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  "field": "scope_of_action",
  "value": "Strauss's phone calls to Spain",
  "statement": "A BILD-Zeitung editorial said that no matter how many phone calls Defense Minister Strauss made to Spain, he could not have anyone incarcerated without a court-ordered arrest warrant, pointing to his role in arranging Ahlers's arrest.",
  "attribution": null,
  "source_id": 556,
  "evidence_quote": "No matter how many phone calls Mr. Strauss makes to Spain, even he can’t incarcerate anyone without a court-ordered arrest warrant.",
  "evidence_date": "1962-11-12",
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  "subject_url": "https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1962-west-germany-spiegel-affair-raid-and-arrests",
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    "id": 556,
    "url": "https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/two-germanies-1961-1989/the-spiegel-affair-and-the-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-german-democracy-november-12-1962",
    "final_url": "https://germanhistorydocs.org/en/two-germanies-1961-1989/the-spiegel-affair-and-the-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-german-democracy-november-12-1962",
    "title": "The Spiegel Affair and the Strengths and Weaknesses of German Democracy (November 12, 1962)",
    "publisher": "German History in Documents and Images, German Historical Institute Washington",
    "published_on": "1962-11-12",
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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
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