West Germany's intelligence service collected andfiled jokes told on the other side of the Berlin Wall
From The Telegraph:
West Germany's intelligence service collected and filed jokes told on the other side of the Berlin Wall to gauge the level of discontent, documents have shown.
Files released this week revealed the jokes were collected from letters steamed open by agents, from spies on the ground and wiretapped phone calls.
The gags were scrupulously collected and filed and dispatched to Bonn, much to the delight of civil servants.
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My Comment: I would love to (know/listen to) the jokes on the Taliban from regular Afghans .... I am sure there must be a few doozies right there.