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...with Pope John Paul II in the Vatican, his addresses to Britain's Parliament and the West German Bundestag, his horseback ride with Queen Elizabeth II in Windsor Great Park-were yet to occur. So too were the huge anti-Reagan demonstrations being organized by nuclear protesters in Bonn, West Berlin and London...
...were mixed. In Rome, a crowd estimated at anywhere from 100,000 to 300,000 marched Saturday in a demonstration, organized largely by the Italian Communist Party, that took on a decidedly anti-American tone. On the other hand, organizers claimed to have brought out 100,000 people in Bonn the same day for a pro-U.S. rally; some carried signs asking WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT AMERICA...
...degree, Latin America's bitterness against the U.S. has extended to European countries that have backed Britain with economic and military sanctions against Argentina. The West Germans, who trade heavily with South America, have even dispatched a Cabinet minister on a troubleshooting tour of Latin America to explain Bonn's support of Britain. A French diplomat noted that the government of President François Mitterrand "has made one of its central foreign policy goals that of improving North-South relations. To the extent that the Falklands retard that, everyone loses...
...number of West German groups have been preparing to greet Reagan with loud and visible protests. The main event, which is not believed to be linked in any way with last week's bombings, will occur this Thursday. Some 150,000 people are expected to descend on Bonn to protest against "America's warmongering course" and, more specifically, against NATO's plans to install a new generation of nuclear missiles in Western Europe at the end of 1983. A similar though smaller demonstration will coincide with Reagan's visit to West Berlin the next...
...NATO summit in Bonn will be the moment of truth for deciding whether Western Europeans-and above all West Germans in their particularly threatened position along the border with the Communist bloc-are willing to share responsibility, in political and economic terms, for the American President's policy of freedom and peace-not merely pursuant to a more or less obligatory solidarity, but in a spirit of genuine partnership on the basis of our common intellectual values and convictions. If the Western Europeans, as well as the West German part of the alliance, were to prove incapable of action...