Communications and Emergency Planning During the Cold War

By Sanne Aagaard Jensen & Andreas Marklund

28. Aug. 2014

It was “strictly confidential”, obviously. Top secret. Yet during the years of the Cold War, some of Denmark’s sharpest minds were busy preparing the country’s telecommunications for the possible event of a nuclear apocalypse. If Denmark was attacked with nuclear weapons, the Post and Telegraph Service and the private telephone companies – in conjunction with NATO and the Danish Military and Civil Defence –were expected to ensure the continued functioning of vital government communications. A new research project at the Danish Post & Tele Museum will delve into the country’s telecommunications emergency planning during the formative period from 1945 to 1990. 

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