Word: bonnes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though the West Germans may be unduly fearful, their worries are understandable. There are now more So viet troops along West Germany's border than at any time since 1945. In recent months the Soviets have directed a propaganda barrage against Bonn that far exceeds any previous Russian effort. Moscow has accused the Federal Republic of just about every crime in the Communist lexicon, from "openly reviving Hitler's criminal policy of expansion" to "stubbornly attempting to prepare for World...
...Soviet Union was able to invade Czechoslovakia with reasonable confidence that the West would not interfere. A Soviet threat to West Germany, however, is quite another matter. Twice last week, the Kremlin pointedly noted that it felt free to move against the Bonn government to curb any revival of neo-Nazism. With seven crack Soviet divisions massed in Czechoslovakia near the Bavarian border-the largest military buildup on the eastern frontier since 1945-Bonn did not take the threat lightly. Neither did Bonn's allies, who warned that a Soviet attack would bring "an immediate allied response." Said...
Fresh Complaints. The Soviet squeeze against Bonn began almost unnoticed last November, when Moscow dusted off two sections of the 1945 United Nations charter. The clauses gave the victor states (obviously including Russia) the right to intervene unilaterally against the renewal of an aggressive policy by an "enemy state." Russia claims that this applies to any "neo-Nazi" threat in West Germany. The U.S., Britain and France have assured Bonn in the past that the NATO treaty, which guarantees an allied riposte to any attack on West Germany, makes the clauses obsolete. Nonetheless, all three decided...
...another level, Moscow is reacting to deep-seated fears of a new German Drang nach Osten (thrust to the East). Since 1966, when Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt began courting the countries of East Europe, their policy has proved eminently successful. It won diplomatic recognition for Bonn from Rumania, a strong hint of recognition from Hungary, and increased trade from other nations...
Moscow's campaign to undermine or at least discredit the Bonn regime is not expected to involve overt military action. While U.S. officials do not discount the Kremlin's tough language entirely, they tend to think that the Russians are well aware that an armed confrontation in West Germany could swiftly lead to cataclysm. Anxious to emphasize its concern nonetheless, the U.S. last week announced that NATO maneuvers, originally scheduled for mid-1969, may be moved up to the first of the year. On several occasions, top State Department officials reiterated that the allies viewed the situation with...