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...TIME turns for its Man of the Year for 1970 to a foreign statesman who already stands as a great innovator of his time. By becoming the first West German politician willing to accept the full consequences of defeat in World War II, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt moved to shape events rather than react to them, and presented a challenge to Communist Europe that has great potential significance for the rest of the world...
...been deeply concerned with Germany ever since he spent four years studying at Heidelberg from 1949 to 1953. Tinnin has been responsible for most of the World section's stories on Germany for the past five years, and last March completed his third visit, during which he met Brandt and other leaders. In a story at that time, he predicted that a treaty with Warsaw would be signed, giving over the Oder-Neisse lands, and that Brandt would move toward easing tensions between the two Germanys. "It seemed obvious that Germany was changing," says Tinnin, "and it was very...
...bulk of the reportage for the cover naturally came from Bonn Bureau Chief Benjamin Cate, whose assignment to the West German capital elates from Sept. 27, 1969. one day before the elections that brought Brandt to power. "It was another coincidence," says Gate, "that the house my wife and I finally rented turned out to be only 100 meters from Brandt's house on the Venusberg above Bonn...
...Willy Brandt, for trying to build a bridge from Bonn to the rest of the world and his efforts toward making a better Europe...
...relying on a strategy of delay, its planning could be foiled on two counts. First, the Bundestag would be loath to ratify either treaty if it were submitted before West Berlin's future is more assured. Second, with the recent electoral successes of his Free Democrat coalition partners, Brandt himself has grown more confident about the strength of his government. As a result, he feels less pressure to submit the treaties for ratification before he gets measurable progress on West Berlin. In the end, Brandt feels, it is the Soviets, not he, who will have to become more flexible...