Friday, April 01, 2005
 Chicago Sun-Times 3-31: A newspaper reported Wednesday that East German spy papers show the Soviet Union ordered the assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II two decades ago, according to Agence France-Presse news service.
The documents reveal that the Soviet KGB gave the job to Bulgarian agents, and had the infamous East German Stasi spy service coordinate the murder attempt, the report from Italy's Corriere della Serra said.
Bulgaria reportedly passed off the assignment to Turkish extremists who included Mehmet Ali Agca. He shot the pope in 1981.[...]
The new report is based on documents given to Bulgaria that are being made available to Italian investigators.
The papers reportedly contain letters from Stasi agents asking for help from Bulgaria in a cover-up after the shooting.
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