As secret agents in the former, Communist-controlled East Germany were regarded by West Germany as traitors, their position was precarious, to say the least, after the fall of the Soviet Union and the unification of Germany.

• 由于前共产党控制的东德的特务被西德认为是卖国贼，因此在苏联垮台和德国统一以后，他们的地位至少可以说是不稳固的。