Editing Konrad Adenauer (section)

=== Intelligence services and spying ===
By the early 1960s, connections between the [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]] under Adenauer and the [[Federal Intelligence Service (Germany)|intelligence services (''"Bundesnachrichtendienst"'' / BND)]] had become significantly closer than would be generally known until more than 50 years later. Thanks to the [[Federal Intelligence Service (Germany)|BND]], information on the internal machinations of the opposition [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]] party were available to the entire CDU leadership, and not merely to Adenauer in his capacity as [[Chancellor of Germany|chancellor]]. It was Adenauer himself who personally instructed the BND to spy on his SPD rival, the future [[Chancellor of Germany|chancellor]] [[Willy Brandt]].<ref name = KAuBNDlautSpiegel>{{cite journal |title=Spionage für die CDU |journal=Zeitgeschichte |page=23 |volume=18/2017 (reference is also made to a more detailed article in volume 15/2017<!---which I have not (yet) seen--->) |author=klw |date=29 April 2017 |publisher=[[Der Spiegel]]}}</ref>