How Franz Josef Strauss Served the Americans as an Informant

Sueddeutsche Zeitung

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Documents from the US Department of Foreign Affairs document a call from the CSU chairman in 1980: According to this, he wanted to send information to security consultant Zbigniew Brzeziński – anonymously.

Spiegel

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In the 1980 election campaign, CDU/CSU Chancellor candidate Franz Josef Strauss signalled to the Americans that he could betray Interna to them. The White House referred him to a secretary.

mainwelle.de

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The long-standing CSU leader and Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss is said to have offered information to the USA in 1980 as a Union Chancellor candidate. In any case, it is clear from files published by the US Department of State on the Internet. According to this, Strauß called Zbigniew Brzezinski on 27 March 1980 with a corresponding offer, who was then a security advisor to US President Jimmy Carter. The German Press Agency has the…

Augsburger Allgemeine

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The CSU icon contacted the then US government under President Jimmy Carter in 1980. His call to his security advisor came at a politically explosive time.

berliner-sonntagsblatt.de

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During the 1980 federal election campaign, Franz Josef Strauß, the CDU/CSU opposition candidate for chancellor, allegedly offered himself to the United States as a secret informant. This was reported by "Der Spiegel" citing US State Department files. According to the reports, Strauß is said to have called Zbigniew Brzezinski, then National Security Advisor to US President Jimmy Carter, on March 27, 1980. "I don't want to waste your time; I know …