Abstract This article opens a new perspective on Finland’s Cold War history by highlighting the role of the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) in providing information about the German Democratic Republic as a particular polity, economy, and key player in the European Cold War landscape. The analysis is based on search results from the YLE digital database (Metro) from 1970–1989, and it is supported by documents from the German Broadcasting Archive [Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv] and the YLE company archive. The archive documents and metadata testify about a long-term interest in East Germany in Finnish television, as well as long-term contacts and collaboration between East German and Finnish television companies, in the executive as well as at grass roots levels.

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冷战电视外交

摘要本文通过强调芬兰广播公司（YLE）在提供有关德意志民主共和国作为欧洲政治，经济和欧洲冷战格局中的关键角色的信息方面的作用，为芬兰的冷战历史开辟了新的视角。该分析基于1970-1989年YLE数字数据库（地铁）的搜索结果，并得到了德国广播档案馆[Deutsches Rundfunkarchiv]和YLE公司档案馆的文档的支持。档案文件和元数据证明了芬兰电视对东德的长期兴趣，以及东德和芬兰电视公司之间在行政部门以及基层的长期联系与合作。