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Debate on the Possible Deployment of New US Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces in Europe and Measures for Enhanced Defense of the Warsaw Pact Member Countries against the Increased Security Threat Caused by NATO

20 Oct 1980
Description: This document is a statement by the East German Ministry of Defense regarding NATO's plans to deploy intermediate-range nuclear forces in Western Europe. East German Minister of Defense Heinz Hoffmann refers to the rearmament process and the military spending of the US and West Germany. Furthermore, he stresses the development and modernization efforts made in different branches of the East German National People's Army.

Collection: Defense Ministers

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Document Type: Memorandum
Origin (Agency): East German Ministry of Defense
Sender: Heinz Hoffmann, East German Minister of Defense
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 14
Cold War Period: 1980s
Persons: Andropov, Honecker, Kohl, Ustinov
Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br.
Call Number: DVW 1/71040

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