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The article identifies the following as a group targeted by Zersetsung techniques: "associations of people making collective visa applications for travel abroad".

Does that mean associations trying to help people emigrate? Presumably the 'problem' was not merely groups of people wanting to travel to go camping in Bulgaria etc. 84.68.173.217 ( talk) 22:40, 2 June 2024 (UTC) reply

In the article, under the section "In practice", it's written:

   He died of a rare form of leukemia which he believed was caused by the Stasi's use of weaponised X-ray devices on him.[21]

The source given for it is http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/352461.stm; a BBC article published after Fuchs' death, and it does not mention the word 'weapon'; and instead writes:

   The writer Juergen Fuchs was convinced before his death this month that he had been deliberately exposed to high levels of radiation by the East German secret police, the Stasi, which could have caused his terminal cancer.

Saperoi ( talk) 17:40, 12 June 2024 (UTC) reply