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Washington Calling On Otto John Defects To Communists
West Germany security head Otto John, praised as loyal under pressure, may have defected to the Communist side. Reports tie his past as a Gestapo double agent and July 20 plot connections to fears over his position. A Cologne meeting with East German envoy Wolfgang von Putlitz is cited as a potential coercive trigger.
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BOM
West Germany
Otto John
Ministry of the Interior
Germany
John
Hitler
Gestapo
Thuringen
Hans
Lufthansa
Otto
Madrid
London
Britain
Wolfgang von Putlitz
East
Cologne
Putlitz
Joachim von Ribbentrop