Franz Josef Strauß
 Franz Josef Strauß    (politician, deep state actor) | |
|---|---|
| Founder of | Airbus |
| Member of | Le Cercle, Stauffenberg Service |
A deep politician and politician, a known attendee of Le Cercle, accused in connection with the Lockheed bribery scandals. | |
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Deep state connections
Franz Josef Strauss is known to have attended Le Cercle, though his name does not appear on any of the known guest lists. It is conjectured that he may be "Schmidthuber", guest #8 on the list of German attendees of 1983 meeting of Le Cercle in Bonn, since Strauss was "Minister of State of Bavaria" at the time.
Lockheed bribery scandals
Former Lockheed lobbyist Ernest Hauser told Senate investigators that Minister of Defence Strauss and his party had received at least $10 million for West Germany's purchase of 900 F-104G Starfighters in 1961, which later became part of the Lockheed bribery scandals. The party and its leader denied the allegations, and Strauss filed a slander suit against Hauser. As the allegations were not corroborated, the issue was dropped.[1]
Spiegel scandal
Strauss was forced to step down as defence minister in 1962 in the wake of the Spiegel scandal. Rudolf Augstein, owner and editor-in-chief of Der Spiegel magazine, had been arrested on Strauss's request and was held for 103 days. Strauss admitted that he had lied to the parliament and was forced to resign, complaining that he was treated like a "Jew who had dared appear at a Nazi party convention".
His enmity with Der Spiegel apparently continued as the magazine was one of very few to break the commercially-controlled media silence surrounding Le Cercle. In the early 1980s it named Strauss as a regular attendant of the Cercle and gave further details of the group.[2]
A Quote by Franz Josef Strauß
| Page | Quote |
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| Document:The Deep State: Germany, Immigration, and the National Socialist Underground | “One has to make use of the far right, no matter how reactionary they are… Afterwards it is always possible to get rid of them elegantly… One must not be squeamish with auxiliary forces.<a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a>” |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilderberg/1957 October | 4 October 1957 | 6 October 1957 | Italy Fiuggi | The 6th Bilderberg meeting, the latest ever in the year and the first one in Italy. |
| Le Cercle/1969 (Bavaria) | 2 July 1969 | 2 July 1969 | Germany Bavaria | start/date uncertain, but included 2 July 1969 |
| Le Cercle/1970 (Washington) | 2 December 1970 | 2 December 1970 | US Washington DC Rockefeller family mansion | Exact dates uncertain |
| Le Cercle/1978 (Washington) | December 1978 | December 1978 | US Washington DC | Includes the 12 December |
| Le Cercle/1980 (Washington) | 5 December 1980 | 7 December 1980 | US Washington DC Madison Hotel | Detailed in a telegram to the South African Embassy in Madrid that was posted to the internet in 2017. |
References
- ↑ "SCANDALS: The Lockheed Mystery (Contd.)". Time magazine. 1976-09-13. Retrieved 2011-12-06.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-14351703.html
