THE RFT RADIO PLANT IN KOEPENICK

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December 2, 1952
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Approved For Release 2006/04/20: CIA-RD P82-00457RO14300340006 4 1 . CLASSIFICATION SECRET CENTRAL INTELLIGEIVYHCEWt ,FION REPORT NO. INFORMATION REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY SUBJECT PLACE ACQUIRED DATE OF INFO. 25X1 25X1 25X1 25X1 East Germany The YET Radio Plant in Roepenick 25X1 C THIS DOCIil'ERT COHTAIN5 INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF TI1E 0111TED STATES. WITHIN THE MEANING OF TITLE IS. SECTIONS 755 AHD 734. OP THE B. S. CODE. AS AUTNDED. 1T5 TRANSWISSIOI! OR RHYEL? ATION OP ITS C01TENT9 TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRONIEITYD BT LAZE, THE REPRODUCTION OS THIS FORM IS PROHIOITED. DATE DISTR. 1952 NO, OF PAGESs 25X1 NO. OF ENCLS, (LISTED BELOW) SUPPLEMENT it REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION At a meetirvry_ of the Gperations Section of the E , 1-k-T Radio Plant in Koenenick 25X1 and 71.00 OG 2 .15? ; ets, as a ,Ile 1952 status of develop!nent and production and also fiv' 3etS each of the OG 2-1/r-2,, J5 l-1/52, OG 2-7/52 and OG 2-3/52 equipment o h?j acre series (I`yull.serien) were to be delivered to the U?S.S.I;.. by 30 SA.:),eriber 1952,. (L is e most serious difficulty in the production of this equipment was the s .crta,Te of condensers mode by fhi u_a?_r~ stabilizers in 1952. 2 . the ? easurin ; Instruments Section (TELT) the m ant i- Kc ' g h ) , Iia+ L e sc o ,ra)hs roduced at the plant. ee&.~o ald a conference to discuss the development r+:-` the eeeIIo._ 25X1 :raph and the SAG Kabel program. At this conference it was suc:.,-*ested tl~iat the ache sorrn.:er the echo ;raph be developed separately. Thp_SAG Kebe_'_ pro _ eluded the sari al~s o iIl r, am irr?: - 3.. The electro--acoustical laboratory prepared a prelirninaxY descriptwon of hez, echo, ~:raph, ir.dicatitir that the echo graph was fitted with three dif'fer?a E , indicators for depths to 11200 meters and that ical been solved, probl?mn had. not yetthe chemical F:omposi.tion of the varnish usea on ooscillators produced by t 'w Atlas firm in r.xn of 'ort to find 'a varnish suitable for the nickel sheet packets (Nickelblech .n.:kete) of the oscillators and submitted a report varnish. formula. f't~~;:? a s~ailax? contacted tie `-?UFO l.cid& STATE ARMY NAVY AIR Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006 4 leyden firm in Dresden for a marine silicor.. varni. Y -nc- learned that this firm could, after a few experiments, supply a .111-5-table varnish. that a perlon ribbon made by the Qebrueder Koeter firm at 6-8 `ngerstrasse, Leipzig W 33, be used for the recording devices (t'unkenochre iber). kre.ru a:.so used %fl echo 25X1 sounders of the Scientific-Technical bureau of the ? 1P. atowelon The ribbons used for this purpose had to be suitable for the tropics. In early February 1952, the Ministry gave the plant a translation of a 1 ussian report concerning; general specification for ship-radio trans- mitters, operational navigational receivers,, emer{ e .cy,' transmitters and radio direction finders, and on technical. require:-eei:; -, for naviitational echo sounders., this report r 3 i sv ? aided to the e:a.surbig Instruments section and the Shia Equiprmirt ;.:action to assist them in the development and production of such equto :entn During the period from to 7 -January 192, , in,trOled the laboratory oot a1 of the echo e drifter ROS '130 in l'ostock ariene)-:e 5510 6i). 25X1 the echo sound:hr during a cruise to the Lofoten Islands , which Lasted from i January to 6 :February 1952. 2' rep art on these tests dated 16 February indicated tha? , at the maxirlura depth measured, which was l,O!;O meters., the amplifier had to be opened anti: shor b ore the hEo-;inning of oscillation. 25X1 oscillators were expected to y e- Letter results than the oscillators made by the Tl-F-T Radio plant in soelleda, ?hdhich were used during this 25X1 experiments and which demonstrate,] poor radiating-: gua=.i ties? which inspected by sc ues,, one I or ep s to 100 meter: and the other for ciwpths to 500 meters. The instructions for use and tl- de;:cr:,iption of the set reams. "Opizanye i In.struktsiya po 0bsluzhivaniyu Ekholotanel-:3 17o Z 3J-i07.0-01 - TO Zavod ESP 195 ......." sixteen of tr.Qse echo sunders had been sold to the Stralsund. Thipyard at 10,000 eastrmarkcs each, avi two of them ,-rS:rr to be ir. tailed on each trawler. They were carefully constructed. `T).c oscillators were somewhat smaller than those produced Iy the tlas f irri-. r 18 ard 20 Januarys requested information .orcern i.nrr the state o I'd ev o . ent of tP:= vibrograull Y +, the olectro- icous t,ica laboratory. fora per 25X1 f twenty days and could be .rceac .e at t ho office 25X1 the DeireloTxnent ; cti on at the Fik Plant in 3erl ~, ~- erg c oenuvre ua, On to January,, 0 asked whsther operating di.ffi- ~sz.