6. k-16, 522. The residencies in Cologne and Hamburg were subordinate to that of Bonn, whose head had the title of Chief Resident.
7. k-19, 247.
8. The leader of the snatch squad was another German agent, WAGNER (later renamed FLORA). For this and other special actions, he was awarded the Order of the Red Star. While WAGNER was stationed in Belgium from 1964 to 1967, SERGEYEV acted as courier to him. k-5, 88; k-16, 212.
9. k-5, 88.
10. k-5, 283.
11. k-5, 284.
12. k-9, 65.
13. Höhne and Zolling,
14. vol. 6, ch. 2, part 1,
15. Peet,
16. Peet,
17. The best account of the Otto John case is Murphy, Kondrashev and Bailey,
18. Nationalrat der Nationalen Front des Demokratischen Deutschland,
19. Schmeidel, “Shield and Sword of the Party,” pp. 146-7.
20. k-26, 88. The fact that Brandt was given a codename is not, of course, evidence that he was an agent. Even Churchill and Roosevelt were referred to by codenames in wartime Soviet intelligence cables.
21. Brandt,
22. k-26, 88. On Rein, see Brandt,
23. The British also had ULTRA intelligence on the movements of the
24. TERENTY was the Czech Communist journalist Walter Taube. Mitrokhin’s note identifies VANYA as Vanek, a former Czech intelligence officer now working for the British. It is unclear whether “Vanek” is a forename or surname (k-26, 88).
25. k-26, 88.
26. k-26, 88.
27. k-26, 86.
28. Colitt,
29. Brandt,
30. Operations against major foreign statesmen normally required the approval of the political leadership.
31. k-26, 88.
32. Mitrokhin’s notes on Brandt’s file go only to 1962. They do, however, include later references to Brandt from other files.
33. Brandt,
34. Wolf,
35. Probably the best study of
36. Wolf,
37. k-19, 248, 250.
38. Prittie,
39. Marshall,
40. k-2, 52.
41. Wolf,
42. Marshall,
43. k-2, 52.
44. “Bank pay-in Slip Published in Bonn Bribes Scandal,”
45. Wolf concludes that “it is impossible to establish whether [Steiner] was paid twice over for his services”—by Wienand as well as the HVA directly. Wolf,
46. “Bonn Bribery Allegations ‘Not Proven,’”
47. Genscher,
48. Wolf,
49. Genscher,
50. Wolf,
51. Wolf,
52. Andrew and Gordievsky,
53. The identity of Wolf’s first “Romeo spy,” codenamed FELIX, who began operations in the early 1950s, remains unknown. Wolf,
54. k-5, 30, 31.
55. k-5, 31.
56. Barron,
57. k-16, 139. The alias “Franz Becker” is not recorded by Mitrokhin, but was later revealed at Höke’s trial.
58. k-10, 56; k-16, 139.
59. k-10, 56; k-16, 139.
60. k-16, 65.
61. k-16, 139; k-5, 19.
62. k-16, 65.
63. k-16, 139; k-5, 19.
64. k-10, 56; k-16, 139.
65. RENATA was married to RYBACHEK, a Czech illegal based in Switzerland, who was also working for the KGB. k-16, 94, 139; k-12, 5; k-8, 25-6; k-2, 46, 84.