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East German Intelligence Assessment of a West German Appraisal of the National People's Army: Summary

28 Apr 1986
Description: This report, issued by the East German "Staatssicherheit" (Stasi) intelligence service, describes a secret West German evaluation of the East German National People's Army (NVA). According to the report, West Germany assesses the East German military doctrine as being dependent on the Soviet Union. The document addresses West Germany's intelligence on several key aspects of East German military strategy, such as the state of the NVA's conventional forces.

Collection: A Cardboard Castle?

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  • German (384 KB )
Document Type: Report
Origin (Agency): East German Ministry of State Security
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 10
Cold War Period: 1980s
Document Source: Federal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Service of the Former German Democratic Republic (BStU), Berlin
Call Number: Zentralarchiv, ZAIG, Information 7466, pp. 1-13
Document Companion: Document No. 112

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