Four-Star-General Gunter Kiesling (1925–2009) was the highest-ranking West German general in NATO and Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. His dismissal due to false accusations that he was homosexual came in late summer 1983, at the height of the conflict over the deployment of new intermediate-range missiles in Europe. Eventually, the Military Counterintelligence Service was ordered to conduct investigations in the Cologne gay scene. The Minister of Defence ordered to suspend the general from active duty without military honours in December 1983. Kiesling decided not to retire quietly but to fight for his honour. Since nothing that “incriminated” Kiesling was found, the minister altered course completely. The major issue raised by the Kiesling scandal later centred around the question of who was to “blame” for it. And finally, an East German agent at the top of the West German Military Counterintelligence Service, who had been compromised in 1990, was another person to blame, as he had an almost ideal role of the evil.

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“将军的道德处决”

四星级将军冈特·基斯林（Gunter Kiesling，1925-2009年）是北约组织中排名最高的西德将军，也是欧洲副最高统帅。1983年夏末，由于在欧洲部署新的中程导弹而发生冲突的高峰，他因同性恋被错误指控而被解雇。最终，军事情报局被命令在科隆同志现场进行调查。国防部长于1983年12月下令将军暂停服役而没有获得军事荣誉。基斯林决定不悄悄退休，而是为荣誉而战。由于没有发现任何“暗示”基斯林的东西，这位部长彻底改变了路线。后来，由凯斯琳丑闻引发的主要问题围绕谁是谁的“罪魁祸首”问题展开。最后，