SCIENTIFIC ORDER OF BATTLE : U.S.S.R THE OBERSPREE WERK (O.S.W.) IN BERLIN

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CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7
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January 1, 1947
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Approved For Release 2001/12 A-RDP83-0041 cr'?TTTTIPIC OIL BATTIE U.O.3.1;.. St'ii.LPY. T e Obersprco~,rerk is a large establishment devoted to the design of thcrnionio valves and signals equi;,urent. Its on the desi ;r1 of valves and ,-.->.,:ation for their rm ufacture in Russia is >ro ~ab7.y fw ~cuacntal to I,,ussian si_;na]s devolopr_icnt, espeoiall;r in i cedar anrl- ult;.-a short crave oor :iunica- tions. The or,,vni:~at ion of the 0.73.'W". on October 21st 191.6, is doscxrued; do oortations to Russia 0,1 that date are Rol;od., but insufficient inforiiation. d.s available to clacir:~T Izassian --policy concerning dot o"tations frcr"i O.V.,7. 1. TNI MOD C'TORY. . gave an account"*rorgarlization which the Russian Ministry for tbo Eloctrotechnical Industry has se+ to in Berlin 'or the e.Tloi_tation of the Ge ran Industry. Attention ;ras called *'o two branches of the cr.gani^zticn ,,~,,Ich had boon sot up 12i the sane 1)r _tisos o:t Ilin-Obo soh}`?1a;pride, Ostendstr 1-5, forr.,.crly on A.E.G. facFor:;r, Those t.ere res~,ec;ta~,v?,~T the LKVO under STIfl?L, slpec ali.sinc in tork on thexn.iicnic valves, and the 1W, under IGJUGE, working on signals problems. Those two Croups bore later 'ulalLlriatod and have grotm to boeor_ro one of the l rgest organizations maintained by the IiLEP in Dorlin the, erg ration has boon la mm for soi_ie tine as the OflER- This paper the intelligence available concern- in the and sots oat its structure and organisation, so far a~s it is lmorm to us, on October 21st, 19116, the date on which the fi.xst large scale deportations of Gexmian technicians to Russia took place. Smlo ro_.-arks on the &;por tat i ons of staff from the Tremor are also included. 2, TILE ORGAd?IZA T:=ON ON OCTOD.EIi 21: t L22~. _ Good intelli gen-o is available on the organization of the T":nrks, from which a series of charts has been drain ix) to show the si x acts . 'o of the various dopart._u:nts. (Charts I - 10). On the Rus- sian side, the works are controlled by Lt. Col. BOLDYR, a physicist and technical expert, -uid Major DTI GiGj1B , the adr_iin.istrativo chief. A r_'ziber of other R. s: i.c rr have been identified, of .hom details are given in' an appendod li:it. The Gexr_>.l.;ter3) ? Them.; iJJ no evidenco of the existence of any other Institute under Rua sicn control carrying out similar work on the design and plan-- ning for manufacture of Specialised modern types of valves, althouj there is Sol-IQ 1:ork going on in other valve plants in Germany and Russia, and some development of cathode ray tubes and similar devices for telo- vision and other vrork is carried out in an establishment at Arnstadt (T'harin,;ia). It may well be, therefore, that the ;cork of the O.S...". in this field is fwdcxiontal to the :bolo Soviet effort in ultra- hi_gh frequency ca.m..unication and radar techniques. The sigials ~)ro _;ra;_~ae is believed to include work on such projects as Ra&ar, Dect.ioter -crave con .iuni,sation systc_:.s, Direction finding'., Radi..o Navigational. aids, and high po or transmitters for various pu%7o3es. A great deal of this work is du )licated in other InStitutcs,- and. although it is of considerable i:.lportance, the uork of the 0,3.77. is proba) .; not of such unique importance as it is in the iiattor of valve design and manufacture. The valve section also devotes attention to cathode ray tubes for Radar, Television, etc., and to X-ray tubes and other devices. 