PHP - STASI INTELLIGENCE ON NATO, 1969-1989

Stasi Intelligence on NATO, 1969-1989 : East German Military Espionage against the West

Edited by Bernd Schaefer and Christian Nuenlist
6 Nov 2003

Introduction: The Warsaw Pact's Intelligence on NATO by Bernd Schaefer
Did East German Spies Prevent a Nuclear War? by Vojtech Mastny
Stasi Files and East German Espionage Against the West ( German 346 KB ) by Bernd Schäfer
Implications of Recent Soviet Military-Political Activities ( English 691 KB )
Press Release by Vojtech Mastny
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Special Document

4 Oct 1989

Nuclear, Chemical, and Ballistic Missile Potential of Selected Threshold Countries

NATO Intelligence on Warsaw Pact

3 Feb 1982	Adversary's Intelligence on Planning and Intelligence of Warsaw Pact Forces
11 Jun 1982	NATO Assessment of Political Situation in the Soviet Union and the Other Socialist European States
14 Sep 1983	West German Assessment of the Development of Soviet Ground Forces Until 1995
5 Dec 1983	US Assessment of Soviet Strategic Forces
Apr 1984	Adversary's Assessment of Reliability of Warsaw Pact Forces
16 Apr 1985	NATO Assessment of Long-term Economic Development in Warsaw Pact States
6 Jun 1985	West German Assessment of Civilian Defense in Warsaw Pact Countries
16 Dec 1985	Assessment of Adversary's Intelligence on Development of Warsaw Pact Forces 1983-1985
28 Apr 1986	West German Assessment of the Military Importance of East Germany in the Warsaw Pact (and Comment by East German Defense Ministry, 27 May 1986)
12 Nov 1987	Comment of East German Defense Ministry on Assessment of Adversary's Intelligence on Development of Warsaw Pact Forces and Armaments
12 Jun 1989	Assessment of Adversary's Intelligence on Development of Warsaw Pact Forces and Armaments
16 Oct 1989	NATO Assessment of Military Forces and Strength of USSR and Warsaw Pact

INF Deployment

16 Apr 1980	West German Activities to Develop a Defense System Against Medium-Range Missiles
26 Feb 1981	US and West German Plans to Upgrade Their Pershing Missile Forces
16 Nov 1981	Development of a Conventional Version of Pershing II Against Airbases
23 May 1982	Geneva Negotiations between the USSR and the US on Medium-Range Nuclear Weapons in Europe
11 Mar 1983	Situation and Perspectives of Soviet-US Negotiations in Geneva on Nuclear Arms Limitation in Europe
14 Sep 1983	West German Experts Assess Soviet Capabilities to Locate and Fight Pershing II Missiles on West German Territory
11 Nov 1983	Situation of Soviet-American Negotiations in Geneva on Limitation and Reduction of Strategic Forces
12 Aug 1986	Adversary's Intelligence on Soviet Potential of Long-Range INF
17 Feb 1988	Planned Sequence of Withdrawal of US INF from Europe
Jul 1988	Precisions on Planned Sequence of Withdrawal of US INF from Europe