Senior intelligence and military jobs were reserved for Karlshorst and Moscow, and the KGB station in Dresden was considered a provincial outpost, so daily tasks included organizational tasks such as coordinating visits by Soviet delegations, purchasing scarce consumer goods (essentially smuggling Western luxury products) and writing protocol memos and congratulations on the anniversary of the service.
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Senior intelligence and military jobs were reserved for Karlshorst and Moscow, and the KGB station in Dresden was considered a provincial outpost, so daily tasks included organizational tasks such as coordinating visits by Soviet delegations, purchasing scarce consumer goods (essentially smuggling Western luxury products) and writing protocol memos and congratulations on the anniversary of the service.