Chapter 12 Summary

Leamas arrives in East Berlin and meets Fiedler, the second in command to Mundt. Fiedler explains that Leamas has been brought to East Berlin to complete his interrogation. Leamas remembers Control's advice that Fiedler could be used to bring down Mundt. The next morning, Fiedler continues asking Leamas about the Rolling Stone. Leamas describes the process of handling for the Rolling Stone. He remembers that Peter Gulliam is involved. Leamas insists that he would have been aware of another agent in Germany.

Chapter 12 Analysis

When Leamas meets Fiedler, he begins the next phase of the secret mission. Both Leamas and Fiedler are being tricked at this point, but neither of them knows it. Leamas continues to feel confident that his role is to pass on fake evidence about Mundt. Despite his own background with Communist Germany, most of Leamas' information about Fiedler and...