PHP - MEMORANDUM FROM THE EAST GERMAN DIRECTOR OF SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE (MAJOR-GENERAL HORST MÄNNCHEN) TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE EAST GERMAN MINISTRY OF STATE SECURITY (LIEUTENANT-GENERAL GERHARD NEIBER)

Memorandum from the East German Director of Signals Intelligence (Major-General Horst Männchen) to the Deputy Director of the East German Ministry of State Security (Lieutenant-General Gerhard Neiber)

6 Nov 1984

Description: This East German memorandum addresses the activities of West German stay-behind agents preparing for a possible Warsaw Pact invasion. These agents live close to the East German and Czechoslovak borders. The agents' communications and activities are to be closely monitored; this is possible to faulty use of encryption technology by the West German intelligence service BND (Bundesnachrichtendienst).

Collection: NATO's Secret Armies

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Document Type: Memorandum
Sender: Major General Horst Männchen, Director Signal Intelligence
Destination (Agency): East German Ministry of State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit)
Recipient: Lieutenant General Gerhard Neiber, Deputy Director of the East German Ministry of State Security
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 3
Cold War Period: 1980s

Document Source: Federal Commissioner for the Records of the National Security Service of the Former Democratic Republic (BStU), Berlin

Memorandum from the East German Director of Signals Intelligence (Major-General Horst Männchen) to the Deputy Director of the East German Ministry of State Security (Lieutenant-General Gerhard Neiber)

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