The Pension Clausewitz became the center of extensive coverage, in which a large espionage and party scandal was suspected. However, it soon turned out that such a scandal did not exist. The Pension Clausewitz had neither been frequented by important politicians, nor had the Stasi deployed espionage activities there. There were no compromising photos of public figures, and the monitoring system turned out to be an answering machine. In fact, only the three phone numbers in Helmcke's notebook gave any link to the Stasi.
