“BND” misspoke.
"There was no Cold War split in German intelligence the DVD ran both the West German BND (Gehlen was DVD) and the Stasi, their key man in East Berlin being the authors old friend (strictly an enemy, but the old boy and he got on well) GeneralOberst Markus Wolf. "
DVD Ran both BND and Stasi? Wow a very shadowy organ. Well then...