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Top German politician offered US information in 1980, files reveal

Summary by Daily Finland
A former heavyweight of German politics has been accused of offering to act as an informant for the United States in 1980, leading to rebuttals from his children on Friday, reported dpa. The late Franz Josef Strauss served as the longtime leader of Bavaria's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU) and is seen as an icon in that southern state, where he was premier for many years until his death in 1988. In the 1980 West German election, he was…
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Daily Finland broke the news in Helsinki, Finland on Friday, September 5, 2025.
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