Semnadtsat mgnoveniy vesny1973

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Narrator:
The instruction received by Stirlitz via the Moscow radio ran as follows, "Center to Justas. According to our information, some high-ranking officers of the SD security service, as well as of the SS, have been appearing in Sweden and Switzerland, trying to establish a contact with members of Allen Dulles' staff. You are to find out whether these attempts at contact are: 1. misinformation, 2. a personal initiative of the high-ranking SD and SS officers, 3. execution of the Center's order. In the event that these SD and SS employees are acting on orders from Berlin, you are to find out who sent them on this mission; in particular, which of the Reich leaders is seeking contacts with the West. Alex." Alex was the chief of the Soviet intelligence service and Justas was him, Standartenf?hrer Stirlitz, known in Moscow as Colonel Maksim Maksimych Isaev only to the highest officials.