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Another installment in the continuing drama came when Reinhard Liebetanz, 48, an associate of Tiedge's who heads the counterespionage unit against right- wing radicals, was detained on suspicion of supplying information to a friend who was identified as an East German agent. Officials said that Liebetanz had become friendly with a man named Eberhard Severin, 50, whom he first met in 1974. While vacationing last month at Austria's Neusiedler Lake, Liebetanz said, Severin tried to recruit him as a spy for East Germany. Fearing he might be kidnaped, Liebetanz went to Austrian police, who held him until West...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany Spies, Spies and More Spies | 9/9/1985 | See Source »

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