Report on the 12th Session of the CDM7 Dec 1979 |
||
|
Description:
This is a report by the East German minister of defense, Heinz Hoffmann, to East German leader Erich Honecker. It informs Honecker about the 12th session of the Warsaw Pact Committee of Defense Ministers (CDM) in Warsaw in 1979. The CDM discussed ways of supporting a Soviet peace initiative, the establishment of basic principles for the WP's United Armed Forces, the establishment of an integrated early warning system for nuclear attacks, and the use of civil enterprises for military repairs in wartime. Hoffmann also met with Soviet Minister of Defense Dmitry Ustinov for discussion.
Collection: Defense Ministers
|
||
|
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, First Secretary of the SED Politburo, East Germany Language of Original Document: German Number of Pages: 9 Cold War Period: 1970s Persons: Ustinov, Brezhnev, Kulikov, Gierek, Coman |
||
|
Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br. Call Number: DVW 1/71036 and DVW 1/71037 |
| Friday, 28 October 2016 | HOME / COLLECTIONS / Warsaw Pact Records / Defense Ministers | Contact |
|
|
|
|
)