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Evidence
Mounts Of Bonn Cover-Up In Bombing Link To Top Kohl
Aide's Son DENVER --
There are growing signs that the German government acted
to prevent U.S. law officials from investigating links
between the son of Chancellor Helmut Kohl's former chief
of staff and the terror bombing which killed 168 persons
at Oklahoma City's federal building.
A newly released U.S. State Department document shows
that German police, German intelligence and the German
Office for Protection of the Constiution all claimed they
had no data concerning Andreas Strassmeir, the
37-year-old son of Kohl confidant Gunther Strassmeir.
Yet Strassmeir must have been well known to authorities.
- By 1995, when the information request was given, the
German government had proclaimed frequently in public
that its security services had identified and isolated
just about every German involved with neo-Nazi
activities. Yet a parade of investigative reports put the
junior Strassmeir high in the echelon of neo-Nazi
connections.
- Strassmeir's links to U.S. right wing extremist leaders
such as Dennis Mahon would have not gone unnoticed by the
intelligence services.
- The fact that Strassmeir was head of security for a
neo-Nazi group in Oklahoma would have been noted.
- Strassmeir's presence at high profile public events
while his father was Kohl's chief of staff -- including
ceremonies marking the annexation of former East Germany
to West Germany -- would have required government
security clearances.
Strassmeir left the U.S. for Germany before he could be
questioned by officials investigating the Oklahoma City
federal building bombing. Authorities wanted to question
him about his links to Timothy McVeigh, currently on
trial for the terror bombing.
Some reports in the U.S. go further, suggesting that
Strassmeir may have been involved in the bombing
conspiracy.
Upon leaving the U.S., Strassmeir moved into his parents'
Berlin home, where he lived until recently. The junior
Strassmeir recently moved out, his mother says.
U.S. law enforcement officials have yet to have met with
Strassmeir, they say, although there was a report that
authorities spoke with him by phone.
Text of Bonn U.S. Embassy Cable to
Washington
Here is the text of a cable dated April
28, 1995 from the U.S. Embassy in Bonn concerning the
request for information on Andreas Strassmeir.
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE DIPLOMATIC SECURITY
P 281208Z APR 95 FM AMEMBASSY BONN TO SECSTATE WASHDC
PRIORITY
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE BONN
DS CHANNEL
FOR DS/ICI/PII
E.O. 12358: N/A TAGS: ASEC SUBJECT: CT03-0495-100-0283
OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING
RE: S/A HUDESPETH E-MAIL AND TELECON OF 4/27/95
1. PER REFERENCED REQUEST, GERMAN POLICE INTELLIGENCE AND
CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECKS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED ON ANDREAS
CARL ((STRASSMEIR)): DOB 05/17/59, BERLIN QE: GERMAN
PASSPORT NUMBER G7572022, WITH THE FOLLOWING RESULTS:
--FRG POLICE INTELLIGENCE CHECK, NO RECORD 04/27/95
--FRG CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK, NO RECORD 04/27/95
--BFV BUNDESAMT FUER VERFASSUNGSSCHUTZ - FEDERAL OFFICE
FOR PROTECTION OF THE CONSTITUTION, NO RECORD - 04/27/95
--FRG RESIDENCE REGISTRATION RECORDS, CHECKED ON 04/27/95
REFLECT THAT ((STRASSMEIR)) FROM 12/23/86 TO 07/25/89
RESIDED IN HAMBURG AT 648 CUXHAVENER STRASSE, 24149
HAMBURG
ANOTHER HAMBURG ADDRESS WAS ALSO LISTED ON THE RECORD
CARD ANOTHER HAMBURG ADDRESS WAS ALSO LISTED ON THE
RECORD CARD AS 13 STOLTENSTRASSE, HAMBURG (FRG ARMY
BARRACKS OR SCHOOL)
PRIOR TO 10/85 (STRASSMEIR) WAS REGISTERED AS LIVING IN
BERLIN AT 10 NASSAUERSTRASSE, 1000 BERLIN 31, AND HIS POB
WAS INDICATED AS BERLIN, GE.
--LXA HAMBURG (LANDESKRIMINALAMT - STATE LEVEL CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATIONS OFFICE) NO RECORD - 04/28/95
2. FRG MILITARY RECORD CHECKS AND BERLIN POLICE CHECKS
HAVE BEEN REQUESTED. BUT ARE PENDING. RESULTS WILL BE
PROVIDED SEPTEL.
3. THE ABOVE INFORMATION IS PROTECTED UNDER GERMAN
DATENSCHULTZ (PRIVACY ACT) LAWS, PLEASE PROTECT
ACCORDINGLY. ALSO, AT THE DISCRETION OF DS/ICI/PII THIS
CABLE MAY BE DOWNGRADED TO "UNCLASSIFIED" FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSES REDMAN
LIMITED OFFICIAL USE
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