SOVIET INTEREST IN EAST GERMAN SCIENTIFIC MATTERS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014300700009-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 23, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION
COUNTRY East Germany
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
IM FORMATION REPORT
REPORT NO.
CD NO
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DATE DISTR 23 October 1952
Hoviet Interest in East German Scientific Matters NO 0= PAGES 2
ACQUIRED ?
DATE OF
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1-3ts Docutzvrr CONTAINS TIFORVATIOII irt,,I,TOTIOCi THE WATIOVAL OF.FEUSE
OF Mt UNIThD.3ThIES, VITHIII THE LIEAMIIS OF TITLE 10, SECTIODIS 103
ARD 704. OF MIS U. S. CDEE. t5ilOE1I0F.1). ITS TRANSOISSIOCI on REVEL.
AVON OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT trr AU UHAUTFIGIHZED PERSON
IS PROW BITEO LAU 'ME REFROSIKTIOH OF THIS MEC IS PRONISTTED.
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3... In January 1952, Kushin (fnu) who claimed to be a RIAtamism liaison officer to the
26.. t GeriA5111 Academy. of Sciences ancl this East Gorman universities, showed oor.spicucius
lytarest in the work of the Heinrioh Hertz Institute for Oscillation Research
.(Aeinrich Hertz Institut -ffir Sehwnungsforchung. in Berlin-M.-fors:roc and .
pi)rticulvr.:..y in the construction- work carried cut there on a new ion.ospher.i
sraitter as well as other ionos7here resear.ch. carrfed 013t in the 4istitute.
cal..1"riiSSiOned one cf the rerearchers there to mai e nina rfetalieo: report
on the statul of ionosphere, research in the Instituto ll as in G!?..n. any,
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h:fli on 15 ii'ebroary However, he never again returneti tc the institute -
after January 1952,
Frorq Fehroarr 1952 on, the Institute received a . nriber of vi si t fron
(fnu) Nilitin who also cloined. to be a Russian. "Acadery -PTO. Univers.,tv Of-
ficer". ijikitin had visited the Institute at irregviar intervals in the
post, 6ince Kushirls eeparture he increased his visits to a raininum of
two per month. In nost cases he Eng-aained his visits by stating that he
wanted te elininate any 64:M01f:ties 11.,:1ch the institute might have ir its
wor]... 'Men however, the Institute as: ed him t procure perrtiesion from
the Russian authorities for urins,T, the new icnosobere tronsiAtter for trans-
nissions? failed to procure this perrission.
ri,r=_ng hi visits to the Institute, NiAtin has Tiede several attA' nts at
obtaining,infornation on the nolitical attitudesof the Insttute staff.
S! also s,-olrod groat interest in the ouestion of cclor television and, in
June 1952, corrdsscnorl nint-, of tie staff nolbers of the Insttut??: to vrite
detailed rencrt on this tenic rert:_cularly on the nost recormendable
-37sten of c=-Llor television. Thi- ronort was delivered t hi. sc'le time
Lttor. In de rencrt,,th,,, "sirplianocut syrten" (transnittlng oen blue
v-16 reel sfo-Jtanerilsivi developed in the USA by RCA, Genorti Eleltric, and
Hosel:,ine uas recol-ronfted 5n nre'7erence tc the "point scanning
(,14nbtfolgetysten
reran 1xut Lus'etln arO nI,Arn
0.10 force Geman totenLiss tc write etailed papers tiro Llor
iussia for teir elm personal benefit. Nil itin is rerarl to have
r.,:ted tht he wat? In the, process of wining up hit: hus f,:71
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nauthorityn in the scientific field had been turned bsci to East German authorities.
He stated that he would have to return to Russia in the near futare,
Nikitin is also reported to have stated that 411 Russian university
liaison officers, including Nushin, have returned to Ruraia and that
he was the only one left to wind up affairs .1
NiIitin reportedly gave his address as the Information. Office of the
Lovisu ,,onurpl COMMISSi0b, Narlshorst.
omment. Nikitin is engaged in compiling a list of
outstanding East German technicians in the field of natural coleuses?
the list may serve as the basis for a new Russian
recruiting and/or deportation campaign. unable to present any
evidence that such a campaign was in progress or was contemplated by the
Russians.
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