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Introduction This wide-spread cliché has greatly been strengthened by the popularity of the British-American movie-classic “The Third Man” which frequently stands as a metaphor for post-war Austria, even in scientific treatments of the intelligence situation of and in Austria since 1945. Cf. Siegfried Beer, Von Alfred Redl zum “Dritten Mann”. Österreich und Österreicherinnen im internationalen Geheimdienstwesen 1918-1949, in: Geschichte und Gegenwart 16 (1997) 3-25; Siegfried Beer, Rund um den “Dritten Mann”: Amerikanische Geheimdienste in Österreich 1945-1955, in: Österreich im Frühen Kalten Krieg, 1945-1958. Spione, Partisanen, Kriegspläne, ed. Erwin A. Schmidl (Wien 2000) 73-99. On the intelligence content of the movie and of its genesis cf. Siegfried Beer, The “Third Man” and British Intelligence, in: History Today 51/5 (London 2001) 45-51. |
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A recently published handbook on intelligence, for example, is very scarce on Austria and what information it does offer is tentative, confused and highly inaccurate: “Austria: Despite being at the centre of international intelligence operations for much of the early Cold War period, Austria maintains a relatively small counter-intelligence capability based on the Heeres-Nachrichtenamt of the Ministry of Defence. Probably the most important elements of Austrian intelligence are, however, the two major SIGINT sites at Kongswarte(sic!) and Neulengbach. It is reported that both stations have provided the German BND with additional coverage, particularly during the Balkan conflicts.” Richard M. Bennett, Espionage. An Encyclopedia of Spies and Secrets (London 2002) 15. The short entry on Austria in the latest (i.e. 2002) edition of Brassey’s International Intelligence Yearbook, edited by R.D’A. Henderson, 187f., provides more comprehensive, even if slightly out-dated information. | |||||