Author: Helmut MÜLLER-ENBERGS
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2025
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 2 (34)/2025
DOI:
The number of intelligence missions against Schleswig-Holstein
that have been identified is well above the national average in relation to
the population.” (Constitution Protection in Schleswig-Holstein 1976)1
This was stated by the State Office for the Protection of the Constitution
in its 1976 annual report. Apparently, tranquil Schleswig-Holstein, one
of the eleven federal states of the Federal Republic of Germany at the
time, on the northern edge of the country, aroused the interest of foreign
intelligence services, meaning those from the East. In 1978, it even
stated: “The number of espionage cases increased significantly in
Schleswig-Holstein in 1978. Over the last five years, there has been an
1 Constitutional Protection in Schleswig-Holstein 1976, published by the Minister of the
Interior of the State of Schleswig-Holstein in cooperation with the head of the press and
information office of the state government increase of almost 100% in such cases”
(Constitution Protection in Schleswig-Holstein 1978).
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