1+ MUR)RlTATIONS TO i USSIA There is evidence that at various tines during 1946, valves and valve making machines r ;re sent to Russia. nu-lours of the moves of technicians prior to October have also boon heard, but not Sub- The first major ;..love of personnel to Russia took place as part of the large : ease deportations on October 21/22 19.6. It is not easy to discern clearly the policy follovred in Approved For Release 2001/12/0!t- X45 UJW012-7 Approved For Release 200-1/12SEr(IDP83-00 3100060012-7 it -3- the deportations of O.S.T. workers. In the attached charts, the n^a.ies of those Imo,,-,n to have boon deported are i.,v rked X, those boli(yved to hwro i)eon :k:ri ed for dci~ortotion, or actually deported, but ,.ho escaped deportation on route with an (X) and those not do- Ported v.-Ith an +. It ,-rill be soon that those deported soon to have been picked in a soi_ievthat haphazard tray and it cannot be stated that any l,articullr suction or sections verc...,,,-.rked for do- portacion. The position is nade :ioro difficult by thu insufficieicy of evidenoo eonoerninl- the lame nw 1 or of ?..rorkors vrho viore probably 11arked for deportation but succeeded in uvadin-" it. There is a further difficulty since the nn_ibor of oncilliary, and ;?articularly of mrksheip staffs, attached to the various 'branches, and the propor- tions of these staffs ears orke(I for deportation, are not knovm. If interrogation of those remaining in Berlin enables us to specify more acouracoly lahich workers i ore intended for do )orcation and vahich here not, it nay bocono possible to obtain a clearer idea of the Fassian intentions, January 1947 Approved For Release 2001/12/05 4AjKwb3- 012-7 Approved For Release 2001/12/0SL.143P83-00415R003100060012-7 9 LIST OP RUSSL'LNS IDEPTIFIM IN CONICCTION ;,'ITIH TIM O.S.1i/. MG Vice-Ac]riiral In Mosco;:: concerned with the deportations of Gexaan technicians to Russia, and previously identified in oor_neotion with recruiting of Gomm scientists. Probably Engineer Vice A&.-dral A.J. :per , corresponding maa- ber of the Acaderiy of Sciences; a specialist in Radio enginoerinZ. BOLDYR Lt. Col. Teclvzic al supervisor of 0.5.17. D Q_ seril,ed as a physicist. Reported to have floim to Russia after the October deportations and to have net with a fatal accident on route. 3OGOIJUBOV Major Responsible for provision of rave A:uateri- als at O.S.117. DflVYATKOV Major Said to be renaming at after the Oc-cober deportations. GLIC-M:ZAP!N Lt.Col. las at O.S.';T. for a tine with Lt. SUTO1 IIN to study decimetre wave cOra- nunicatiom oquiluient. Now believed to be working on this in U.S.S.R. De- scril)ed. as an excellent technician. KO'3SIIi "Q or An engineer: specialist in Tungsten and Holybdenuri. 01 = EN i:iajor Said to be ro:_iainin at O.S.U. after the Oeto75er deportations. POT 0RSIa Major An engineer: Said to be rnainins at O. S.:r. after the O. S.'.'. deportations. =TS Captain CUTOTtLaIT Lt. 'Was at O.-%_.:. for a tine with Lt. Col. GLICIit:!IM1N to study deciretre wave oeri- rtunications oquiticnt. Nov belioved to be working on this in U.S.S.R. Do- scribua as an excellent technician. TSC?Mr1E'.aN Major An engineer: Said to be renaming at 0. S.17. after the October deportations. TSCIIRKkSOV Captain TSCIIOKIN Captain Naval officer interested in the work of O. S. c7. 1-1E[DGRTJ1 , Major 'WORONKOV Captain An export in riachine construction. SECRET Approved For Release 2001/12/05: CIA-RDP83-0 Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 25X1C Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Lt.Col. BOLDYR (Technical) Maj. WILDGRUBE (Administration) Dr. Steimel (German Director) r iT 4 DEPART DEPART:CNT 5. DEPART1:i'ENT 6. =ARTI:u.NT 7. ILEPA 1i NT 8. IEPARTb= 1. ItEPARTE T 2. DZPARTLNT 3. , , . ' ~t VALVES CO} PONENTS. JPPARATUS GENERAL TECHNIQUE WORKSHOPS M/NUPACTURE CENTRAL TECHNICAL !,Tlr,D:NTSTRATICH I1EPT. XEr. Kotowski XDr. Richter Goslar XDr. Spiegel +Dr. Granitza In all charts the following symbols preceding names signify:- X Known to have been depcrted. (X) Believed intended for deportation but still in Germany. + Not deported. CH&RT I Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 