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...Wanderjahr in which Wolf fled through central Europe to the Soviet Union shortly before unification, then trekked backward because his continued sanctuary in Moscow seemed risky in the aftermath of the failed August coup. In Austria, his last stop before turning himself in, Wolf appeared to be teasing Bonn with impunity for three weeks. He applied for political asylum, counting on the international legal practice prohibiting extradition of individuals to countries where they are wanted for political crimes...
...Sweden and possibly other countries to which the fugitive spook applied for asylum -- limited his options. Returning to the Soviet Union was an unappealing choice; after all, the presence there of former East German leader Erich Honecker continues to be a sore spot in Moscow's relations with Bonn. According to the German Foreign Ministry, Honecker himself is considering returning to Germany...
...vagaries of postunification law are not the only factors working in favor of Wolf, who told the magazine Der Spiegel that he only wants to live quietly in his Berlin home and write a children's book. He has extensive knowledge that Bonn's intelligence officials would like to tap. There are estimates that as many as 400 former spies from his old organization remain under cover in Germany and may be working for the KGB or other intelligence agencies. Wolf has sworn in recent interviews -- and he is already adept in Western ways, reportedly charging tens of thousands...
Would the U.N. commit troops instead, then? Though France would welcome such a move, it was not optimistic. An outside chance was that the U.N. would act by choosing to see Croatia as a discrete nation being invaded. Yet Germany's threat to recognize Croatia and Slovenia -- a threat Bonn dropped two weeks ago -- has been the biggest sticking point in Europe's handling of the crisis. Among other things, Britain fears emboldening other ethnic separatists such as restive Slovaks in Czechoslovakia and Basques in Spain...
...acid remarks clearly aimed at Genscher, Van den Broek said, "It is easy from behind a desk to recognize Slovenia and Croatia and leave the rest of the work aside." According to Dutch officials, moreover, their government moved to call the WEU meeting only to force gun-shy Bonn "to put up or shut up" on the proposal to commit troops. About Genscher, a British diplomat cracked, "In his pursuit of the Nobel Peace Prize, he has been grossly irresponsible." Britain and France expect that 30,000 to 40,000 troops would be required to keep Yugoslavia's combatants apart...