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Opinion of East Germany

22 Dec 1969
Description: This is a statement by East German Minister of Defense Heinz Hoffmann introducing the military and defense policy of his country at the first session of the Warsaw Pact Committee of Defense Ministers in Moscow in 1969. The minister discusses points from a speech by the supreme commander of the Warsaw Pact United Armed Forces, Ivan Iakubovskii, and comments on the modernization of East Germany's army and the introduction of several new weapon systems.

Collection: Defense Ministers

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Document Type: Memorandum
Sender: Heinz Hoffmann, Minister of Defense, East Germany
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 5
Cold War Period: 1960s
Persons: Iakubovskii
Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br.
Call Number: DVW 1/71025

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