The fear of the lover from the East
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The #Stasi/#KGB used so-called Romeos on female secretaries in West Germany with great success. Women were particularly targeted in ministries and the security apparatus 1/5
Especially in the 1970s there were a number of East lovers in West German beds who had been busted. In 1979, six "spies for love" were discovered within a few weeks. All of them were either married or permanently involved with full-time Stasi or KGB staffers 2/5
In the same year, the Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz launched a poster campaign. "There is a code word for opening safes: love"" warned the intelligence service 3/5
Educational films on this topic were also produced and shown to employees. The campaign was highly controversial. It ended up in the Bundestag 4/5 👉 (page 3) dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btp/09/090…
An example of a successful Romeo operation against the #Bundesnachrichtendienst in Munich 5/5

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