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    "ocrText": "TOP SECRET\n(3)\nFox is an electro-magnetic proximity fuze, intended for Schmetterling. It is\nreported that one complete specimen was reconstructed. This work is re-\nliably reported as being part of the program of Dr. Gullner's group, which had\npreviously worked on both Fox and Max. All three items were in the develop-\nment stage in the German program.\n(4) The electrolytic cell accelerometer (for the V-2) was reported to be under\nreconstruction by Joswig. He is reported to have failed in this until he en-\nlisted the aid of a specialist outside the Gema organization. It is not known\nwhat degree of success in the reconstruction was finally achieved.\nThe general program at Gema Haus and Institut Berlin came to an abrupt stop\nwhen operation Ossoaviakim (deportation) was enforced on 22 October 1946. According\nto a source\n3.3(b)(1)\nthree types of personnel were deported, or went of their\nown volition:\n(1) Department heads capable of reorganizing their groups in Russia;\n(2) Personnel of little ability who had worked hard at impressing the Russians;\n(3) Technicians, such as expert draftsmen, who had worked on some of the Gema\nprojects initiated by the German Army and who were acquainted with all\nphases of their particular work. Some employees in this category were not\nevacuated, it is said, because of their somewhat antagonistic attitude toward\nthe Russians.\nThe groups most affected by the deportation were A, B, and C, the missile recon-\nstruction group, the gyro control and computer group, and the electronic guidance and\ncontrol group, respectively. Personnel were taken, however, from Groups D, E, and F.\n3.3(b)(1)\nOf the known Germans in the Rheintochter section of Group A, all are located at\nPutilovo (near Moscow), USSR. The whereabouts of the Germans who were reported to\nhave been working on the reconstruction of the Schmetterling is not known.\nThe majority of the Germans named in Group B were deported to Leningrad (Post\nOffice Box 509).\nThe bulk of Group C was deported to St. Monino, a suburb of Moscow.\nThe leader of Group D, Hilgers, was transferred to M.S.P. Karlshorst. His ac-\ntivities there are not specifically known SO that it cannot be determined definitely whether\nor not air-launched missile activity is continuing at that establishment. The only member\nof his staff known to have been deported is Dr. Quessel who was sent to Ostashkov.\nFrom the remaining staffs of Groups B and C a new group was reorganized and\ntransferred to the premises of Schraubenfabrik where it continued its activity as Tech-\nnische Buero 11. (See Part 4 below.) The remaining German personnel of the Institut\nBerlin, who were neither deported nor transferred to TB 11, either escaped or were\nabsorbed within other USSR-sponsored activities in the Berlin area.\nAll drawings, data, and physical specimens and material together with an unknown\namount of machinery were dispatched to unknown destinations in the USSR.\nSubsequent reliable reports indicate that there has been no guided missile activity\nof any kind at Gema Haus since the deportation of 22 October 1946.\n3.3(b)(1)\nTRUNGLY\nNARA\nTOP SECRET\n86"
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