Word: chancellor
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While Shultz and Shevardnadze conferred on a range of topics from human rights to tensions in the Persian Gulf, Soviet and American arms-control specialists huddled over disputed phrases within bracketed passages of the 100-page draft INF treaty. Even though West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl had pretty much removed a major obstacle by agreeing to destroy his country's arsenal of 72 aging Pershing IA missiles, the Soviets wanted the German weapons system and its U.S.-controlled warheads mentioned in what the Americans considered to be a bilateral accord. Both sides indicated that a compromise was reached. Other points...
...medal is not always the kiss of death. The 1971 prize boosted West German Chancellor Willy Brandt and his policy of Ostpolitik, aimed at improving relations with Eastern Europe. Oscar Arias Sanchez can only hope that this year's award will have an equally beneficial effect...
...HITLER BECOMES CHANCELLOR OF GERMANY...
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has promised to destroy the missiles once the U.S. and Soviet weapons are dismantled, but the Soviets wanted this spelled out in the treaty; the U.S. resisted, contending that it had no right to negotiate about German weapons. Also, the Soviets insistently asked what the U.S. would do with the warheads. A way out of the impasse appeared Tuesday night as the two delegations were enjoying a picnic supper (hamburgers, fried chicken, baked beans) on a 65-ft. barge cruising down the Potomac. National Security Adviser Frank Carlucci drew Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh aside...
...Kohl's chilly welcome proved downright warm compared with his performance during twelve hours of meetings with his guest. Indeed, only once during the trip could the Chancellor force himself to refer to East Germany by its official name, the German Democratic Republic. Usually he called it "your place." Far from dwelling on the progress achieved over the years in relations between the two countries, Kohl launched into a blistering attack on Honecker's regime, denouncing it for everything from holding political prisoners to enforcing a shoot-to-kill order against East German citizens who try to flee...