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...beginning Aug. 15. Schroder so far has not been asked to go along. In fact, the two are not at all compatible. The austere North German Defense Minister and the relaxed Swabian could hardly be more unlike in taste, temperament and several areas of policy. Schroder, the only unremitting Atlanticist in the coalition Cabinet, is resented by both Kiesinger and Strauss for emphasizing ties with Washington over those with Charles de Gaulle. But Kiesinger can hardly fire Schroder. He is the leader of the Protestant wing of the Christian Democratic Party, whose support the Catholic Chancellor needs...
...other is Gerhard Schroder, 56, who moved from his post as Foreign Minister under Erhard to take on the controversial and besieged position of Defense Minister. Strauss is a Catholic and a Gaullist who blames Schröder for Germany's strained relations with France; Schroder is a Protestant and Atlanticist who fears that the burly Bavarian may endanger West Germany's strong ties with...
...Bonn to former Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, who bosses the 49-man Bavarian branch of the C.D.U. known as the Christian Social Union. Strauss began announcing to reporters and anyone else who would listen, that Erhard must dump Foreign Minister Gerhard Schröder, a well-known "Atlanticist" who believes that Germany's best friend is the U.S. (Strauss is inclined to think it's De Gaulle). Strauss also called for removal of Erich Mende, chief of the Free Democrats and a longtime Strauss-hater, from his coalition post as Minister for All-German Affairs...