How A Spy's Defection Changed His Son's Life

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[Man] Here is where there enters

the picture that melodramatic figure.

The spy, or espionage agent.

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This is the headquarters of MFS.

The East German Ministry for State Security,

located in East Berlin.

From here, the MFS controls a network

of trained and well-equipped agents,

operating in West Germany and elsewhere.

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[Man] This is the CBS evening news

with Bob Schieffer.

A Lieutenant Colonel

in East Germany's secret police

has defected to West Germany,

and West German officials now say

they have rounded up five suspected spies

named in documents he brought with him.

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[Man] Tonight in Berlin,

the boundary between the two Germanys

is becoming even more blurred.

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