~ 1os wrou arise if 10 meters of the lC -meter . cnrr - it 25X1 $=-rr?e ::aid under seater, On 22 Januarys 25X1 a=:touid work relit-b1y at a. depth of 5 metes s and that the s;onnecti.on cable be -a' Ui:i hed to the transmitter. The order ftr the devel.cpmerat of the vibro- : aph eras canceled on 20 2arch. A total rtf 70,000 e -stmarks had been spen Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 I I a member of the Chinese Commercial Delegation inspected he plant in November 1951. On 19 November the Chinere delegates requested a cost estimate for two sound-measures; unite to be delivered by the ? ssphysik (;.leasurin ; Physics plant) in Zernsdca f (N 13/V 02). 'rrhese units were to consist of a 7-string oscillograph.. with power supply nd microphones connected by long; cables. The order was placed and delivery was to be effected in July. a second conference was held at Vie R-F -T radio plant 25X1 in oepenick to discuss the development and prodluct jon. of radar equip- ment. This conference alle-edl- fcllowed 'geld in late '!arch 19528 of the R-F and an un- 25X1 M 3.n in iv;A uaip attended this conference. The construction of ada.r equipment fitted with magnetron trans:hitters for the centimeter Pange was discussed This -work was to 'ter done by the Ship !radio ,Section, the existin, cd.friculties, especially the s for a ?e of the necessary materials are. + ,he lack of ritagnetron tubes. although magnetron tubes were produced 25X1 by the HF Plant in erscr oeneweide, the quantity a rai,l.abie was in- sufficient. In spite of these objections., the C sip ;es to about 35 reg;acrrcles, for the Deutuches pmt fuer lass ui:d Ge ich J (D urv) (German Cffice for I,leaures and :.`eights) with a !performance of about 800 w fitted with an P'S--384 final tube,, The Vr!&v muter was being manufactured at the R-IF_T plant in Erfurt, a9 The SL 1 pro?;r n for the conversion of the old i{nc ni gowusierhausen long-wave super transmitter station to ri dium was a-e onerati on- The SL 3 progr'an, duplicating the SL 1 program The U 3 pros--am for V1 1V 1. ks , 3 IM and 10 ken, capacities of 250 w, LAM, u 7..o:a o is e'ya-sj -gal Lransmitters and -eceivers had been canceled, because the equipment sv~re said to have failed to meet the requirerent; unihen tested aboard ar- :~ oI vessels. Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 errpv ' Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457R014300340006-4 SECRET ?n eleven van-like motor vehicle;, painted Green and with 'ie VVIJ m k on their radiators, arrived at the plant. After 'being equipped with a 1`ichael-t vpe dewimete>r .3e t, {1: r' were delivered to the VP in mid--..,pr .l 1952. About 1hO0 complete '": _c!iael-type sets in new condition had boon obtained from old stocks;, A total of 330 all-Wave receivers were being r-aanuractarcd at the plant in 17ovember 1.951. heir had been ordered try tfhi aa, :-orfle receivers had already been delivered in early October., They sol? or .3.9 (Y) eastrnarks orlch, a.th oug', he production cost was abm.it >,OOO eeastrtarks each. he '.Ie:=s 'z;;rsik plant in %arnsdorf 25X1 had been assigned to the i -r.-`f pl an in Pofepenicic . ti t A plant circular, dated 2; January, announc+ea tiz at, d i n the first three months of 19152 the E. 'W Dabendorf plant, the : i ttau-0l.bfer9c orf Radio Ls- ip Lfr '4 ere to boc a bran- plant a n d t h e 0.Lorenz A..G,, ches of the hoopenick radio plant, as su ;gcstsd by the ?:. ;in?iering 3ollective of the inistry f'r+r Iachine Con:,tructiors~ i a: ctian a was ordered by :iinister Zillere The Kocpenick rad.e plan; war:. scheduled to take over control of the production planning arc; -investments of all these plants, retroactive to 1 January l95G ~ : o:wa'er;s hie order ;had not yet boen put into effect. 1(6_ in laebraary, the radio plant obtained the premises at 87 t'silhelminenhof Arasse and 67 Edison Str ssse, which were used by tie Lerliner Tetal v arenfabrik (BL U) (Berlin Metal works.). The "aru `acturin% Section .nd the 'Testing Dept. of tae Production Section were scheduled to be trans- 'erred there, XrA the e~gu.yiypkel~.1i]n~ impulttobedeliwred to the U.S.S.Ito are cilographs (OG) i d an spe generator (Is Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457R014300340006-4 Next 31 Page(s) In Document Exempt Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 BEST COPY Available Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4 SUET A sample of the cables in the Russian oscillators and a sample of the cable produced b the IKA cable plant in Vacha, used by the VVB RFT for the product3-on of oscillators. Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457RO14300340006-4