Word: bonne
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...Cabinet reshuffle drew differing analyses from Western observers. Foreign policy experts in Bonn see Jaruzelski as an orthodox party loyalist whose rise presages direct action by the Polish armed forces if the labor situation deteriorates further. U.S. State Department analysts, pointing to Jaruzelski's past reluctance to use force against strikers, predict that he will support Kania's relatively moderate policy toward the unions. If that happens, Kania will have gained a valuable counterweight in his struggle against extreme hard-liners like Politburo Member Stefan Olszowski who have been arguing for an immediate crackdown. Finally, Jaruzelski is trusted...
...currency confusion is being aggravated by a host of local problems. West Germany's deutsche mark is suffering from both a strong dollar and a West German economy that is slipping into recession. Moreover, the Bonn government and West German banks are major lenders to Poland and would lose upward of $5 billion if that economically troubled nation defaulted on its loans. In this world turned upside down, the two strongest currencies are the Japanese yen and the British pound. Both have risen dramatically against the DM as well as the dollar, but for different reasons. With 2% unemployment...
...Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher had begun pressing Iran to release the hostages right after the embassy was seized. Genscher had his first secret contact with Tabatabai early last year in Belgrade at President Josip Broz Tito's funeral. Tabatabai subsequently, in February and March, made several trips to Bonn, one public and ostensibly on other business, the other secret, followed by additional secret trips by other Iranian envoys. West Germany's efforts were closely coordinated with Washington's, and by March it seemed serious negotiations on the hostages might be about to begin. Then came the aborted...
Genscher arranged for two days of meetings between Christopher and Tabatabai in an official guesthouse on the outskirts of Bonn on Sept. 18 and 19. Christopher presented the quick and clean solution, and the Iranian seemed open to the idea. Recalls one U.S. participant in the talks: "He was obviously interested. We thought we were very close to getting something done. At last we had a conduit to Khomeini." But the possible breakthrough was soon smashed. Iraq invaded Iran, and the leadership in Iran turned its attention away from the hostages. The American diplomats switched to the other alternative...
There were also ominous new signs of an impending crackdown. At week's end the government expelled a number of Western journalists, including the representatives of TIME and the three major U.S. television networks. The object of such expulsions, said one Bonn analyst, appeared to be simply "to close the windows as much as possible...