[FYI] "SIGINT IN EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR", Amsterdam November

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24 May 1999 

Date: Mon, 24 May 1999 19:31:35 +0200
To: jya@jya.com
From: "C.Wiebes" <wiebes@pscw.uva.nl>
Subject: Sigint conference announcement 

SIGINT IN EUROPE DURING THE COLD WAR

More and more students of the Cold War begin to realize that the
intelligence communities played an important role during the Cold War.
In recent years in particular the importance of Signals Intelligence
(SIGINT) has been stressed and especially the capabilities and
possibilities of reading and deciphering diplomatic, military,
commercial and other communications of other nations. 

This growing awareness of the importance of intelligence applies not
only to the activities of the big services but also to those of the
smaller nations like for example the Netherlands. For this exact
reason a couple of years ago the Netherlands Intelligence Studies
Association (NISA) was established in which academics and (former and
still active) members of the Netherlands intelligence community work
together in order to promote research into the history of Dutch
intelligence communities. This growing interest had led in Holland to
publications dealing with the history of the Dutch internal security
service (1995), the Dutch Navy Intelligence (1997) and the Netherlands
foreign intelligence service (November 1998). 

As honorary secretary of the NISA it is my pleasure to announce that
the NISA will host an international conference dealing with 

THE IMPORTANCE OF SIGINT IN WESTERN EUROPE IN THE COLD WAR

This conference with a particular emphasis on Sigint and the
Northwestern European nations will take place on Saturday November 27
in Amsterdam.

The line up of the program is as follows:                             
                         

SPEAKERS:

09.45:  Opening of the Conference and Welcome to the
                speakers and participants

10.00:  Matthew Aid (United States, ex-NSA) 
                Introduction on the importance of SIGINT in the Cold
                War

10.45:  coffee

11.00:  Richard Aldrich (United Kingdom, University of Nottingham)
                GCHQ and Sigint in the Cold War

11.45:  Erich Schmidt-Eenboom (Germany, Forschungsinstitut für
Friendenspolitik)
                The BND, German Military Forces and Sigint in the Cold
                War

12.30:  lunch

13.30:  Alf Jacobsen (Norway, NRK)
                Scandinavia, Sigint and the Cold War

14.15:  Cees Wiebes (Netherlands, NISA)
                The history of the WKC (Dutch NSA/GCHQ)

15.00:  Tea 

15.30:  Wies Platje (Netherlands, NISA)
                Dutch Sigint and the conflict with Indonesia, 1950 -
                62

16.15:  Round Table discussion
                The importance of Sigint during the Cold War

17.00:  Closing Remarks + Reception

        Since the number of seats is strictly limited to 100, you are
        requested to
submit your registration as soon as possible. Places will be
attributed on a first registered-first served basis. The conference
rate is US $ 80 including lunch and drinks at the reception. Please
register as quickly as possible by sending an E-mail or letter to the
honorary secretary of the NISA, Dr. Cees Wiebes, at the following
address:

Dr. Cees Wiebes
Honorary secretary NISA
P.O. Box 18 210
1001 ZC Amsterdam
The Netherlands
E-mail: WIEBES@PSCW.UVA.NL

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