Talk:Deutschland 83

Is it OK that the only reference for the claim that this is the "most popular foreign-language drama in the history of British television" comes from the company behind the series? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.254.51.244 (talk) 22:23, 3 February 2016 (UTC)

Error first paragraph-Martin does not work for the STASI

Hello, Martin is not a spy for the STASI. He is sent to the West as a an intelligence officer/agent. The STASI were effectively a "secret police" service tasked with maintaining internal security within the DDR (Deutches Demokratishe Republik~East Germany)the Western equivelents might have been the British MI5 (Security Service) or in the USA the FBI. Ofcourse there is no direct parallel, the STASI had wives spying on husbands and even made sure people met and had relationships with their agents. The end of the cold war and the opening of the STASI files was deeply traumatic and led to many tragic domestic rifts. Anyway-Martin is of course recruited to operate undercover in the West German Army in a signals unit working close to the tactical command and control structure for a significant joint German/US Army Group. He is therefore an agent of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptferwaltung Aufklaren or HVA)who even the KGB recognised as possibly the world's premier foreign intelligence service. The level of infiltration and activity protrayed in Deutschland 83 is quite possibly not even exagerated at all, they were EVERYWHERE!

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So please give the old HVA their screen credit-Martin is not a STASI agent95.149.33.221 (talk) 21:08, 15 February 2016 (UTC)mikegavin02@hotmail.com