very Explosive during the Cuban Missile Crisis ! but i explain this later on
first, Minister of defense Franz Joseph Strauß start to act he was Minister of Justice !
allot of journalist ask who is german Minister of Justice: Wolfgang Stammberger or Franz Joseph Strauß ? (both of them had to resign)
especial that Franz Joseph Strauß direct intervene for arrested the magazine's journalist Conrad Ahlers in fascistic Spain, a scandal in post nazi Germany.
and that Minister of Justice Wolfgang Stammberger was not informed about Strauß machination
the Spiegel affair was braking point in young Republic, Adenauer Government respectability was damage
and Freedom of press became a precious value of German Democracy.
So what if Starfighter bribery scandal became public ?,
Fact is that Lockheed pay $10 million to Franz Joseph Strauß political party the Christian Social Union of Bavaria
although there never a piece of evidence that Franz Joseph Strauß took also money from Lockheed !
Strauß wanted to give the Luftwaffe new effective Air strike capacity also nuclear one ! (i explain this later on.)
He try several companies but British were closing down there Aircraft industry, Marcel Dassault refuse to sell Mirage III to Germany, because he was in concentration camps in WW2
in end Strauß had Lockheed sell him a High altitude supersonic interceptor as supersonic Low level Bomber/Fighter/ground support/reconnaissance plane F-104G
had the Starfighter bribery scandal hit Adenauer Government in 1962 it respectability would be wreck.
The contract for 900 F-104G Starfighters would be canceled, lockheed in deep problems (face bankruptcy ?) and Luftwaffe need new Aircraft
Could that Douglas (A4 Skyhawk) or Saab (35 Draken) could get the new Contract for Luftwaffe
This would be end of Franz Joseph Strauß political carrier in Germany and Bavaria, with drastic consequence for last one.
after the Spiegel affair, Strauß became Minster President of Bavaria and transform the agricultural state into aerospace high tech industry.
But there another dossier, had the Der Spiegel got there hands on that, it had rip the young Republic into pieces !
under Minister of defense Franz Joseph Strauß, the Bundeswehr made a Study on use of nuclear Weapon
Strauß had play for a while with idea of a German ATOMIC Bomb, but the Bundeswehr strategists came up with low cost proposal.
in case of crisis the Bundeswehr has to take by assault, a US Nuke stockpile in German soil and use nuclear weapons and delivering system.
for uprise attack the Soviets forces in East Germany.
this no joke during the Cuba Crisis the US force secure there nuclear Depots with extra men against germans, after Henry Kissinger warn the President about this Plan!
had Der Spiegel publish that during Cuba Crisis the impact in Germany would just like Atomic bomb
would Franz Joseph Strauß face high treason charge by ministry of Justice and Parliament, the Adenauer Government had to resign.
while Socialist of SPD would win the election with large majority..