WEST GERMAN SPY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP70B00338R000300200001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 15, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Content Type: TRANS

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WEST GERMAN SPY
REUTERS, 481
241303 EDT
DCI, DDCI, EX/DIR, DDI (2), DDP (VIA CSDO), DDS&T (VIA D/OSI),
D/OCI(5), D/ONE, D/OSI, D/OSR, CH/WATCHCOM, 0 C/IRS,
SAVA, OCI(4), C/OPSCEN, CSDO, PDB, INDIGO, ORR/CSS, RAD, SDO,
DD/S, COMIREX, CRS/ADD/SS, ADDED:
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BONN9 WEST GERMANY, AUG. 24 (REUTERS) ?- A FOREIGN OFFICE
SECRETARY WHO COMMITTED SUICIDE SHORTLY AFTER HER ARREST ON SPY
CHARGES IN 1967 WAS MOSCOWS TOP AGENT IN BONN AND GAVE AWAY
C
TbAY bAL NATO SECRETS, THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER BILD AM SONNTAS CHARGED
MRS. LEONORE SUETTERLIN, 39, GAVE THE KREMLIN INFORMATION
ABOUT THE LOCATION OF A.SECRET NATO HEADQUARTERS, THE NATO WARNING
SYSTEM AND ALL DETAILS OF A NATO MINISTERIAL MEETING IN OTTAWA,
CANADA, IN MAY, 1963, THE NEWSPAPER SAID.
SHE ALSO GAVE AWAY INFORMATION ABOUT TWO SECRET WEST GERMAN
FEDERAL ARMY MANEUVERS AND WARNED. AT LEAST FIVE RUSSIAN AGENTS
OPERATING IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC THEY WERE ABOUT TO BE ARRESTED,
THE NEWSPAPER SAID.
WHEN MRS. SUETTERLIN WAS ARRESTED HERE IN OCTOBER, 1967
AFTER FIVE YEARS OF UNDERCOVER WORK FOR RUSSIA, A GOVERNMENT
SPOKESMAN SAID THE INFORMATION SHE GAVE AWAY DID NOT COMPROMISE
WESTERN SECURITY.
SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE IN A COLOGNE PRISON SHORTLY AFTER HER
ARREST. HER HUSBAND, HEINZ SUETTERLIN, IS IN PRISON ON :CHARGES
OF HAVING BEEN SENT TO BONN BY THE RUSSIANS TO FIND . AND `MARRY A
SECRETARY IN A VITAL.POSITION.
H I S TRIAL WILL OPEN I N COLOGNE LATER THIS YEAR, I NFRMED
SOURCES SAID.
REUTERS (AHD) RC/HTA.
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