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Memorandum from Heinz Hoffmann (East German Minister of Defense) to Erich Honecker (East German Head of State) on the CMD Meeting in East Berlin

20 Oct 1983
Description: This document is a memorandum from the East German Defense Minister Heinz Hoffmann to the head of state, Erich Honecker. It provides information about the proceedings of the 1983 extraordinary meeting of the Warsaw Pact Committee of Ministers of Defense (CMD) in East Berlin. The attached documents include a draft communiqué for the press as well as a draft summary of the decisions taken in light of NATO's planned deployment of intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe.

Collection: Defense Ministers

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Document Type: Memorandum
Origin (Agency): East German Ministry of Defense
Sender: Heinz Hoffmann, East German Defense Minister
Recipient: Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 15
Cold War Period: 1980s
Persons: Honecker, Reagan, Hoffmann
Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br.
Call Number: DVW 1/71040

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