The World - News from Oct. 1, 1985
The prosecutor’s office in Cologne, West Germany, said it is convinced that a counterspy who defected to East Germany did not kill his wife two years ago as some reports had suggested. A spokesman said it is ending an inquiry into the death of Ute Tiedge, 44, the wife of Hans Joachim Tiedge, 48, the senior counterintelligence agent who crossed over to East Germany on Aug. 19. He said there is no evidence to support reports that Tiedge might have been responsible for her death.
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