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March 31, 1988

Telegram from Wolfgang Bayerlacher to Erich Honecker

The GDR Ambassador to Ethiopia reports that Comrade Hans Kopmann was recently received by Mengistu.

March 30, 1988

Telegram from Wolfgang Bayerlacher to Erich Honecker

The GDR Ambassador to Ethiopia reports that he conveyed to Mengistu Erich Honecker's willingness to support the Ethiopian revolution.

March 30, 1988

Telegram from Wolfgang Bayerlacher to Erich Honecker

A report by GDR Ambassador to Ethiopia, Wolfgang Bayerlacher, on the situation in the country.

April 5, 1988

Addition to the Information about the Status of the Operation Ethiopia (4 April 1988, 22:00 Hours)

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski updates Günter Mittag on the status of the shipping arms and ammunition to Ethiopia. 

April 4, 1988

Information about the Status of the Operation Ethiopia (4 April 1988, 22:00 Hours)

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski updates Egon Krenz on the status of the shipping arms and ammunition to Ethiopia.

April 1, 1988

Information about the Status of the Operation Ethiopia (1 April 1988, 14:00 Hours)

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski updates Egon Krenz on the status of the shipping arms and ammunition to Ethiopia.

March 30, 1988

Information about the Status of the Operation Ethiopia (30 March 1988, 15:00 Hours)

A report indicating that the first shipment of GDR military aid has departed for Ethiopia.

March 1988

Appendix [on GDR Military Aid to Ethiopia]

An East German document outlining planned military aid for Ethiopia.

June 6, 1988

East German Ministry of State Security, 'The Current Situation in PDRE [People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia] and the Region'

Stasi report on the current state of Ethiopian-Eritrean conflict as of early June 1988. It concludes that in the event of Mengistu turning toward Moscow for additional arms supplies, the latter is likely to reject them in favor of a political solution to the conflict.

June 1988

East German Ministry for State Security, 'On the Position of the Army in the Political System of Ethiopia

Excerpt of a Stasi report on the Ethiopian army. This portion of the report deals with the Army’s dissatisfaction with the quality of the Soviet Union’s armaments; the East German material ponders how much of this is part of anti-Soviet sentiment, and how much is due to their professional incapacity.

Pagination