DEPARTMr 1T 1. VI LVLS XDr. STBIMEL Frau Raczynsky TRI N94ITTING VALVES +DR. HAJLSTER REMI NG MA L RONS VALVES +SCI L (X)DR. FRITZ (or SCHIFFT;L) Bonne ' (X)v. Dubn XGerbach Jelitto Teehn.ici-Was in Dept, 1. X Dyadow X Wiener X Dittel X Ziegenhagen X Pfeifer GASPI n X-dY CATH Ecke Heckeler Hensler Rtinger Sittel XStnhn Frau Kurz RAY VALVE Mir Baler cIkonoscepes) Bcckerls) XDirbach (or Dierbach) IIaxchenberg (Special projects) XDr. Kiang (OscilI.ograph tubes) K8vring Dr. Otto Petra+trschek Fri. Parant CHART II Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Di PLRR'L NT 2. GOI POI 'NTS GRUNDR XDR. 1 FALTER JGger Dernc? XGu zke +TTeiss Otto Bier. sack XDr. Bechraxm Sprung (X)Ribbentrcm Xv. Brack Schiffer Frederking R5sse1 G'3ring Schulz, Bertho1 d XDr. Hermann XScl l8rLilch (Detectors) Dr. Holzmaller Schmidt, Walter Micke Vogel Pelz Wagner. Dr. Pra.ig Frl. Disews'_ti VTachenhusen i rl. Schulz Xu7cza. Fri. Gootschlingt Frl. H ptner Fri. Stalin. I 0 ILLi,TORS MW RIL S ROCU MOT III Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Approved For Release 2001/112/0SK1PcP83-00415R0031000k.60.012-7 Ms+. 4 M, PARTL TT 3. J IPA L T US XbR. KOT 0i/SIE t - PULSD 1', EASURING H.F. T CjINIQTJ . PPARTUS TLCIIIIQ UL XDR. ROOSMTSTLIN XPROF. ZINiQ XDR. KAT IMANN I Brondler +Dr. Bruckrwin XDr. Had elbeck Bruch (AERIALS) (Apparatus) Lernocke Belling Dr. Wendt Dr. Buchrann (Theory) Herrmann, jlolf gang Dr. K3rncr Krischlce Ludwig, Herbert +Otto +Rudolf Si ems, Hans Thar.~ri Unger +Ztlrng. obi Frl. Driebe Frau Fevers INSTALLF,TIONS J, S, R0c;1 XGRIr,1 XDR. SCHUT- LOFFI,'L XDr. ogi KZ. ganke XBause(n)or Dr.Bausenhart Backe XFeusner XF18r Ql3ldnor Hirsch K8hler Kroger Machtd Prouss Riessner Dr. Rohde Schrader TMge Wilde Wolf Zimmermann Frl. Ruda tz Frl. Schiattmann Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 SECRET Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 DuPARTL1, G1.,RAL TCHNIQUE I I DR. RICHT. 1 TALC A C :.yT1iLLURGY TUNGST ? AND Cf.ISTRY M STS OF TECHNICAL TECHNIQU L:aG ER LUTE;REvCK P NZ (^ X GROBE M (03 G30Tt ) M i AT ~'~IALS 1 Lm: 3T X GRUW X DR. ZII 3-131 R (Analysis) SCHCKM (production) CATHOBES DR. A ON. G,-:!.LW V. Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 IIEPARTL; NT 5 WORKSHOPS GOSLER (or GOSSL/,R) ?'r:~VE VALVE Iu~D LLTOTRO]I S CIRCUIT COiIP 'TS Bilk- Fischer, Helmut Graczkowsk!. Hermp-m, Gerhard Mettke M11er Rabe Sed erg Sch`5n Stclle +~ ackermv ^e':zel Frau Krenz r C1:II'WI AND ]LSI IT AND TOOLS' AND 1 UFACVm OV T Cc wuTING DQUIl' ' dT I CONSTRUCTION JOIN KI,OSE Xf+ A IIOf Ki'A CH&RT VI y Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 DEPT IT 6 V.,LVE CONSTRUCTION L CH t.PPL TUS GLkSSBLO:TING, CLTHOIIE X-RaY 1ORKSHOP TOOL SHOP CONSTRUCTION SHOE' CONSTRUCTICN CONSTRUCTION SdCP XDRESCHER XSCHNEIIIR Xf1I RZOG XLAIPOLD XROTH VBURG XSTAHN Rothe Schmidt, Erich Haffner Franke Schmidt, Hermann Kirchner Mogge 07 workers (21 workers (11 workers Richter, Lax deported) deported) deported) Other Technicians in this Dept. X Sch8n X Kobe X Zirmerr.iar n X Has so X -LI,Iarchner X Foerster X Sinon XRunge STLIZI1IZaTION =STROCt: Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 r Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 CuNTRA L TECI]NICiL D 2L y'T I PAR`II:TT 7 1 ~- CIRCUITS TECHNICAL Mm r'&aD TLCERTIC%L LCHNIC.L I PL%NNING R~~,; ,.J RIJILS INFOX11TIM ~S I PL JNitI' G S ,CTI E +1M, TA DICIHORN JURC9IS XDR HA MN S=. ' Dat sel Bretf eld Frl. Bentin Frl. Blerm Olescl Litz +Kuaze GII 1 ' VIII Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 Approved ForRelease 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7 DEPAIMI2TT 8 MflIISTRATICQJ +DR. GI 1 'ITZfi FIN' ICE EST LISITh 2VT BUYING STORES AND SE ION M. SPA / _.= MICHAI Burl et TREDE I.iatthies ?'euster Schulz, Peter Luc vig, Otto Frau Geyer Mehl I Sch8nian Becker, Georg Burmeister Frl. Bock CT.I:xc IX Approved For Release 2001/12/05 : CIA-RDP83-00415R003100060012-7