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East German Statement on Propaganda

6 Feb 1973
Description: This is a statement on propaganda and counter-propaganda presented by East German Minister of Defense Heinz Hoffmann during the fifth session of the Warsaw Pact Committee of Defense Ministers (CDM) in Warsaw in 1973. Hoffmann notes that West German propaganda can reach East Germany easily, and is mainly aimed at East German citizens and members of its armed forces. Examples are cited, such as the radio broadcasts of Deutsche Welle, Deutschlandfunk, Sender Freies Berlin, RIAS, and Radio Free Europe. In the second part of the paper, Hoffmann introduces the ideological efforts by East Germany and its army to stop the West German attempts to influence public opinion in the East.

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
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 12
Cold War Period: 1970s
Persons: Honecker, Brezhnev
Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br.
Call Number: DVW 1/71029

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