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Unlike Kennedy's address, delivered from the balcony of West Berlin's city hall, Reagan's speech will be given at an invitation-only reception on the elegant, and secure, grounds of an 18th century palace, the Schloss Charlottenburg. Indeed, the President's advance team, understandably, has been very careful about where Reagan will appear publicly throughout the trip. As one French political adviser put it: "The Americans are super security conscious-ooh-la-la-and they are not about to let him dive into a crowd to shake hands...
...fortune conservatively estimated now at $30 million, she was early on dubbed "Sunny" for her sweet disposition. She did all the things that rich girls were supposed to do: attending finishing school, making a glittering debut and junketing to Europe. It was on one such trip, to Schloss Mittersill, an Austrian resort famed for introducing wealthy socialites to impoverished European nobility, that she met the proverbial prince. He was the resort's tennis pro, Alfie von Auersperg, an Austrian with a fabulous backhand, a fancy title and a sorry bank account. They were married and had two children, Princess...
Brezhnev stayed at the Schloss Gymnich, a moated, 17th century mansion, 30 miles south of Bonn, used by the West German government to house visiting dignitaries. A barber's chair was rented and installed at Soviet insistence. The Soviets also asked for a scale and an electric fan. Because Brezhnev sleeps in a sitting position, dozens of pillows were brought from Moscow. To make Brezhnev feel at home, the Soviets installed call buttons stamped with the hammer and sickle...
...along about 90 tons of communications gear. A gray van, bristling with antennas and with curtains drawn, was always at the rear of Brezhnev's motorcade. West German sources dubbed it a "hot line on wheels," and said it was in direct contact with the communications center at Schloss Gymnich. In the garden of the estate, the Soviets set up a dish-shaped microwave transmitter. Its purpose: to beam messages to Moscow via the Soviet satellite "Horizon" that overflies Western Europe...
...climbed the hillside where the University of Heidelberg stands, and followed the paths into the enormous forest-park that borders the city. Like Boston, Heidelberg sits on the banks of a river, the Neckar, and extends up both sides of the steep valley. Where the ruins of an old schloss (castle) still stand, the city dates back several hundred years. Also like Boston, students flock to this university town. The warm summer weather brings people out, and on an August day, German students and Americans' Mercedes crowd the streets. Unlike Boston, Heidelberg is an important American military base...