Word: bonne
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...juice," Ulbricht, the East bloc's last surviving Stalinist, read a 52-minute speech. Then for the next 90 minutes he answered written questions. After he had finished, there was confusion in West Germany over exactly what he meant. The Stuttgarter Zeitung headlined, ULBRICHT CALLS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH BONN; Munich's Merkur bannered, ULBRICHT'S POSITION UNCHANGED. Slightly Conciliatory. Neither headline was entirely wrong. In his speech, Ulbricht made a fresh bid for recognition by declaring: "It is a basic truth that internationally valid agreements on the renunciation of force can only be concluded between states that...
What did Ulbricht mean? Concluded TIME correspondent Benjamin Cate: "What Ulbricht said, in effect, was that East Berlin was ready to sit down and talk with Bonn about negotiations. Even so, he warned that no negotiations could be successful until Bonn met his demand for recognition...
...including the problem of "equal relations" between the two parts of Germany. Brandt named his Minister for Inner German Affairs to be the West German negotiator, but Ulbricht has implied that he might be unacceptable. Ulbricht has appointed his Foreign Minister as East Berlin's negotiator, and wants Bonn to designate its Foreign Minister too, as a tacit admission of East Germany's sovereignty...
...point out that his government remains committed to the West. His emphasis on better relations with Eastern Europe has raised fears, notably in France, that West Germany is headed toward a Rapallo-style deal with the Communists that could upset the balance of power in Europe. Stressing Bonn's reliance on the Atlantic Alliance, Brandt declared: "The Federal Republic is no wanderer between two worlds." He buttressed the point by announcing that he would visit French President Georges Pompidou later this month, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson in March and President Nixon in April...
...first, Brandt's approach seemed to have little effect on the Christian Democratic opposition, which accused him of breaking with West Germany's historic stand on unification. Under a succession of C.D.U. Chancellors, Bonn asserted its claim to be the sole legitimate representative of the German people, East or West, and held that unification could come about only through free elections in East Germany. In the post-address debate, former Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger cried that "We want not only the achievement of national unity but also the unity of state as well." One delegate even accused the Chancellor...