PHP - REPORT ON THE THIRD SESSION OF THE WP COMMITTEE OF DEFENSE MINISTERS

Report on the Third Session of the WP Committee of Defense Ministers

6 Mar 1971

Description: This report from the East German minister of defense, Heinz Hoffmann, informs East German leader Erich Honecker about discussions at, and results of, the third session of the Warsaw Pact (WP) Committee of Defense Ministers (CDM) in Budapest in 1971. The CDM discussed the state of the communication and command systems, as well as the WP's force planning from 1971-75. Annexed is a transcript of a report by the Soviet Minister of Defense Andrei Grechko in which he addresses the formal, unconstructive work of the CDM and Soviet deficits in terms of conventional warfare capabilities.

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
Recipient: Erich Honecker, Member of the SED Politburo, Head of the National Defense Council, East Germany
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 28
Cold War Period: 1970s
Persons: Shtemenko, Grechko, Iakubovskii, Kádár

Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br.
Call Number: DVW 1/71027

Report on the Third Session of the WP Committee of Defense Ministers

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