Berlin was a dangerous place during the Cold War
as this Air Force Office of Special Investigations hand-outs make clear.
ESPIONAGE, TERROISM AND SABOTAGE DIRECTED AGAINST THE USAF (AFR 205-57)
In Berlin you are a prime and readily accessible target for foreign intelligence agents. If you are aware of or become involved in any of the following situations, report all pertinent facts immediately to AFOSI, Phone: 819-5108/5145, or to your Commander: | |
5. Attempts by persons to force you to give information because of some past or present misdeed. 6. Exploitation of US personnel having any tendency toward disaffection or having personal difficulties. 7. Attempts to gain information through trickery, bribery or unsolicited correspondence. BEING A TARGET OF HOSTILE INTELLIGENCE IS NO SIN BUT NOT REPORTING IT IS A VIOLATION OF MILITARY LAW |
Department of the Air Force If approached by anyone suspicious:
Call (BM) 332-5362 or (CIV) 819-5362 |
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