Who authorized that or can just anyone listen into a presdent’s communications. Talk about a security risk.
Clearly he was a translator transcriber, one of 3 charged with transcribing the conversation and creating a final transcription. He was there in no official capacity other than as a clerk with appropriate language skills.
The fact that he claimed to have tried to insert a controversial term into the document against the opinion of the other 2 transcribers speaks volumes to his lack of objectivity. Objectivity being, of course, a fundamental and critical skill in the performance of his duties.