ZEISS-JENA: MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON ORGANIZATION, RESEARCH, AND PERSONNEL.

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200340005-5
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: December 20, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1W Fischer is the chief of the Eastern Department (Cstabteilung) of Zeiss-
Jena, This department is the one-which is often referred to as the
"Ruesenabteilung00d Fischer was formerly Zeiss representative in Russia,
is over 70 years of age but has great vitality. He conducts all negoti-
ations with the Russians, although he is neither a technician nor a
scientist, but merely has commercial experience,
2, Zeiss is interested in research in the field of image tubes (Bildwandler),
especially as this approach is useful in the-Infrared and x-ray field,, but
he added that they are unable to make any progress as long as the socialized
radio industry is unable to supply high-quality tubas.
3~ Effective 1 January-1951, the VVB Nechanik (the organization dontrolling
the socialized photos cinema,`and office-machine industry), located in
Dkesden Tiergartenstr., is to be reorganized and broken up. Those firms
now belonging to the VVB Mechanik which are-coneerned with optics and
precision mechanics are-to be transferred to the V W3 Cptik, located in
Jena,, Dipl. ing.. Bischoff, of Zeiss-Jena, is to take over the supervision
of the camera industry within the framework of the V13-0,ptik. Ukder this
arrangement a plan is being considered whereby the pilist models of cameras
gill be built at Zeiss-Jena;, while the actual prAductiin, including that
of the necessary machine tools, will be carried on .n other factories of
the V7B Optik.
4~ Concernin ; the Zeiss specialists in Rv.ssia, it was stated that they eak l_rl
be *1ivided into distinct groups: the surveying 3nsl;ru sent group; the
bombsight group; and the reproduction group. The most Important specialist
in the surveying-instrument group, for example, (further unidentified)
reportedly had been in the Zeiss works in Heidenhein (Weotern Germany), and
to have returned to the Russian Zone because he was not satisfied with his
work. The groups now in Russia are working in fielis in which work has
either not been resumed since the war at Jena or at least not in any sig-
nlficant degree.,
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5. The corresponding groups in ileidenhoi which specialize in bombsights
and surveying instruments are said to be preparing to move to Spain,
although one of these scientists, Kueppenbender, was refused en exit
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6. Winzenburg, who has been in charge of ^oastru-stion Of the Contax camera
at Zeiss-Ikon, is said to have proved a failure there. However, in view
of his excellent reputation in the field of military optical instruments
it is expected that he will devote more time to the latter field after
the reorxzan_.zntion of VV' Optik and VVB MechanIk takes place.
7 A. scientist who recently retw-ned from the USPR for a few days'leave to
Dresden ii.entioned that he had news of Prof,, Frieserd* Frieser, according
to this scientist, is working on an island in a large lake with some of
his former colleagues with who-Ai he had been c- uployed in Zinnowitz. He
also said that the widows of same of the Zeiss specialists in the US3!t
had requested perniasion to return to Germany, but had been refused.,
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