This fact was kept from both the public and Horst Hesse himself, who only found out the truth after the wall fell. The emergency invasion plan turned out to be a smokescreen by GDR officials to help justify the building of the wall. After the wall fell, apparently the threat was forgotten.
Military, embarrassed and caught with their pants down, sentenced Hesse to death in absentia. As a result of Hesse’s spy work, 521 MID agents were exposed, and 137 secret agents in working in East Germany were arrested. Military Intelligence Division (MID) and came back across the border with two safes filled with information on every MID agent working in East Germany as well as an emergency plan called Schweigefunker, that was to be activated in case of war.
A title card appears after the credits, stating that, while the film’s plot is fictional, “similarities to actual events and real people are intended.” The events and people they are referring to are DECO II-a plan by the United States and West Germany to reunite Germany by fomenting uprisings in East Germany and then bringing in western troops-and the exploits of Horst Hesse, a Stasi agent who infiltrated the U.S. Right off the bat, For Eyes Only – Top Secret lets you know that this is not going to be a James Bond, sex and martinis fantasy.
