Spies Tag Along With Refugees
East German secret agents posing as refugees have infiltrated West Germany in recent weeks, taking cover in the massive influx of East Germans to the West, a West German magazine reported.
A West German federal court on Nov. 15 charged one East German national with espionage after his arrival in West Germany via Czechoslovakia, the magazine Bunte said.
Bunte quoted federal police as saying the East German, who has confessed to being a spy, swam across the Danube River--which forms part of the border between Czechoslovakia and Austria--together with six other East German intelligence agents.
West German authorities believe East German secret police took advantage of the mass exodus of East Germans, who sometimes had to leave all of their identification papers behind, and sent numerous spies to West Germany posing as refugees.
Bunte said the agent, whose identity was not revealed, entered West Germany using a false identity card.
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