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Unseen war turns deadly as Nicholson is shot in East Germany
David Wise reports on the licensed espionage between the United States and the Soviet Union in East Germany where Maj. Arthur D. Nicholson Jr. was killed by a Soviet guard while photographing equipment. The piece places Nicholson among other covert casualties and discusses the 1947 accord permitting observer missions and the current political reaction in Washington and Moscow.
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David Wise
Los Angeles Times
Ashington
Soviet Union
Korea
Arthur D. Nicholson Jr
East Germany
Nicholson
Germany
United States
U.S
West Germany
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Central Intelligence Agency
Reagan
Washington
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Jessie G. Schatz
Ludwigslust
State Department
Pentagon
Karyn
Jennifer