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comment by veen
veen  ·  3014 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hyper Detailed Soviet Maps of Washington

That's pretty important intel she worked on. Do you know how they dealt with confidentiality back then? I can only imagine the Stasi keeping a close eye on her.





user-inactivated  ·  3014 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm afraid I have very little idea. I didn't ask her, and there will be no opportunity soon. All I know is that they had passes.

Stasi, though? I doubt it: she worked in Russia. No business for an Eastern German espionage agency in the USSR, is there?

veen  ·  3014 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Whoops, mixed up the secret services. I'm not as well-versed on the Cold War as some here.

user-inactivated  ·  3014 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Nah, Russians would've never invented a name as cool as "Stasi" for its secret service. Germany wins this one.