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...year ago Muskie backed a plan to withdraw American troops from Europe; after a trip there in January, he confessed that he was "rethinking" his position. While Muskie has not changed his stand, he is looking it over in the light of his conversations with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt -who argues that a U.S. pullout would weaken his Ostpolitik. A fiipflop? Perhaps, or perhaps only a legitimate reconsideration prompted by an altered situation...
...Brandt's reasoning was buttressed by the Soviets themselves, who gave private assurances that they were prepared to be reasonable. But last December's consumer riots in Poland seem to have made them less flexible. East Germany's Walter Ulbricht, who at 77 is the self-proclaimed dean of Soviet-style Communism, warned Moscow that accommodation with the West over Berlin without diplomatic recognition of East Germany would undermine his position, and that what happened in Poland could be repeated in East Germany...
...German soil. They do not object to West Berlin's cultural, economic and monetary ties to Bonn, but they insist that no West German political activity should take place in the city. The Western powers concede that West Berlin is not part of West Germany. After consulting with Brandt, the Allies have proposed reducing the federal presence in West Berlin by eliminating so-called "constitutional acts" by West German political officials. This has intentionally been left vague for bargaining purposes...
...Berlin stalemate is a serious setback for Willy Brandt and his bold Ostpolitik, which aims at overcoming Europe's division by accepting present political realities. Unless the Soviets soften their attitude on Berlin soon, internal political pressures may prevent the Chancellor from gaining ratification of the treaties he signed last year with Warsaw and Moscow. Indeed, he may not even dare submit them to the Bundestag for approval. Should that happen, Brandt's hopeful initiatives for peaceful relations with his Communist neighbors would only have made matters worse. The Soviets have made it clear that Bonn...
European leaders are aware of the enormous size of the stakes-and of the danger that the negotiations will founder on petty details. West German Chancellor Willy Brandt has assured Heath that he will press for a speedy decision. French President Georges Pompidou recently intimated that he will confer directly with Heath if the negotiators are unable to cut their way through the maze of issues. Pompidou has said that he favors British admission, but there is some suspicion that the French once more are seeking to find an issue on which to block British admission, as they have done...