The acquisition of scientific and technological secrets was at the heart of East Germany's foreign espionage operations before the fall of the Berlin Wall, reveals Kristie Macrakis.
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Macrakis, K. Science and the Stasi. Nature 461, 594–595 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/461594a
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/461594a