Word: konrads
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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France has consistently opposed East-West talks about Berlin. During a one-day trip to Paris last week, West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer did not change stiff-backed Charles de Gaulle's mind, but seemed to convince him at least that he should not boycott such talks when they do occur. Meanwhile, in divided Berlin itself, tension rose...
...running Deutsche Bank, Abs is a director of 25 of the largest German corporations, plays a major role in deciding where Germany's investment capital shall be sluiced. On the political front, he is an unofficial ambassador to the world's financial centers and a confidant of Konrad Adenauer. ("Whenever the Chancellor is worried, he calls me.'' says Abs matter of factly.) So sought after is Abs's advice that a colleague who recently asked for an appointment in November 1962 was regretfully informed that the date was already spoken...
...about the need for Berlin negotiations led Adenauer to fear that President Kennedy was prepared to make concessions at German expense. Washington was irked by Bonn's unwillingness to get down to discussions, and by West German demands for nuclear arms. To make matters worse, Kennedy and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer had never achieved any particular personal understanding. On a visit to Washington last April, the Chancellor appeared unsure of the new President, talked largely in guarded generalities about U.S.-German problems. But last week, during a three-day strenuous trip to Washington, most of the U.S.-German conflicts were...
...meets President Kennedy this week is not only the world's oldest head of government; at 85, Konrad Adenauer is the greatest German of his time, and one of the greatest Europeans...
...policy had only moderated, not changed. Such traditional Jewish practices as circumcision, bar mitzvah, and the baking of unleavened bread drew sneering allusions in the Soviet press to "fanatics of the Talmud," who practice "cruelty rituals." In August Kiev's humorous monthly Perets (Pepper) lumped Jews, Nazis and Konrad Adenauer together in a grotesque front-page cartoon that placed the swastika inside the Star of David. Then came a harsher reminder. To jail last month, for sentences ranging from three to twelve years, went a respected leader of Leningrad Jewry, Gedalia Pechersky, 60, along with five other prominent Leningrad...