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...sent his son-in-law, Izvestia Editor Aleksei Adzhu-bei, swinging through West Germany on an ostensibly "private" journalistic tour. But when Adzhubei got to Bonn, it became clear that he was traveling on something more than an ordinary press pass. In a private talk with Chancellor Ludwig Erhard, the Russian guest revealed his real mission: to arrange a visit to West Germany for Father-in-Law Nikita...
...Erhard seemed willing enough to meet Khrushchev, assured the guest that the agenda would be "unrestricted" -which meant that Nikita could talk all he wanted to about the evils of NATO membership, and Erhard would be able to raise at will the question of German reunification. Though Khrushchev still has to say "da" before a formal invitation from Bonn is forthcoming. But there was no question that both leaders seemed to feel that they had nothing to lose by such a meeting -and possibly something to gain...
...nationalist states. Sarcastically he dismissed the more ambitious hopes of European federalists for a European executive and parliament. Then De Gaulle fixed an accusing eye on West Germany because it "does not yet believe that Europe's policy should be European and independent"-meaning that Chancellor Ludwig Erhard is tied too tightly to U.S. apron strings...
...foreign policy of the federal government is my policy," said Erhard. "I am the one who carries the final responsibility. I can't give it up, and I won't give it up. And let's be quite candid. It is inept of the all too clever people when they say, 'We must go easy on Erhard, we need him for the 1965 elections.' Ladies and gentlemen, I am telling you here and now that this is a gross deception. I make policy for Germany and not for the elections...
...Some of Erhard's admirers had worried that he had not fully asserted himself since taking office. Now there could be little doubt that the genial fat man was really Chancellor of West Germany...