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  "id": 837,
  "subject_type": "incident",
  "subject_id": 205,
  "field": "occurred_on",
  "value": "October 10 article on Bundeswehr readiness",
  "statement": "Der Spiegel published an article on October 10, 1962, saying the Bundeswehr was only conditionally prepared to defend the country against a nuclear strike, and the magazine was accused of treason.",
  "attribution": null,
  "source_id": 554,
  "evidence_quote": "On October 10, 1962, the news magazine Der Spiegel published an article stating that the Bundeswehr was only “conditionally prepared” [ bedingt abwehrbereit ] to defend the country against a nuclear attack.",
  "evidence_date": "1962-10-29",
  "method": "primary_document",
  "verified_at": "2026-09-26",
  "confidence": "high",
  "status": "current",
  "supersedes_id": null,
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  "supersede_reason": null,
  "batch_label": "historical-2026-09-26",
  "created_at": "2026-09-26T18:04:42Z",
  "url": "https://thewaronnews.com/claims/837",
  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1962-west-germany-spiegel-affair-raid-and-arrests",
  "source": {
    "id": 554,
    "url": "https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/two-germanies-1961-1989/democracy-in-jeopardy-october-29-1962",
    "final_url": "https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/two-germanies-1961-1989/democracy-in-jeopardy-october-29-1962",
    "title": "Democracy in Jeopardy? (October 29, 1962)",
    "publisher": "German History in Documents and Images, German Historical Institute Washington",
    "published_on": "1962-10-29",
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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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