Przyjaźń w eterze? Kooperacja w zakresie techniki specjalnej i radiokontrwywiadu pomiędzy MSW a wschodnioniemiecką Stasi w latach 70. i 80. XX wieku
FRIENDSHIP ON THE AIRWAVES? COOPERATION IN THE SCOPE OF OPERATIONAL EQUIPMENT AND COUNTER-SIGINT BETWEEN THE POLISH MINISTRY OF THE INTERIOR AND THE EAST GERMAN STATE SECURITY SERVICE IN THE 1970s AND 1980s

Summary/Abstract: The intelligence services system of the Polish People’s Republic and the German Democratic Republic, irrespective of how controversial the thesis might seem, did not develop a significant level of cooperation, mainly due to insurmountable political differences. The article discusses the problems of the relations between both services in the area of broadly understood signals intelligence (SIGINT) and operational equipment. It was possible to retrace them on the basis of the research conducted at the Polish Institute of National Remembrance and the German Stasi Records Agency. The possibility of making the comparative analysis of both sources allowed to present the forms of cooperation as well as antagonisms existing between the security departments of both states.

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