Israel Arms Sales West Germany

West Germany's government of the early 1970s, led by the Social Democrats, arranged for the shipment of U-209 submarines to Israel despite an official ban, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported. It said the two companies allegedly involved, the shipbuilder HDW Werft of Kiel and the IKL engineering group of Luebeck, are also the subject of a parliamentary probe into the provision of submarine blueprints to South Africa.

West Germany's government of the early 1970s, led by the Social Democrats, arranged for the shipment of U-209 submarines to Israel despite an official ban, the Welt am Sonntag newspaper reported. It said the two companies allegedly involved, the shipbuilder HDW Werft of Kiel and the IKL engineering group of Luebeck, are also the subject of a parliamentary probe into the provision of submarine blueprints to South Africa.