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Letter From East German Deputy Defense Minister Heinz Kessler to Erich Honecker About His Conversation with Marshal Yakubovsky

31 Aug 1968
Description: In this report, East German Deputy Minister Heinz Kessler provides information on his meeting with Supreme Commander of the United Armed Forces Ivan Yakubovsky. The meeting addresses the possibility of a participation of the East German National People's Army in the military invasion of Czechoslovakia, and discusses how much information should be released on this sensitive issue.

Collection: A Cardboard Castle?

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Document Type: Letter
Origin (Agency): East German Ministry of Defense
Sender: Heinz Kessler, East German Deputy Minister of Defense
Recipient: Erich Honecker, General Secretary of the East German Socialist Unity Party
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 3
Cold War Period: 1960s
Persons: Hoffmann, Iakubovskii, Kessler
Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany, Military Branch (BA-MA), Freiburg i. Br.
Call Number: VA-01/23454
Document Companion: Document No. 58

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