Report on the Fifth Session of the CDM9 Feb 1973 |
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This report by East German Minister of Defense Heinz Hoffmann informs East German leader Erich Honecker about the fifth session of the Warsaw Pact (WP) Committee of Defense Ministers (CDM) in Warsaw in 1973. The CDM discussed Western propaganda directed at WP forces and countermeasures, the work and results of the WP Unified Armed Forces technical committee, and details of NATO's military exercises in 1972. Despite the present détente, the WP's military capabilities will be developed further. However, the Soviet Union alone cannot satisfy all the armament requirements of the WP members states.
Collection: Defense Ministers
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Document Type:
Report Origin (Agency): Ministry of Defense, East Germany Sender: Heinz Hoffmann, Minister of Defense, East Germany Recipient: Erich Honecker, Head of the National Security Council, First Secretary of the SED Politburo, East Germany Language of Original Document: German Number of Pages: 8 Cold War Period: 1970s Persons: Hoffmann, Honecker, Grechko, Jaruzelski |
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Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br. Call Number: DVW 1/71029 |
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