Word: bonne
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Bonn & Back. At the time of his clearance, Kiesinger was practicing law in his beloved Swabia, later settled his wife, daughter and son in Tübingen not far from his boyhood home. Germany's political factions were encouraged by the occupation authorities to regroup on a county and city level as a first stage toward forming state and national governments. Kiesinger felt drawn to the newly formed Christian Democrats, whose membership embraced both Catholics and Protestants. When the first postwar elections were held in 1949 for a West German government, Kiesinger was one of the winners...
...committees?foreign affairs, defense, and all-German affairs. He became the most effective defender of Chancellor Adenauer's Western-oriented foreign policy in Bundestag debates. Adenauer hinted that he would some day bring him into the Cabinet, but that some day never came. Frustrated after nine years in Bonn, Kiesinger jumped at an invitation from his home state of Baden-Württemberg to take over as Minister-President (Governor...
...Baden-Württemberg, Kiesinger proved to be a popular, effective Minister-President. A gracious host and, like most Swabians, a lover of wine, he soon turned Stuttgart into a far more sparkling city than the dour federal capital of Bonn. He built schools, roads, hospitals, and opened a brand-new university. Says Kiesinger: "I wanted to show Bonn that I could govern." At the same time, he enjoyed the life of a country squire. In the more relaxed world of provincial politics, Kiesinger had time for hikes through the Black Forest, for evenings with his family, and for his books...
...Fickle. Quickly grasping the situation, Kiesinger ruled out the Free Democrats as too fickle for another coalition. Besides, he believed that Germany needed a strong government to counteract the growing mood of dissatisfaction with what many people called "the mess in Bonn." Therefore, he arranged a secret meeting in Bonn with Herbert Wehner, the Socialists' deputy leader who handles party matters while Chairman Brandt attends to his mayoral duties in Berlin...
Fair & Predictable. Most of the excitement is bound to be on the foreign front. There will be attempts to patch up relations with Charles de Gaulle, perhaps at a cost of some of Bonn's close dependence on the U.S. Says Willy Brandt: "In Washington, France and Germany are stronger when they have good relations than when each stands alone." Still, both Kiesinger and Brandt consider themselves friends of the U.S., do not intend Germany to become a less faithful member of NATO...