US and West German Plans to Upgrade Their Pershing Missile Forces26 Feb 1981 |
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Description:
This document presents information on discussions between the US and West Germany about the modernization of Bonn's Pershing missile forces. It was prepared by the East German Staatssicherheit (Stasi) intelligence agency. The paper discusses the costs, technical questions, and military results of different modernization options. The West German government has not yet chosen its favorite option. Additionally, the document contains details on the development, functioning, and use of the Pershing II system and annexes with complementary facts.
Collection: Stasi Intelligence
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Document Type:
Document Origin (Agency): Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, GDR Language of Original Document: German Number of Pages: 41 Cold War Period: 1980s |
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Document Source: Federal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Service of the Former Democratic Republic (BStU), Berlin Call Number: ZA, HVA, 5, pp. 127-167 |