The World - News from March 27, 1988
West German police, following the arrest a week ago of a government secretary on espionage charges, have arrested 15 more people in a search for suspected spies that has now spread to a number of cities. The hunt began after Elke Falk, 44, was arrested on charges of spying for the East Bloc. She had been a secretary in the Economic Cooperation Ministry in Bonn and had also worked as a secretary in the chancellor’s headquarters from 1974 to 1977. Security officials said Falk was “talking a lot,” but they did not specifically link the spy hunt to information given by her.
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