Word: bonne
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gradual Thaw. Most important, the pipe-for-gas trade indicates that trade relations between Bonn and Moscow are less and less influenced by the cold war. Seven years ago, the Germans had arranged to sell pipe to the Soviet Union, but the deal was blocked by the NATO strategic-goods embargo. Nikita Khrushchev was so enraged that he thumped his fist on a table and roared: "Even pants buttons can be called strategic goods. How are soldiers to hold their pants up without buttons...
...other diverse details of the towering romantic's everyday life are revealed in a fascinating series of books now being prepared for publication by music scholars in East Berlin. They are known as Beethoven's "Conversation Notebooks." To judge from a wide sampling shown TIME'S Bonn Correspondent Peter Range, reading the notebooks is like sitting down with the master and his friends and listening to them chat. Says George Marek, author of a massive recent Beethoven life:* "The notebooks give us the picture of Beethoven the real man. They tell us why he was displeased with...
Bahr's assignment caught just about everyone by surprise. Brandt decided to use the dramatic gesture as a litmus of Soviet intentions. In three sessions last month with West German Ambassador Helmut Allardt, Gromyko set forth hard conditions, including Bonn's recognition of East Germany, before Moscow would consider signing a renunciation-of-force treaty with West Germany...
...mayor of West Berlin, Bahr is an originator and still a fervent advocate of the Ostpolitik. Some West German politicians regard him as naive about the Soviets. Brandt is aware of these misgivings but apparently felt that Moscow might ease its tough line a bit when confronted with Bonn's most vocal exponent of better relations...
While Bahr attended to Ostpolitik, Brandt spent some time on Bonn's somewhat neglected Westpolitik. In a 36-hour official visit to Paris, Brandt sought to reassure French President Georges Pompidou that Bonn's initiatives toward the East would not jeopardize West European security. Though Pompidou seemed to be satisfied with Brandt's pledges, the French in general are suspicious about German intentions. Increasingly, the French press is filled with articles reflecting fears that the Germans might link up the East bloc against West Europeans. Unlikely as that may be, Brandt nonetheless must realize that his emphasis...