CALIBER OF RUSSIAN TECHNICAL PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO ZEISS PLANT IN JENA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R003700160001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 24, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 25, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATI
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CENTRAL 1NTELLIGE Y
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
25X1 C
DATE OF IN
Gerriany (Russian Zone)
Caliber of hussian Technical
Porsoiinel &ssiCned to Zeiss
Plant in Jena
70016000
0 'FICL;LS ONLY
REPORT NO.
CD NO.
25X1A
DATE DISTR.
25 Nov, 1949
NO< OF PAGES
NO. OF ENCLS.
3 Pt/,
(LISTED BELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
25X1X1o Since these persons had not received theft training before the
Bolshevist revolution, theft technical and scientific know
ledge was very inferior to that of the -Orman specialists.
Sc._c of the Soviets, it is t~`:.'ey were far above the averarrey
but these were usually the older ones, for instance Genrraaior
N:LKGLAYEV and lit Col SHORS1IIN..
2.. The Americans ahd the Germans both hav3 developed si -,hts
which are a satisfactory solution to the problem of aiming from
flyin . aircraft (utilization of the p?inciple of the so-called
lag.-in g gyroscope, patented in :"rermar_y by Dr., KORTUi:1) . In
technical circles, this problem is known as "control process
in general " (Steueruns7svorF ang allgemein) By controlling the
movements of the fl-y'-n,-:, aircraft throu.-h a steering_ ;Tear of
specific properties, one is able to el.ther accurately Hold the
tar,-:et, followin - ell its movements, or to appl- a damping
device, which compensates these rnovement:., a process which is
naturally connected with a certain lag he solution found
in ,Jerznan3T by D:>r. KORTUi;~, was the mathematical establisdent
nr a differential equation, which represented this problem
and which, for the d.ampin;' factors occurring in the differe?n.
tial equation, brings about a ratio favorable for aiming fro,:
aircraft and the -round. This control system was used in all
the bomb si,,hts and also in the antiaircraft aun si;,hts,.
3, These devices were entirely new to the ''ovicts and they had
the greatest interest in learning them throu h cooperation with
the Qerrnan experts. It was learned that only one soviet sc ~en-
tisft had realizes. the theoretical basis of this control s~is tesn,
Thl,,s knowledge has, however, not spread among the Soviet spe-
cialists,, a fact which sheds significant light on the condi-
tions prevailin _ in the, Soviet Union. It must be stressed that
althou h_ the Soviet specialists were willin-? enou,~_h to reach.
within the shortest possibl ti-ae, as the` were c?rd.ered to do,
the level of the mars teci~r.ic tl k~Wow1ed 7;e they did Flog;
succceed: while they- w ere in. the Zeiss Plant. it is Amur sbah';.e
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that they siioulc. hav? rsac:.ea their si,! u;r rich., for. t;.e
relations}-ii- oetv:ecxi t"..,c a)viet anti t;.10 Jer1Lk s')ec:lal1sts
v: tae tLat o~' :. stucent: to ,: a .-taster.
T',-1s cpn be ill ,;st??f';ec: tale follrn~:11n Phr :.;?1.c~,
8 (1) 'I''?'.e Soviet s-,e.ciaallsts co1alt, not uxith"rstcinc hov a
Csi nor of tie Leis,. rira (1 err JUNJE) who nad not ihhau forrc.ial
teciuiic, l tralniri could a rou.;b draft. o;- tie aauembly
of co:.:ip1icute:c; data coanp ters w th hundreds o;' details only
f-cr"i creative -!..,,,a;_;inatt.n, then procecd to construct the
set v,itl?;.c?,:t .ickin- sari cf)lc.v.l.ati'ns of tolerances :Snc_ the
rccl;.ircc: precisicr.. L%ey oe'iarcieC that t;he noit
mute parts of u11 the ptrojectcc, set .ye extensively exa:ni.add,
in s_ecial theoretic.:al stuc:ie::,a as to their perniznible tol.c-
rax!cess. ihls ha;' to be done before thcy would lye por3aisaion
to -o ahead . with the, conatru ;.ion cork.
( ) his procedurb naturally let' to s, co isic.err bie c.clay in
the sol?'.tion of tide iroblc%as. i c yovicts eai_??..etely over-
loc, eta the fact tlx:.t t :,cx