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...Washington's bill of complaints. Bonn made it clear that it did not much like the U.S.'s supplying Israel through West German ports but it did nothing to stop the flow so long as the fighting was going on. Once the cease-fire was announced, however, Chancellor Willy Brandt's West German government politely asked the U.S. to quit using its ports. Finally, embarrassed by a reporter's inquiry about an Israeli ship that was loading arms at Bremerhaven, West German Foreign Ministry State Secretary Paul Frank told U.S. Minister Frank Cash that...
...Castle in Vienna became a symbol in the Arab-Israeli struggle last month when Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky promised Arab terrorists to close it down to Soviet Jews in return for the release of three hostages (TIME, Oct. 15). But so far, Kreisky has taken no steps to impede the flow of Jewish emigrants to and through the transit camp; instead, he has increased security at the camp and assigned gendarmes and plainclothes policemen to guard trains carrying emigrants from the moment they cross into Austria...
Second Thoughts. The government's inaction pleases many Austrians. Although, in the days following the incident, many Austrians approved their Chancellor's deal with the terrorists, there have been signs of second thoughts. In recent local elections, the SchÖnau incident has had, if anything, a negative impact on the fortunes of Kreisky's fellow Socialists. A petition declaring "sympathy and solidarity" for Israel, which was circulated in Vienna's busiest shopping district, garnered thousands of signatures, including those of leading politicians, intellectuals and Austria's former nobility...
Last week, in a seven-hour parliamentary debate that at times became a shouting match, Kreisky continued his confusing public stance by repeating his determination to close SchÖnau. Later a government spokesman explained that the Chancellor anticipates doing "nothing that could hinder or in any way endanger the transit of Soviet-Jewish emigres through Austria. We hope we shall come up with a solution in the very near future." Most likely, Kreisky eventually will close SchÖnau and then open another transit center, possibly in a well-guarded building at Schwechat Airport. This would have the double...
...construction industries, as well as the new North Sea oil and gas development. Although the new Labor platform is popular with the rank and file, it is clearly the fuzziest scheme for economic change since George McGovern's 1972 welfare program. Roy Jenkins, Wilson's former Chancellor of the Exchequer, expressed doubt about the plan. "It is no good taking over a vast number of industries without knowing how or by whom they will be run," he said. "Let us promise no more than...