Wondering if AG was of interest to this organization?
Oct.2009
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/716990--stasi-spies-coveted-fake-canadian-leather
"OTTAWA – In the twilight of the Cold War, East German spies scooped up Canadian scientific secrets on everything from cutting-edge military technology to the manufacture of imitation leather and welding rods, new research shows.
The Stasi, the massive intelligence arm of the now-defunct German Democratic Republic, also obtained confidences of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, including the names of employees and dealings with American spy services.
One shadowy agent codenamed Siegfried diligently collected dozens of pieces of documentation such as residence and work permits – information spies could later use to slip into Canada"
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"It also wanted to acquire data about – and actual examples of – items including fake leather, heavy-duty sacks, welding rods and a 1982-era circuit board from Bell Laboratories.
Nineteen intelligence reports were traced to an agent codenamed Erich, who reported on National Defence and the agency now known as Defence Research and Development Canada.
"He provides intelligence on the Canadian military technology, going into great detail. Almost without exception, his reports were sent to the Soviet intelligence service," Muller-Enbergs says.
"But the source of this intelligence was not Canadian – it was a female clerk, working at the West German Federal Ministry of Defence in Bonn."
