Left-Extremist Endeavours

Wider spectrum of counterintelligence
tasks
charge of secret service activity as an agent for Syria; the
sentence was suspended on probation.
In addition to a number of countries of the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS) 173) , countries of the Near and Middle
East (including Iran, Iraq, Syria, the People’s Republic of China
and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), in particular,
pursue intelligence activities against the Federal Republic of
Germany.
While the intelligence interest of Russia and of other GUS Republics
essentially covers the "classical" fields of espionage -
politics, the military, industry, science, and technology - the activities
of other countries are also aimed at investigating persons
and at infiltrating organizations in Germany which are in opposition
to the regime in the respective home country, and at the area
of proliferation 174) .
Berlin, seat of Government The move of diplomatic missions from the Cologne/Bonn region
to the Berlin area also has an impact on the counterintelligence
functional spectrum. While previously the intelligence footholds of
the services of foreign nations at the official/quasi-official missions
of these countries (legal residencies) were, for the major
part, located in the Cologne/Bonn region, a shift to Berlin can be
expected to occur in this regard. However, their move to Berlin
will not have the result that in future legal residencies would be
established in Berlin only. According to available hard information,
the intention is to have already existing consular posts of
foreign nations, which are not located in the Berlin area, and the
intelligence staff employed at those posts, stay at their present
locations. Moreover, after the relocation of Missions to Berlin,
some countries plan to establish additional consular posts in
other cities in Germany where - as previous experience has
shown - also personnel of foreign intelligence services are employed
on cover functions.
No precise estimates yet
for the increase in the
number of foreign intelligence
personnel in Berlin
While, in the last analysis, it may be assumed that the presence
of staff members of foreign intelligence services in Berlin will
increase, the ultimate extent of this increase cannot yet be assessed.
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