Interview: MARKUS WOLF

Tales of a Master Spy From the Other Side The former chief of East German intelligence and the model for John le Carre's Karla, MARKUS WOLF talks about espionage in the bad old days of the cold war, why he returned from Moscow to face possible imprisonment and what he likes best about his favorite spy novelist

Q. You worked for the East German foreign intelligence agency for more than three decades. What were your U.S. operations like?

A. Our work concentrated mainly on U.S. targets in West Germany and in West Berlin. It was only at a relatively late stage...

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