Political circles here said today they will “probably” place an inquiry before the Bundestag, the lower house of Parliament here, about reports that West German exporters are selling goods abroad for the financing of neo-Nazi groups in the Federal Republic.
The query, which may be placed on the Bundestag agenda during the next question period, will be linked to the case of Wilhelm Beisner, a German exporter recently injured when a bomb exploded in his automobile in Germany. Beisner, a munitions, and armament dealer, was an officer in Hitler’s SS Elite Guard, and has allegedly been engaged in the arms trade in Cairo. He is said to be wanted by Yugoslav authorities on charges of committing war crimes there during the war.
West German secret service operatives were reported last week to be investigating German exporters linked with Hitler activities during the war and now allegedly using the profits from their exports to finance neo-Nazis here and fugitive Nazi leaders abroad.
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