DEVELOPMENT OF CARBON ARC LIGHTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003600390006-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 28, 2000
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 28, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. ^
11~1~ClR~ATIR??~ REPORT' Co N0.
COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone) t ..
Sl19JECT Development of Carbon Arc ~ _ ? ~ ~'
Lights
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1~ ~1'he Hock PhysicalmTechnical i~boratory in T.;ETN1Nt~N (P+~ 51/I: a2),
7'hurin~;im was ths~roperty of Dr. BECK Bros . During ~ti+Va lip it was
!ln~8~+3d in the davelopmen;t of h~~h-performance oarbon arc lamps
for searekali~itso One of the 'i~rothers, Drs ~Iaralci SLC:K, was
ez~~ toyed by the AEt3 during ~,~^~ :iX and later in tYae BOLZ::NB~,CI~/
Budetdnl~.:r? AEG branch plant, ~7epartment far Shipbui~.din;; ~-3r
b`orcea.and Army Equipment. `I'hi~: branch plant d?veloped anc~ ~rrod
duceti AA~~ search3.i;~,hts e
~. L~ s~antli.n~ of tho 131~'CK 1?hys~l.ca].-Teci~.n.ical Laboratoryb The BECK
~~oratary was ordered to ba disztlantle6 in Januax^y ly4O. `j`he
ent~:re special equipment used for the ~.evelopmsnt anti ~r~easurln~; of
h3.~h~-porfat~~cxanc+~ carbon arc lamp.ig as -wall as test apparstus, ?~els
d isinantled, 3.ncludin~;;
f ., t
ad2~>m (diem) searchlights;
ba ti~ide--ankle ses.rohli.}~~.ts with a rar~;v of d3.spersi~r_ c-f 90a
c. A carbon erc la;.np with a oa~rrent ' -~ ; eneity of 450 amperm x'ur
u:~e in AAA aearchli.:~hts. 'his 'lamp re ~roscnted a dsvelo~,szzeni; or-~
der for the A8A ~whieh was eoz>ap:lateca mt the end of the war? i'?xis
lamp was desi~n.ea for an open searaYzli~ht without cas~.n~:~ and was
to beco::~ze standard eq~ ipment. V~ei~^;1?.t~ of lanig 3t? kr;. The com-
pleteei 450-aenXrx-? lamp was stored in the lei boratory;
de? Parts of a pre~riously devn3.c~p.M~~; ~zart~u:~ Qrc lazwp ~-?ith ~- ~CUrrenf
intensity df 1, 00{} to 1, 20~ arayares
The value of the dismantled ~quipm?nt was estirzatsd at 60,000
oast ;darks. It was packed in boxes ant shipped by rail, probg
aoly to LENIN t~AD, since the boxes wer? .:ierkod eaith the inscri~:-
tion "LEI~1N GRAD. `~ Na ~.nf or.~ation is .available on the instal-
1 at ~. on oi~ the a quipmont in LLIti IN ~'tAD plants .
3. Soy~.ot unit and tsc2~ical experts
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~.:A`Pllls&'J::t: r Irm. 's'Y-3 s iil' ~; t:~ai ch ~k~c ,?~~r~:~s;~facturec.+ street r~n~
cr+x?~vr. ~r?a 1a;npe, v~uz~ dis.;~a~~tlac in 'LO~I~i.
`b. J:n a 1e1:'..~;r tcwl;r.u ~?ptomt'iot? i~rx?, :apt k'p?':Qk~Tilid si.~ed. as
chieS' oi' tni~ burc:~u. ..e hat: t`raa tv:o to five soviet e~ssisi;ants,
~ ~er~;~~xn e~x.part, /;x+ec;ur~ta en,~3nF.er tiY.~.rh~:~: Pro:. the 3:Lk~I~~S-PLx~.~4
~~irrn in L'~.:i,illit-PAi~'.fi01~~, also workcu tk~?Fre
c, th.n 51L: ?I?.~:.~-P~~~IIk L~'irc1 anti the li~:Cl;
:..a ~: orat ory were tY,e only plant.a in the 3avie t Lane oi' ae r=,ur~.y
q~:elifiec~ for the G.evelop:lar~t ai Y11.: ~h-pert'or~cranco carbon aro
la.;r~:a. t"fne ~ v~' tY~e `~iLC.t brothers the other i'leei i.:~to t?'it~
ti:estr:i-n Gonr:s off' ~or;;~sny -? ~.Ys?: ~~!?.:~~i:;i N~e~',3 ~iriQ onl:l noteci c'~rz~an
expo_?ts in tr~i~l i'ielc unccr ~~oviet control. IVo uer~can c-.~parts
of tho RLC~+ ratio: at ory were c:oportac: to tY?ad soviet Union.
` a. ~aarca w;a.s tole by experts :.ho d~.d buainves with trio aovi~t
;.igY.~t +'i~tinr~,e $ureau in L:?:IP~:x~: that it wr~s also co'ncer.~ned
with they developrnor~t oi' e.iri'ia'ttt lr:nd~.nfr. flooe~li ~~htt~.
~!. ~ov:iet com~?aigaion in tk.-r; ]3hC1~. Laboxotorp
'She ~ovicts appeared at the laboratory for the fire~t ti,aa in
tho aprin;* oi' 1~~7. '1'hc~i~ aa.aF~ frost the :~I:iP21:1 Li.*ht ~'ittin?~s
~:tzreau and brought recorc.s relative tv tr~c~ aeve2o~~ent of tY~e
' 45~)~-ar:pere anr~ Lae 1,0:0 'to 1,2Up-ainap?re lames., ourae supposed
t.iat these v;er~e translations oi' 'kY:o r ecora.s secured in the
LODL~~fskC2.1 Iti:G branch Plant ? 'i'ho ~ovie~ta also ~?at~ with tk~e,a a
liAt a.' all tY:e ~c+rh~~en Fn.:,in~,crs who has particip'atQU in Cfia develop-~
st3HZ1t oS tktftit~e oer~~,on ax~c 1a.7~is. ':i'he speciGl 2nteregt o t~t~
yoviatq cesitere~. on tY,e l,U;rU La' 1,~t7U rempere la,p, v+Y,.ich ~ as
.I~a~csur~;d anc~ tamteci. i~x~a.:, tal~ca with tY~e Sov:i.Ftq it v:as ;;athvr~
ad teat ti~~ay wax?a not in :