In radio communications, a forward link is the link from a fixed location (e.g., a base station[?]) to a mobile user. If the link includes a communications relay satellite, the forward link will consist of both an uplink (base station to satellite) and a downlink (satellite to mobile user).
... were as unpleasant as those of Gestapo.
One particularly zealous – and successful - adversary was Abwehr sergeant Hugo Bleicher[?]. He dismantled Interallie[?] ...