former lockheed lobbyist admitted to investigators during a u.s. senate hearing that minister of defence strauss and his party had received at least $10 million in remuneration for arranging west germany's purchase of 900 f-104g starfighters in 1961, which later became part of the lockheed bribery scandals. the party, its leaders, and strauss all denied the allegations; and strauss filed a slander suit against hauser. strauss and hauser had met after world war ii in schongau, bavaria, where hauser was stationed. hauser worked for u.s. intelligence and strauss was hauser's translator. they were good friends, which strauss later denied, in a denial belied by the fact that strauss had attended hauser's wedding. as the allegations were not corroborated, the issue was dropped.<ref>