Word: ludger
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...August 1964 Klein sent Dodd the draft of a letter that he wanted dispatched-over Dodd's signature-to Dr. Ludger Westrick, an aide to Chancellor Ludwig Erhard and a key figure in the dispute about the continuation of Klein's contracts. "Please destroy this letter," Klein added. "I made no copy." Dodd duly sent Westrick the missive, which oozed polysaturated praise of Klein in Klein's own words ("He has the confidence of my Democratic and Republican colleagues and is especially close to our leaders"), but preserved copies of the correspondence because he saw nothing "sinister...
...jobs between faiths. Since Protestants will probably hold most major Cabinet posts, Erhard is under pressure to appoint Catholics to several powerful positions. For Minister of Economics, the job in which he himself won national acclaim as Wirtschaftswunderonkel (Uncle Boom), Erhard wants his longtime No. 2 man, able Ludger Westrick, despite demands from the party that the coveted post should go to a politician rather than a civil servant...