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"The one shown here, was found in 2018 in a forgotten cache in a West European country. Based on the manufacturing codes on some of the components, it was proba
by readhn 8y ago
"The one shown here, was found in 2018 in a forgotten cache in a West European country. Based on the manufacturing codes on some of the components, it was probably manufactured in 1962. "
"forgotten" it was not - KGB does not forget! just deemed useless to both sides and not worth the extraction risk later on.
also, i wonder if one of Putin's buddies used these back in the days when he was stationed in East Germany in the 80's.
- kryptiskt 8y agoBut Stasi ceased to exist in an orgy of shredding, so it might very well have been forgotten.
- emptybits 8y agoPerhaps, but we were reminded just this week that some Stasi memories are well preserved. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/valdimir-putin-east-german-identity-card-found-in-stasi-archives-report https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/11/valdimir-putin...
- themodelplumber 8y agoI wonder if there are any news articles about what else might have been found in the cache, and where it was found? Edit: Just hadn't read far enough...