Berlin during the Cold War and Signals Intelligence (2)

Welcome to Episode 1 of Cold War Conversations where we start with a fascinating eyewitness account of Berlin during the Cold War.  Michael K Ferris lived in Berlin as a child of US Airforce personnel in the 1960s and 70s and then subsequently joined the US Airforce himself and worked in Signals Intelligence during the 1980s.  In a wide ranging chat, we talked about life for American families and their kids in Berlin during the Cold War and also about the challenges of signals intelligence in the heart of East Germany at tail end of the Cold War. We also talked about the Stasi spy in Michael’s unit, Kennedy’s visit to Berlin, Baader Meinhof attacks on US Forces, Soxmis and much more.  Our guest’s unit was described by the Commander in Chief US Airforce Europe as “his eyes and ears to the East.”  See the show notes with lots of extra information at coldwarconversations.com We welcome Michael K Ferris  Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices