It was not only the US that helped #Aut to build up its signing capacities. #BND know-how was/is in great demand. The #Bundesnachrichtendienst was/is dependent on Austria for information gathering in the Balkan region 1/7
https://twitter.com/thomas_riegler/status/1313571680015519745
Between 1960 and 1980, the #BND was highly supportive of radio reconnaissance in particular. The espionage was of course also aimed at the Soviet presence in Austria 2/7
Cooperation culminated in the war in Yugoslavia. There were several mobile receiving stations along the Slovenian border. Austrians and Germans „shared headphones“ at that time 3/7
The USA was surprised at the speed and precision of the information provided. Especially for telephone surveillance, #HNA (Heeresnachrichtenamt) and #BND were better than US/UK intel 4/7
The #BND even helped with the design of facilities in #Aut. One example is the direction finding (DF) site south of Deutsch Kaltenbrunn in Burgenland 5/7 👉 goo.gl/maps/CXbCdATBW…
The listening post is identical in construction to the #BND facility in Übersee at Chimsee 6/7 👉 goo.gl/maps/tPWzmWcrx…
The sigint activities of the #HNA are still highly respected internationally. Especially the collected information from the Western Balkans is appreciated by partner services. Is of course played down in public in #Aut - for reasons ... 7/7
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