Stasi's 'secret file on Jeremy Corbyn'

Labour leader visited communist Germany in 70s with then-lover Diane Abbott
During the trip the Stasi is thought to have compiled a dossier on the pair
The documents would have been passed to Russia’s notorious KGB agency at the time meaning they will still be in the hands of officials in Moscow

By Scott Campbell For Mailonline

Published: 02:07 BST, 1 October 2017 | Updated: 02:08 BST, 1 October 2017

The Stasi had a secret file on Jeremy Corbyn which could now be in the hands of Vladimir Putin, it has been claimed.

The Labour leader visited communist East Germany in the 1970s with his then-lover Diane Abbott.

During the trip the state security service is thought to have compiled an intelligence dossier on the pair which is now held in the Stasi archives.

The documents would have been passed to Russia’s notorious KGB agency at the time meaning they will still be in the hands of officials in Moscow.

The Labour leader, pictured right, visited communist East Germany in the 1970s with his then-lover Diane Abbott, pictured left

It has led to fears that Mr Corbyn could be exposed to a Kremlin blackmail plot after the Stasi archives refused to release his files because he is not deemed important enough.

Historian Anthony Glees told The Sun: ‘His and Diane Abbott’s files would have gone to the KGB and therefore they are now at the disposal of the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin.

‘Potentially that file could be of use depending on what they said and did when they were in East Germany, an odious police state.

‘Is Corbyn vulnerable? I think he should be challenged to see his files and subject them to scholarly scrutiny as a potential future Prime Minister.’