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...Kohl settles the Kiessling case...
...that time, the matter had become a farce to the public and a serious and dangerous embarrassment to Chancellor Helmut Kohl. He was already beset by an array of domestic political problems concerning; West German relations with the Soviet Union, the continuing deployment of U.S. missiles and the revival of his country's sputtering economy. He did not need the Kiessling-Wörner controversy, which one politician described as "worse than an operetta." Returning from an eight-day trip to the Middle East last week, Kohl sought to bring down the curtain by announcing that Wörner...
Like most of his countrymen, Kohl was relieved to have the matter settled, though his prestige had suffered some what from his Defense Minister's ineptitude. As for Kiessling, he declared, "My honor has been restored for all to see." He added, however, that he did not have the "inward and outward strength" to resume his NATO post and instead would retire from the army next month...
...response Kohl noted that he, like most of his countrymen, had been too young to fight in World War II. But, he continued, "I bow to you in grief at the suffering inflicted on the Jewish people by the Germans... We live with our history; we cannot and do not intend to shun this grave legacy...
...European championships, police posted 6,000 men at West Berlin's Olympic stadium. Turkish shops were given special protection after neo-Nazi groups threatened that the Kreuzberg ghetto would "go up in flames" on the day of the game. The anti-immigrant atmosphere caused Chancellor Helmut Kohl so much embarrassment that he flew in from Bonn to attend the game...