“I feel that I, and the people under my command, tried to use all the traditional methods of recruiting agents which were also used by other intelligence services; adopting also means like pressure, money, sex - but that did not characterize my service.” PeopleFeelsMeanUseUsedSexMoneyPressureMethodCommandTraditionalAgentsAdoptingIntelligence Services Author:Markus Wolf
“I tried to instill a different motivation, to give them the security and the conviction that they were doing something good, something necessary, something useful - if you want to use a grandiose expression, that they were doing something for peace.” IfsWantGivingDifferentUseMotivationSecurityExpressionConvictionInstillGrandiose Author:Markus Wolf
“Making use of human weaknesses in intelligence work is a logical matter. It keeps coming up, and of course you try to look at all the aspects that interest you in a human being.” TryingHumansLooksMatterUseCoursesInterestWorkHuman BeingsWeaknessAspectLogical Author:Markus Wolf