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...disrupting attempts for an East-West détente in Europe. Certainly the manuscript, which contains a detailed analysis of Soviet political and military goals for the next two decades and calls for a parallel buildup of Western military strength, can only be welcomed by foes of Chancellor Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik. That would include Die Welt Owner Axel Springer, whose criticism of the Brandt government borders on frenzy. Gehlen's memoirs could also be an overdramatized effort at self-justification...
...stabilize and formalize the status quo on their western flank. In recent months the Soviets have moved for a settlement on Berlin, reiterated their desire for a European Security Conference aimed at recognition of the existing borders of Eastern Europe, and cooperated with West Germany's Willy Brandt in negotiating the Treaties of Moscow and Warsaw, both of which formalize existing boundaries. Thus, while the Indian treaty in some ways represents a bold Soviet foreign policy initiative, it can also be seen as one more move by Moscow to counter China...
...Gaulle is dead, of course. Earlier this year, though, Harper & Row issued Who Killed Enoch Powell?, a thriller-mystery predicated on the murder of a British Member of Parliament, notoriously disliked as a racist, but very much alive. What titles will come next? Ho, Sweet Homicide? Tell Them Willy Brandt Was Here? Sunset on the Pedernales...
Decisive Stage. Though U.S. and British diplomats cautioned last week against undue optimism, and warned that it might be October or even later before an agreement is reached, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt said in Sweden that the talks have reached a "decisive stage." There were also indications that the Soviet side was straightening out its signals. After last week's Crimean summit talks, where Berlin was a key topic, East German Communist Party Chief Erich Honecker flew to Moscow. There he conferred with Soviet Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev and Ambassador to East Germany Pyotr Abrasimov, the Soviet representative...
...would clear the last remaining hurdle for their cherished European Security Conference, aimed at nailing down the status quo in Eastern Europe and getting international recognition for East Germany. It would accelerate the opening of NATO-Warsaw Pact talks on troop reductions in Central Europe. Finally, it would prompt Brandt to seek Bundestag ratification of the nonaggression treaties of Moscow and Warsaw, which have been delayed pending a Berlin agreement. Whether such a settlement happens this week or later, the talks have certainly come a long way since the days when Nikita Khrushchev declared that West Berlin was like...