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Defying the longtime policy of the Christian Democrats, Brandt called for recognition of the disputed Oder-Neisse line as the legal border between Germany and Poland; he thus became the first German politician to publicly cede the former German territories given to Poland by the victorious Allies in 1945. Brandt also differed with the Christian Democrats on the subject of the nuclear nonproliferation pact, asking for a quick and enthusiastic West German endorsement of the treaty. And, for good measure, he attacked the wait-and-see policy of the Christian Democrats toward the rightist National Democrats. Demanding an immediate constitutional...
Domestic Issue. Of the three issues, Brandt's pronouncements on the Oder-Neisse attracted by far the most attention. By tirelessly maintaining that the former German lands east of the two rivers-40,177 sq. mi. in all-were only temporarily under Polish administration, Bonn hoped eventually to use its nonrecognition as a bargaining point if and when a peace conference is held to end World War II. But West Germany actually lost most of this leverage as Poland incorporated the former German lands into its own country and expelled the Germans there. Brandt obviously feels that the issue...
...British departure for Bonn, George Brown touched one of West Germany's tautest nerves by answering "Yes, in a way" to a question about whether the Kosygin-Wilson declaration to respect present borders in Europe meant that Britain had decided to recognize the Oder-Neisse line as Germany's eastern border. The West Germans insist, of course, that only a full-scale peace conference can decide Germany's eventual boundaries. Though both Brown and Wilson later in effect apologized and reaffirmed their support of the German view, the gaffe set an unfortunate tone for the talks...
Ensconced among the green malachite columns and crystal chandeliers of Catherine the Great's throne room, Brezhnev launched into a lengthy, violent diatribe against West Germany-a "revanchist" state, which 25 years ago last week had invaded Russia, that has not yet accepted the postwar Oder-Neisse frontier and, moreover, now demands nuclear weapons. French aides noted signs of Gaullist irritation: the general's nods came with such regularity that he resembled a ticking time bomb and his hands clenched tight on the carved Romanov griffins of his chair. De Gaulle's response would have pleased...
...rigid view of the shape of tomorrow's Europe-and to a large extent thanks to Charles de Gaulle-there is a new view of Europe burgeoning in Washington. Last week ex-White House Adviser McGeorge Bundy advocated before the Fulbright committee that West Germany accept the Oder-Neisse frontier with Poland and renounce its claims to Heimatsrecht in the lost territories of Silesia and East Prussia. His sentiments were reinforced by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara in testimony last week on Capitol Hill. In reply to a question by Bobby Kennedy, McNamara gave hopeful credence to a rumor that...