Heeresnachrichtenamt

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Heeresnachrichtenamt (Army Intelligence Office) is an intelligence agency of the Austrian Armed Forces. [1] Heeresnachrichtenamt researches information on military operations and projects abroad and conducts data analysis of gathered intelligence. The service maintains branch offices in Linz, Graz and Klagenfurt.

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References

  1. IIHA; International Intelligence History Association (2002). The journal of intelligence history. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 25. ISBN   3-8258-0646-4.