely auto-
matic aerial camera W! 43 (1 tbi d-Sane, 43)
This document is hereby regraded to with the
CONFIDENTIAL in acco d ( e from the
letter of 13 October
Director of w (`~,.,tral irate"sli~ggence to the
.~-
Archivist Of tile ,, States.
r,: t P View Date: 2008
This document contains informa tiod
affecting the national defense of the
United "tates within the meaning of
the Espionage Act 509 U.S.C. 31 and
32 as amended. Its transmission or
the revel-tion of its contents in any
manner to an unautt-.orized person is
prohibited by hewn
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