German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said he knew about the surveillance of him by the secret services of the GDR in the 1980s
Olaf Scholz. Photo: Hannibak Hanschke / Reuters
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reacted to archival data about the surveillance of him by the secret services of the GDR in the 1980s. Bild writes about it.
According to the politician, he was aware of the observation. “Of course, I know that I was also spied on. It’s not good, but that’s the way it is,” said the German Chancellor.
Earlier, the Bild newspaper, citing documents from the Federal Archives of Germany, reported that in the 1980s, during a visit to the GDR, Scholz was followed by local intelligence services, and some reports on the results of surveillance were sent to the KGB of the USSR. Archive employee Daniela Munkel explained that the USSR was actively interested in the political situation and the balance of power in Germany, so the transfer of intelligence reports to Moscow was not uncommon. The publication also reports that many documents of the foreign intelligence of the GDR could be preserved in the archives of the KGB.
