Chapter 50

The sentence which I have italicized is a positive statement by Zeiss of its utter disregard of the conditions imposed by the Peace Treaty. On June 27, 1925 a supplemental agreement was made which slightly changed the royalty provisions of the 1921 agreement. The division of world territory remained as before, except that the parties undertook to protect each other in bidding on government contracts by overbidding. Subsequently on October 28, 1925, a further supplemental agreement was signed by Zeiss at Jena and on…