W. German Tried as Spy
United Press International
MUNICH, West Germany —
A retired naval captain went on trial Tuesday charged with spying for East Germany for 16 years for $305 a month. The prosecution said Wilhelm Reichenburg, 63, supplied information about the West German intelligence service to the East Germans from 1968 until his arrest last year.
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