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Collection: Records of the Warsaw Pact Committee of the Ministers of Defense, 1969-1990


Edited by Christian Nuenlist
May 2001

The End of the Cold War, 1985-1990

   XVIII. East Berlin, 2-5 December 1985

2 Dec 1985 Opening Speech
2 Dec 1985 Speech by Viktor Kulikov, Supreme Commander of the UAF, at the CMD Meeting in Strausberg
2 Dec 1985 Opinion of East Germany
2 Dec 1985 Focus of the Operational Training of NATO's Staff Officers and Troops (Presentation)
2 Dec 1985 Opinion of East Germany
5 Dec 1985 Protocol and Press Release
Dec 1985 Memorandum for a Meeting between Heinz Kessler (East German Minister of Defense) and Sergei Sokolov (Soviet Minister of Defense) on Cooperation between the Soviet and the East German Armed Forces

   XIX. Warsaw, 1-3 December 1986

1 Dec 1986 Results and Consequences of the Reykjavik Summit and Measures for Further Enhancement of the Warsaw Pact's Member States' Security (Theses)
1 Dec 1986 Opinion of East Germany
1 Dec 1986 State and Direction of Research and Development of the WP Members' United Armed Forces (Summary)
1 Dec 1986 Opinion of East Germany
1 Dec 1986 Creation and Combat Use of Air Assault and Marine Infantry Troops in the Allied Armies and Fleets (Summary)
1 Dec 1986 Analysis of the State and Development of NATO's Infrastructure in the European Theater of War (Presentation)
1 Dec 1986 Appendix 1 to the Report: Main Content of Sergei Sokolov's (Soviet Minister of Defense) Statements Regarding the First Agenda Item
1 Dec 1986 East German Notes on a Conversation between Heinz Kessler (East German Minister of Defense) and Viktor Kulikov (Supreme Commander of the UAF) on the Second Agenda Item
1 Dec 1986 East Germany's Views on the Fourth Agenda Item
2 Dec 1986 Appendix 2 to the Report: Abstract of Defense Ministers' Discussion on Current Problems
3 Dec 1986 Appendix 3 to the Report: Main Content of Wojciech Jaruzelski's (Polish Head of State) Statements
3 Dec 1986 Protocol and Press Release
4 Dec 1986 Report on the 19th CMD Session

   XX. Bucharest, 27-29 November 1987

24 Nov 1987 Opinion of East Germany
24 Nov 1987 State of the WP Integrated Air Defense System and Measures for Improvement (Summary)
24 Nov 1987 East German Comments on the State of the WP Integrated Air Defense and Measures for Improvement
24 Nov 1987 NATO's View on Psychological Warfare. Experiences and Objectives of the Political-ideological Struggle against Imperialistic Propaganda
24 Nov 1987 Opinion of East Germany (NATO's Views on Psychological Warfare)
24 Nov 1987 On the Military-Technical Aspect of the WP Members' Military Doctrine (Presentation)
26 Nov 1987 Remarks on Military-Technical Aspects of Warsaw Pact Military Doctrine and the Final Document of the Stockholm Conference
26 Nov 1987 Protocol and Press Release
26 Nov 1987 Appendix 1 to the Report: Summary of Statements by Dmitri Iazov (Soviet Minister of Defense) on the First Agenda Item
26 Nov 1987 Appendix 2 to the Report: Summary of Statements by Nicolae Ceauşescu (Romanian Head of State)
1 Dec 1987 Report on the 20th Session

   XXI. Moscow, 5-8 July 1988

5 Jul 1988 State and Prospect for Development of NATO's Armed Forces and Infrastructure in the European Theater of War in the Period up to the Year 2000 (Presentation)
5 Jul 1988 Opinion of East Germany
5 Jul 1988 Improvements to the UAF and their Equipment with Weapons and Armaments in the Period from 1991 to 1995 (Presentation)
5 Jul 1988 Opinion of East Germany
7 Jul 1988 Appendix 2 to the Report: Summary of Remarks by Mikhail Gorbachev (Soviet Head of State)
8 Jul 1988 Protocol and Press Release
11 Jul 1988 Report on the 21st Session of the CMD
11 Jul 1988 Appendix 3 to the Report: Summary of Dmitri Iazov's (Soviet Minister of Defense) Statement on the Second Agenda Item
11 Jul 1988 Summary of the First Agenda Item
11 Jul 1988 Tables Related to the First Agenda Item (Presentation)
11 Jul 1988 Charts Related to the First Agenda Item
11 Jul 1988 Summary of the Second Agenda Item

