Opening Speech2 Dec 1985 |
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Description:
This is the transcript of the opening speech by Heinz Kessler, the East German defense minister, at the 18th session of the Warsaw Pact's (WP) Committee of Ministers of Defense (CMD) in East Berlin in 1985. Kessler's speech stresses the importance of a recent meeting between Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and US President Ronald Reagan in Geneva, where they discussed arms reduction.
Collection: Defense Ministers
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Document Type:
Speech Language of Original Document: German Number of Pages: 6 Cold War Period: 1985-1991 Persons: Reagan, Gorbachev, Hoffmann, Kessler |
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Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br. Call Number: DVW 1/71044 und DVW 1/71045 |
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