Peter Williams, ex BRIXMIS on being rammed by an East German 10 ton truck at a radar station

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Peter Williams, ex BRIXMIS (in the 1980s) talks about the Athenstedt incident: taking his new Brigadier on a tour into East Germany; how they came to find themselves in Athenstedt near an East German radar station; being deliberately rammed by an East German Air Force truck; and the fall-out from what happened.

September 7, 2013 by Editor

Tags: intelligence Spying Cold war

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