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Espionage: “L’Express” reveals that one of its former directors was a KGB agent for 35 years
Espionage: “L’Express” reveals that one of its former directors was a KGB agent for 35 years – (France 2)
The newspaper “L’Express” reveals in an investigation that one of its former directors was a spy for the KGB, the intelligence service of the USSR, for 35 years, until 1981. He notably provided the Russians with information concerning François Mitterrand or even Jacques Chirac.
On the right side, there was Philippe Grumbach, who was director of the newspaper for a long time The Express and who was a recognized journalist. On the other side, there was the KGB agent, who operated under the code name “Brock”. A communist in his youth, Philippe Grumbach worked for the Russians for 35 years, until 1981. It is The Express who carried out the investigation. KGB archives today reveal its precise role. Philippe Grumbach would have received the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of euros for information concerning François Mitterrand or even Jacques Chirac.
Philippe Grumbach died in 2003
The director of The Express, a right-wing centrist, betrayed the politicians without letting anything show. In the midst of the Cold War, the KGB recruited numerous agents in France to learn about the political projects of the time. It was about “to convey ideas, or even collect political intentions, to pass them on to the Russians”, explains General Christophe Gomart, former director of military intelligence. Philippe Grumbach was unmasked in 1995, but never worried. He died in 2003, taking with him 35 years of secrets.