   XXII. Prague, 17-18 October 1988

12 Oct 1988 Summary of Meeting between Heinz Kessler (East German Minister of Defense) and Viktor Kulikov (Supreme Commander of the UAF) on 8 October 1988 in Preparation of the 22nd CMD Meeting
17 Oct 1988 On the Announcement of Force Levels and Main Armament Types of the Warsaw Pact and NATO in Europe and Adjoining Maritime Areas (Summary)
17 Oct 1988 Opinion of East Germany
17 Oct 1988 Proposals for Improving the Mechanism of Political and Military Cooperation within the Warsaw Pact (Presentations)
17 Oct 1988 Decision on the First Agenda Item
19 Oct 1988 Report on the 22nd Session of the Warsaw Pact's Committee of Ministers of Defense (CMD)
19 Oct 1988 Appendix 1 to the Report on the 22nd CMD Meeting: Summary of a Speech by Dmitri Iazov (Soviet Defense Minister) on the First Agenda Item
19 Oct 1988 Appendix 2 to the Report on the 22nd CMD Meeting: Summary of the Statements Regarding the Discussion Outside the Agenda
18 Oct 1988 Appendix 3 to the Report on the 22nd CMD Meeting: Summary of Remarks by Miloš Jakeš (General Secretary of the Czechoslovak Communist Party)
25 Oct 1988 Protocol and Press Release
31 Oct 1988 Transcript of all Statements in the Discussion Outside the Agenda

   XXIII. Sofia, 17 December 1988

9 Dec 1988 Report on Bilateral Consultations between Fritz Streletz (East German Deputy Defense Minister) and a Soviet Representative on 7 December 1988 in Preparation for the 23rd CMD Meeting
15 Dec 1988 Report on Consultations between the WP Members on 14 December 1988 in Moscow in Preparation of the 23rd CMD Meeting
17 Dec 1988 Troop Levels and Main Armaments of Warsaw Pact and NATO Forces in Europe and Adjoining Maritime Areas
17 Dec 1988 Opinion of East Germany
17 Dec 1988 Protocol and Press Release
17 Dec 1988 Possible Strutural Reorientation of WP National Armed Forces Towards More Defensive Stance in the next Two to Three Years (Presentation)
17 Dec 1988 Opinion of East Germany (1)
17 Dec 1988 Opinion of East Germany (2)
19 Dec 1988 Report on the 23rd CMD Meeting
Dec 1988 Report on the 23rd CMD Meeting for the Attention of the Politburo of the SED Central Committee
Dec 1988 Statement by the CMD on the First Agenda Item
Dec 1988 Comment on the First Agenda Item
Dec 1988 Disclosures on Changes in the Strength of Armaments of Motorized Rifle Divisions and Tank Divisions
5 Jan 1989 Evaluation of the 23rd CMD Meeting
15 Feb 1989 Summary of a Discussion between Heinz Kessler (East German Defense Minister) and Dmitri Iazov (Soviet Defense Minister) in Moscow in Moscow on the Withdrawal of Soviet Troops from East Germany

   XXIV. Budapest, 27-29 November 1989

16 Nov 1989 East German Memorandum for Meeting between Theodor Hoffmann (East German Minister of Defense) and Piotr Lushev (Supreme Commander of the UAF) about the 24th CMD Meeting
27 Nov 1989 Principles for Improving the UAF by the Year 2000 while Maintaining Basic Defense Capabilities (Summary)
27 Nov 1989 East German Statement (Theodor Hoffmann, Minister of Defense)
27 Nov 1989 Trends in Military-Technical Collaboration Among WP Members' Armed Forces in the Context of Arms Reductions
27 Nov 1989 Opinion of East Germany
27 Nov 1989 Operational-Tactical Demands on the Integrated Automated System for Detecting and Assessing the Scope of WMD Use by the Enemy (Theses)
29 Nov 1989 Protocol and Press Release (with Action Plan)
1 Dec 1989 Report on the 24th CMD Meeting
Nov 1989 East German Objections to the Draft of the Third Agenda Item
1989 Letter from Dobri Dzhurov (Bulgarian Defense Minister) to the Committee of Defense Ministers

   XXV. East Berlin, 14-15 June 1990

14 Jun 1990 The 35th Anniversary of the Warsaw Pact, its Significance for Safeguarding the Security of its Members, and Perspectives for Reform (Summary)
14 Jun 1990 Implementation of Decisions Made at the 1989 Bucharest PCC Summit on Improving Allied Terrritorial and Naval Forces (Presentation)
14 Jun 1990 The State of Mobilization Efforts in the Centers for Administration of Reserves (Summary)
14 Jun 1990 Progress of Improvements to the Operational Logistics and Supply Units in the Theater of War in Consideration of the Warsaw Pact's Defensive Military Doctrine (Summary)
14 Jun 1990 Speech by Rainer Eppelmann (East German Minister of Defense and Disarmament) in Strausberg
15 Jun 1990 Press Release
15 Jun 1990 Protocol
1990 Comments on Draft Documents of the 25th CMD Meeting

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