Word: kohl
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Kohl said he hoped a "joint document which takes our special situation into account" could be prepared at the Brussels summit...
...that has nothing at all to do with the Germans having become unreliable or anything like that," Kohl said, referring to suggestions that West Germany is no longer following agreed-upon NATO doctrine...
...Kohl, faced with uncertain election prospects next year, also wants to delay until at least 1992 a decision on modernization and deployment of rockets to replace NATO's aging short-range nuclear arsenal...
...beleaguered government of West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl is most vulnerable to these pressures. To stave off graver trouble for Kohl, who faces an uphill battle for re-election in December 1990, the U.S. and Britain reluctantly agreed to put off until 1991 any decision about the future of the short-range (80 miles) Lance nuclear missile. Public opinion in West Germany solidly opposes replacing the U.S.-made Lance with a newer missile capable of hitting targets 280 miles away. "It's doubtful the Kohl government could survive next year's elections if it is associated with a decision...
Both the U.S. and Britain are eager to proceed with modernization of NATO's diminished nuclear arsenal. But neither wants to force a confrontation that would hurt Kohl. So the communique signed by the ministers was a masterpiece of double-talk, reaffirming NATO's determination to maintain an up-to-date nuclear capability but setting no date for deploying the new missile. The ambiguous Brussels agreement was enough, however, to permit American Defense Secretary Dick Cheney to proceed with a two-year budget request for $150 million for research and development of a new weapon...