Word: bangemann
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...trio of spies who may have worked with Tiedge are also believed to have followed him to East Germany. A 61-year-old woman using the false name Sonja Luneburg disappeared last August after serving for twelve years as secretary to Martin Bangemann, the West German Minister of Economics. Another woman living under an alias, Ursula Richter, 52, worked as a bookkeeper for a Bonn- based lobbying group for German refugees from Poland, Czechoslovakia and the U.S.S.R. She also vanished last summer...
...feared that switching him to another job might push him over the edge. But by that point, he may already have gone over. Among Tiedge's contacts may have been the three suspected East German agents who recently vanished. Sonja Luneburg, 61, longtime personal secretary to Economics Minister Martin Bangemann, and Ursula Richter, 52, a bookkeeper for a lobbying group, each disappeared while on vacation this month. A search of the women's modest apartments in Bonn revealed spy paraphernalia such as specialized photographic equipment and a briefcase with a hidden compartment. Lorenz Betzing, 53, a messenger for the West...
Luneburg was Bangemann's trusted secretary for twelve years. Before taking the economics post last year, Bangemann had been a key figure in the leadership of the Free Democratic Party, the minority coalition member in every West German government since 1969. That meant that Luneburg was privy to inside information on party politics and government deliberations. But Bangemann's new job may have netted Luneburg an additional prize. As a Cabinet member, he held a seat on the Federal Security Council, a top consultative body that deliberates on West German defense affairs. Bangemann insists, however, that Luneburg was not involved...
Kohl praised Lambsdorff, then moved quickly to replace him. The Chancellor's choice: Martin Bangemann, 49, a lawyer and maverick F.D.P. leader from Baden-Wurttemberg. Bangemann became available for the Economics portfolio after he lost his seat in the European Parliament in elections two weeks...
...Bangemann's appointment promises to bolster the F.D.P.'s status in the governing coalition. The Free Democrats have slipped badly in public opinion polls, and lost all four of their European Parliament seats in the elections. Unlike his predecessor, however, the new minister knows little about economics and inspires scant confidence among West Germany's business community...
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