A conference organised by the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) as partner in the Parallel History Project on NATO and the Warsaw Pact (PHP) and in cooperation with the Intelligence Liaison and Alliances Research (ILAR).

• Draft Program (see below)
• The conference is on invitation only. For further information, contact php (at) sipo.gess.ethz.ch

Draft Program

Friday, 29 April 2005

Opening of conference

09:00

09:10

09:25

09:40

09:55

10:10

11:00

NATO AND THE NEUTRALS

Liaison and Alliances

Introduction: Olav Riste

"UKUSA: Sigint, and communications security", Richard Aldrich

"Canada's Foreign Intelligence Initiative: Cold War Sigint Strategy and its UK and US Linkages"
Martin Rudner

"'The Scandianvian Trangle", Magnus Petersson

"Dilemmas of Swedish intelligence cooperation", Wilhelm Agrell

Discussion

Coffee

Atomic Intelligence

11:15

11:30

11:45

12:00

13:00

"Anglo-American atomic intelligence relations", Michael Goodman

"Atomic intelligence in Norway, 1955-1970”, Olav Njolstad

"The Role of Intelligence in the SALT Talks”, Erin Mahan

Discussion

Lunch

Sigint in Northern Areas

14:30

14:45

15:00

15:30

15:45

19:00

"American Sigint Relations with Scandinavia during the Cold War", Matthew Aid

"Canadian Sigint's Long Trek to the Arctic”, Wesley Wark

Discussion

Coffee

Workshop on Stay Behind
Participants: Charles Cogan, Ulf Eliasson, Volker Foertsch, Daniele Ganser, Peer Henrik Hansen, Magnus Hjort, Timothy Naftali, Leopoldo Nuti, Olav Riste, Erwin Schmidl, Pekka Visuri, Cees Wiebes

Dinner
Speech, "The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence during the Vietnam War", Edward C. Keefer

Saturday, 30 April 2005

09:00

09:10

09:25

09:40

10:00

10:45

11:00

11:15

11:30

11:45

12:00

12:15

13:00

THE WARSAW PACT

Soviet Foreign Intelligence Activities

Introduction: Bernd Schaefer

"KGB and GRU Foreign Intelligence Activities in the Khrushchev Era”, Matthias Uhl

"President Urho Kekkonen and the KGB”, Kimmo Rentola

"Soviet Intelligence Activities in Asia During the Brezhnev Era, 1964-1982", Yuri Totrov

Discussion

Coffee

Eastern European Intelligence

"US-Czech Intelligence Competition, 1948-1953", Igor Lukes

"Soviet Bloc Intelligence Activities Against Western Informational Programs", Ross Johnson

"GDR Foreign Espionage in the Era of Détente", Jens Gieseke

"Polish Intelligence 1945-1989 - Structures and Goals", Andrzej Paczkowski

"The Securitate in the Warsaw Pact Intelligence System", Marius Oprea

Discussion

Lunch

Eastern European Military Intelligence Activities

14:30

14:45

15:00

15:15

15:30

15:45

16:30

"Hungarian Military Intelligence Activities", Imre Okvath

"The Korczynski Report - A Critical Analysis of Activities of the Polish Military Intelligence Service, 1945-1961”, Leo Gluchowski

"Bulgarian State Security and the Warsaw Pact Intelligence Cooperation against NATO”
Jordan Baev

"GDR Military Intelligence and Denmark", Thomas Wegener Friis

"GDR Militar Intelligence on Dutch Armed Forces and NORTHAG", Jan Hoffenaar

Discussion

Coffee

17:00

17:30

17:45

18:00

CONCLUDING SESSION

" So What? How Much Did Intelligence Matter in the Cold War?”, J.K. McDonald

Commentary, Michael Herman

Commentary, Vojtech Mastny

Discussion