Willy Brandt
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 Willy Brandt       (politician) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm 1913-12-18 Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1992-10-08 (Age 78) Unkel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Lutheranism | ||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Carlotta Thorkildsen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Member of | Counterintelligence Corps, US/Department/State/International Visitor Leadership Program | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interest of | Albrecht Müller | ||||||||||||||||||
| Party | Social Democratic Party of Germany, Socialist Workers' Party | ||||||||||||||||||
West German Chancellor 1969-1974
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US asset
In 1950, Brandt, while a member of the Bundestag and the editor-in-chief of the Berliner Stadtblatt, received a secret payment of about 170,000 Deutsche Mark from the U.S. government (equivalent to €390,177 in 2009). He denied to comment the revelation.[1]
Brandt agreed to become a CIC informant in 1948 out of concern over Soviet efforts to suppress his party, the Social Democratic Party of Germany. In the years that followed, he provided his handlers with several hundred reports obtained from social democrats in the Soviet Zone about political, military, and economic conditions there. As Brandt's significance in Berlin rose, so did his value as an American intelligence source.[2]
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End | Description |
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| Rüdiger von Wechmar | Press Secretary | 1973 | 1974 | deputy from 1968 |
Event Planned
| Event | Location(s) | Description |
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| Gymnich Meeting | Gymnich | An informal set of meetings of the foreign ministers of the member states of the European Union |
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