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and investigations against him initiated. Rumours quickly surfaced that
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and party scandal was suspected. However, it soon turned out that such a scandal did not exist. The
Pension Clausewitz had neither been frequented by important politicians, nor had the Stasi deployed espionage activities there. There were no compromising photos of public figures, and the monitoring
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were extensively questioned on behalf of the Stasi. It was also alleged that there had been a monitoring system and incriminating photographs had been taken for later extortion by the East German intelligence service. A number of well-known politicians, including the Berlin
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