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Zero Option Your story "Getting Together-at Last" [Sept. 28] covering the visit of Secretary of State Alexander Haig to Bonn and Berlin unfortunately misrepresented the position of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic, Helmut Schmidt. You assert that Chancellor Schmidt explained to Haig that the Soviets should dismantle some of the 250 SS-20s already in place, thereby eliminating any need for new NATO missiles. What the Federal Chancellor did was persuade the Secretary of State of the necessity to include the zero option [whereby, in return for the dismantling of all Soviet SS-20s targeted on Europe...
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Expressions of shock and tribute arrived in Cairo from Israel, where Prime Minister Menachem Begin said he had lost "not only a partner in the peace process but also a friend"; from Bonn, where Chancellor Helmut Schmidt spoke of his "bewilderment and horror"; from Tokyo, where the government called Sadat "a great gladiator for peace"?and from two men who had been more fortunate than Anwar Sadat. In St. Peter's Square in Vatican City, Pope John Paul II, who was struck by a bullet just five months ago, spoke of his "emotion and pain." And in Washington, Ronald...
...stop the Americans' neutron bomb, we'll remove the Soviets' SS-20's!" predicted an exultant pacifist as 300,000 West Germans poured into Bonn for the biggest demonstration ever held in the Federal Republic. They marched through the capital carrying carnations, crosses and banners: REAGAN'S PEACE IS OUR DEATH; TO BE OR NATO BE. Among the demonstrators was a predictable share of Communists. But the majority were markedly middleclass, like so many members of the powerful antinuke crusade that is causing in creasing political unease throughout Western Europe. Doctors, teachers, social workers...
...peace rally in Bonn was strong evidence of how potent a political issue nuclear arms have become, especially in West Germany, where Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's government has agreed to install 204 U.S. missiles-nearly twice as many as any other NATO member. Angered by the rising public protest, Schmidt called the demonstration "a declaration of war" against his government and his policies. Schmidt was particularly incensed by the action of 58 members of parliament belonging to his own Social Democratic Party (S.P.D.) who signed a declaration of support for the rally. Galling too was the fact that...