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'''FIGURE 4. Reactor hall and nuclear power reactor at Rheinsberg atomic powerplant (U/OU)'''

4. Electronics (S)

The electronics industry is advanced in the sophistication of the products developed and is continuing to increase steadily in the rate of production. The major portion of the electronics research and development effort emphasizes applied aspects. The trend reflects recognition of the need for new concepts and techniques, particularly improving on automated manufacturing processes and military equipment and systems. In general, the country leads all Eastern Europe in electronics research and development and is second only to the U.S.S.R. in the development and production of laser devices and military signal equipment. The greatest concentration of electronics research activity is in East Berlin, Leipzig, and Dresden. The largest and best equipped research and development facilities for electronics research are those of industry. Research facilities maintained by the AW, universities, and technical schools are small when compared with those of industry; but their equipment, though less abundant, usually is capable of more precise operations than that used by industrial laboratories. Future research programs of AW are expected to involve closer cooperation with industry, including an increased number of contracts.

Electronics research and development programs arise primarily from the need of industry and from requirements of the Soviet Union for technical equipment. CEMA assigned to the East Germans the

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