The Challenges of Knowledge Transfer during the Cold War: Exchange between East Germany and North Vietnam, 1953-1968
Abstract
The exchange of knowledge was a powerful method to strengthen international relations
in the 1950s and early 1960s. It came during a tense time: the start of the Cold War
and the divide over socialist ideology. In the socialist world, exchange became a
gateway for states to interact and engage with de-colonizing nations, and therefore,
to advance the socialist cause. This thesis explores the relationship between East
Berlin and North Vietnam from 1953 to 1968. It follows the knowledge exchange programs
between the two states as a front line for the tensions of the socialist world. This
thesis further approaches exchange through the lens of national identity and the intra-struggles
of the international socialist movement. It challenges the meaning of “exchange of
knowledge” to include all areas of technological and scientific development, including
the field of state security and intelligence. It also makes use of extensive research
from the Foundation Archives of Parties and Mass Organizations of the GDR in the Federal
Archives of Germany and the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR.
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