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Report on the Second Session of the Committee of Defense Ministers

23 May 1970
Description: This is a report by the East German minister of defense, Heinz Hoffmann, to East German leader Erich Honecker on the discussions and decisions of the second session of the Warsaw Pact (WP) Committee of Defense Ministers (CDM) in Sofia in 1970. Issues discussed included the condition and further development of the WP's integrated air defense system and the state and cooperation of the WP naval forces. The plans to establish a united naval command for the Baltic and the Black Sea were abandoned due to Romanian objections.

Collection: Defense Ministers

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Document Type: Report
Origin (Agency): Ministry of Defense, East Germany
Sender: Heinz Hoffmann, Army General, East Germany
Recipient: Erich Honecker, Member of the Politburo of the SED Central Committee, Secretary of the National Defense Council, East Germany
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 12
Cold War Period: 1970s
Persons: Batitskii, Gorshkov
Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br.
Call Number: DVW 1/71025

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