Overview

• A US government source volume records Franz Josef Strauß calling National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski on March 27, 1980 to offer information on political events in France and Germany.
• Strauß conditioned any delivery on his identity remaining undisclosed, saying, according to the record, that his name must not be mentioned.
• Brzezinski directed that any material be sent to his secretary, but the documents provide no evidence that Strauß ever sent information.
• The record quotes Strauß as claiming a special information network and stressing he did not wish to denounce anyone.
• The disclosure, first reported by Der Spiegel and echoed by German outlets, comes from a US source volume covering Western Europe policy from 1977 to 1980.