Information Report on the Tenth Session9 Dec 1977 |
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Description:
This report was sent by East German Minister of Defense Heinz Hoffmann to East German head of state Erich Honecker. It informs Honecker about the tenth session of the Warsaw Pact Committee of Defense Ministers (CDM) in Budapest in 1977. The CDM discussed the state of the integrated air defense system, the work and structure of the command bodies, and the fulfillment of CDM decisions on civil defense and weapons standardization. Additionally, Hoffmann received suggestions from Soviet Defense Minister Dmitri Ustinov, including a warning from Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev not incur too much debt with the West.
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, General Secretary of the SED Politburo, East Germany Language of Original Document: German Number of Pages: 15 Cold War Period: 1970s |
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Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br. Call Number: DVW 1/71034 |
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