Cold War Espionage Terms

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Across
  1. 1. East Germany’s notorious secret police
  2. 5. Secretly listening to telephone or electronic communications
  3. 8. Barrier separating East and West Berlin, watched by agents
  4. 9. Someone who deciphers secret codes or ciphers
  5. 10. A spy who works for two opposing sides simultaneously
  6. 14. Information gathered about an enemy or competitor
  7. 15. Famous Berlin crossing point monitored by spies
  8. 17. Operating in disguise or without revealing one’s identity
  9. 19. A secret code used to conceal messages
Down
  1. 2. Close observation of a person or area, often secretly
  2. 3. A person who secretly provides information to an authority
  3. 4. The practice of spying to gather secret information
  4. 6. A person who works undercover to obtain intelligence
  5. 7. A secret location where agents can hide or meet
  6. 11. Term for countries aligned with the Soviet Union
  7. 12. Something worn to conceal identity or appear as someone else
  8. 13. Countries aligned with the Western powers
  9. 14. Secretly entering an organization to gather intelligence
  10. 16. The process of converting information into a code
  11. 18. Misleading or tricking someone as part of intelligence work