Word: scheele
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Grisly Solution. The death of Von Spreti pushed the Washington visit of Chancellor Willy Brandt off front pages in West Germany. Foreign Minister Walter Scheel flew to Guatemala City to escort Von Spreti's body back to Germany. Germans argued over breaking relations with Guatemala and refusing to drink its coffee...
Easy Victim. Consider State Secretary Georg-Ferdinand Duckwitz, 65, who coordinates diplomatic policy toward the East Bloc. After weeks of wolfing down lunch at his desk and rushing from conference to conference, Duckwitz had to be sent home for a complete rest. A few days later, Foreign Minister Walter Scheel, 50, was rushed to a Bavarian sanatorium and ordered to read nothing for several days. Other top West German diplomats show symptoms of severe strain and exhaustion. Even Chancellor Brandt, who possesses an exceptionally rugged constitution, became exhausted from poring over diplomatic dispatches and consulting with foreign policy advisers...