Word: brandts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...quarter-century after the cold war began, Willy Brandt, the anti-Nazi who last October became West Germany's first postwar Socialist Chancellor, is seeking to lessen the obstacles that still divide Europe. As soon as he came to power, Brandt touched off a whirl of diplomatic activity. One of his first acts was to end West Germany's 18-month reluctance to sign the nuclear-nonproliferation treaty. Only last week, in ceremonies in Washington, Moscow and London, the pact prohibiting the spread of nuclear weaponry was finally proclaimed to be in effect. Thanks to De Gaulle...
...most of the attention has focused on Brandt's Ostpolitik. In addition to the East Berlin meetings, talks resumed in Moscow last week between Egon Bahr, Brandt's chief foreign adviser, and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. In Warsaw, Polish officials prepared to start a new round of discussions with a West German delegation this week. Meanwhile, Brandt was in Britain seeking support for his policy. After receiving an honorary doctorate of civil law at Oxford, Brandt said in Latin that his aim was "an equitable and lasting peace system in Europe under which individuals and nations...
...Brandt's eastward policy has also raised fears. Some people in the West are concerned that he might make a Rapallo-like deal with the Soviet Union or that he might inadvertently compromise vital Western interests...
Calculated Risk. In an effort to assess the promises and perils of Brandt's Ostpolitik, TIME Associate Editor David Tinnin spent the past three weeks in Washington, Bonn, Berlin, Warsaw and Moscow. The following conclusions emerged...
...Given a reasonable response from Poland, Brandt is prepared to recognize within the next year the Oder-Neisse line as Germany's eastern frontier, thus ceding to Poland the huge former German territories that passed under Polish control...