The German newspaper claims to have seen a "smoking gun" classified document in possession of the Federal Foreign Office which definitively links Huawei's 5G efforts with Chinese state intelligence operations to compromise Europe's security. Specifically, the leaked foreign ministry internal document cites intelligence shared by US State Department intel officials which is represented as "smoking gun" proof that Huawei remains an unsafe partner for Berlin.
"At the end of 2019, intelligence was passed to us by the U.S., according to which Huawei is proven to have been cooperating with China’s security authorities," the leaked document says, according to Handelsblatt.