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Amsterdam 2005

 
"German-Dutch Relations in the 20th Century.
An International Intelligence Perspective"

 

Conference organized by the Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association (nisa) an the INternational Intelligence History Association (IIHA)

17-19 June 2005
Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences Amsterdam

Conference Organizer:
Dr. Beatrice de Graaf
(Utrecht University)

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Conference Program:
  Friday, 17 June 2005
13.00-13.45

Welcome
Paul Koedijk, M.A., Chairman NISA
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Krieger, Chairman IIHA

Conference opening
Major General Royal Netherlands Army Bert Dedden, Director of Netherlands Military Intelligence and Security Service
13.45-14.45 "Setting the Stage"
Paul Koedijk, M.A.
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Krieger
15.15-15.45

Matthew M. Aid (US)
The US Intelligence Perception of the Dutch and German Intelligence and Security Services

15.45-16.15 Dr. Matti Mayzel (Isr)
Post WWII Israeli Perception of the Dutch and German Intelligence Services
16.15-16.45

Jorn Bro (Den)
Danish Services, Terrorism and Cooperation with Germany and The Netherlands

17.30-18.30
 Reception and Drinks at the Town Hall
19.00-21.00

Dinner at restaurant L'Opera

Saturday, 18 June 2005
  "From War to War 1918-1945"
9.00-9.30

Dr. Karl de Leeuw (Neth)
The Mystery of the Enigma

9.30-10.00
 Dr. Kurt Jensen (Can)
Canadian Intelligence Assessment of Germany and the Netherlands in 1945
10.00-10.30

Dr. Dick Engelen (Neth)
Dutch Intelligence Operations and Intelligence Gathering on Germany

11.00-11.45 Chantal Aubin (UK)
French Operations and Intelligence Gathering from Dutch Territory against Germany
11.45-12.15

Dr. Bob de Graff (Neth)
British Intelligence Gathering in the Netherlands against Germany (the Venlo Incident)

 
  "The Cold War"
13.30-14.00 Frans Kluiters (Neth)
Abwehr Stay Behind in the Netherlands
14.00-14.30 Frits Hoekstra (Neth)
Joint Operations and Intelligence Gathering against Stasi and other Warsaw Pact Services
14.30-15.00

Dr. Beatrice de Graaf (Neth)
DDR Operations against West Germany and Holland

15.45-16.15 Prof. Dr. Richard Aldrich (UK)
British Intelligence Operations in Germany
16.15-16.45

Dr. Giles Scott-Smith (UK)
Interdoc and its German Years: a Case of Dutch-German Intelligence Cooperation

17.30-18.30

Reception amd drinks at the KNAW

19.00-21.00 Indonisean Rice Table Dinner at the Sea Palace with Keynote speaker
Sunday, 19 June 2005

"The Aftermath"

9.00-9.30 Dr. Shlomo Shpiro (Isr)
Cold War Radar Intelligence: Israeli Intelligence Sharing with NATO
9.30-10.00

Dr. Peter Morré (Ger)
The Bundesverfassungsgericht and Joint Operations against RAF and the IRA

10.00-10.30 Major General Netherlands Marine Corps (ret) Joop van Reijn
Experiences of Joint German-Dutch Peacekeeping Operations and Intelligence Gathering in Afghanistan
11.15-11.45

Dr. Wolbert Smidt (Ger)
A European Intelligence Structure, the Future Role of Germany and the Netherlands

11.45-12.15 Dame Pauline Neville-Jones (UK)
(to be confirmed)
Intelligence and the Future
12.30-13.00 Closing remarks, end of conference
(as scheduled)
 

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