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The KGB in the BND office
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At the end of the 1970s, the #KGB successfully operated several times against the #Bundesnachrichtendienst - and this against different departments in one building. The #Stasi did the ‚press work‘ 1/10
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At the end of the 1970s, the #KGB successfully operated several times against the #Bundesnachrichtendienst - and this against different departments in one building. The #Stasi did the ‚press work‘ 1/10
Munich 1973: a 7-floor office building is opened at #Elsenheimerstraße 59. The new building quickly attracts the interest of the #BND. Several departments move into the building. They share the upper floors. Heavily secured from the inside - inconspicuous from the outside 2/10
The mailboxes next to the elevator are also inconspicuous: ‚Bundesverwaltungsamt Köln, Abteilung IV - Außenstelle München’ Next P.O. Box: ‚Auslandsgebührenstelle‘ and right next to it: ‚Zentralstelle für Verkehrsgeographie der Bundeswehr‘. All #BND cover addresses 3/10
Behind the „Bundesverwaltungsamt Köln“ is a unit for espionage against the Polish People's Republic. The department cooperates with numerous exiled Poles from all over the world. However, one of these people provides valuable information to the KGB for years 4/10
He was recruited by #Moscow under false flag. He believes in a job for the #CIA. The problem, the man had access to the office on Elsenheimerstrasse. In the fall of 1981, the #Stasi struck 5/10
The East #Berlin-based magazine ‚Horizont‘ reported in detail in an issue (52/1981) about the #BND office: its staff and operations. Conclusion: The BND-HQ in #Pullach dissolved the whole department 6/10
A few years earlier, the #KGB had already succeeded in striking a blow against another unit in the building. Behind the ‚Zentralstelle für Verkehrsgeographie der Bundeswehr‘ is the # BND-Unit ‚I G 3‘, which was the military component of the Stay Behind program 7/10
A young secretary (Heidrun Hofer) is recruited by the #KGB under false flag. She believes she is working for a secret #Nazi organization in South America. Her lifestyle is her downfall. #BND-Security-Division becomes aware of her. She's busted in 1976. 8/10
Only after an interrogation by the #Landeskriminalamt (LKA) does she realize that she has betrayed secrets. She tries to take her own life and jumps out of an open window (6th floor) in the LKA building at #Maillingerstraße 15. She survives badly injured. 9/10
According to information from former #Stasi employees, there was another spy in the ‚IG 3‘ department. He has not been uncovered until today 10/10 #coldwarhistory
