East German Foreign Intelligence: Myth, Reality and Controversy

by Macrakis; Kristie

• ISBN13: 9780415484428
• ISBN10: 0415484421
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-08-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This edited book examines the East German foreign intelligence service (Hauptverwaltung Aufklarung, or HVA) as a historical problem, covering politics, scientific-technical and military intelligence and counterintelligence.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. x
List of contributors	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Intelligence and counter-intelligence	p. 1
Introduction: East German foreign intelligence as history	p. 3
Counter-intelligence in post-war Europe, 1945-1965	p. 11
Western espionage and Stasi Counter-espionage in East Germany, 1953-1961	p. 19
The rise and fall of West German intelligence operations against East Germany	p. 34
Deaf, dumb, and blind: the CIA and East Germany	p. 48
Rosenholz: Mischa's files, CIA's booty	p. 70
Political intelligence	p. 89
Political intelligence: foci and sources, 1969-1989	p. 91
Active measures and disinformation as part of East Germany's propaganda war, 1953-1972	p. 113
Foreign intelligence under the roof of the Ministry for State Security	p. 134
East German espionage in Denmark	p. 146
How the MfS' worldview affected the intelligence cycle: a study based on operations against the Netherlands	p. 162
Scientific-technical and military intelligence	p. 183
The crown jewels and the importance of scientific-technical intelligence	p. 185
The professionalization of Soviet military intelligence and its influence on the Berlin Crisis under	p. 204
BND military espionage in East Germany, 1946-1994	p. 219
People index	p. 238
Place index	p. 242
Cover names and operations index	p. 245
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