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Most of the results of using technical bugging devices were of little importance for my service. It may have been different in counter-intelligence, where bugs in flats, etc., were used to obtain a lot of information about what counter-intelligence was interested in.
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Author Details: Type: Public Servant Quotes Category: German Publicservant Quotes Date of Birth: January 19, 1923 Nationality: German Amazon: Markus Wolf on Amazon |
Related Authors: J. Edgar Hoover Robert McNamara Clara Barton Wyatt Earp Bruce Jackson Robert Mueller Lakhdar Brahimi Brent Scowcroft Donna Shalala |
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Select Markus Wolf Quotations:
What we wanted from an agent depended on what he brought in.
Markus Wolf The particular feature of Berlin - well, all you need to do is look at the map: the geographical position of the city right in the heart of Europe, and the separation of the most powerful two blocs we've ever had in history, which went all the way through Germany. Markus Wolf I feel that I, and the people under my command, tried to use all the traditional methods of recruiting agents which were also used by other intelligence services; adopting also means like pressure, money, sex - but that did not characterize my service. Markus Wolf I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace. Markus Wolf There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who for, what service they worked for, and for a variety reasons got jailed, were tried and sentenced. Markus Wolf You can't do anything if a person says no. In such a case, there's nothing you can do - unlike the popular cliche that pressure is exerted, or that maybe an unwilling source is done away with. Markus Wolf |
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Quote Keywords: Been, Bugging, Bugs, Devices, Different, Etc, Flats, Importance, Information, Interested, Little, Lot, May, Most, Obtain, Results, Service, Technical, Used, Using, Were, Where |
Dictionary Links: Been, Different, Importance, Information, Interested, Little, Lot, May, Most, Obtain, Service, Technical, Used, Using, Were, Where |
All Markus Wolf Quotations: At our college we were taught... I feel that I, and the... I tried to instill a different... Making use of human weaknesses in... Most of the results of using... One person can take papers, photograph... The particular feature of Berlin - well... There were some tragic cases of... We planted bugs, microphones, in premises which... What we wanted from an agent... You can't do anything if a... |
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