Word: schmidts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...variety of conflicting signals reaching the Soviets has prompted New Times, a Moscow weekly, to complain about the "contradictory and unpredictable nature of the Washington Administration's behavior," which is as "changeable as the weather." Some U.S. allies make similar complaints. Groused West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt: "There is no consistency [to Carter's policies]. It's constant zigzagging...
...friction dates back to Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's pronouncement shortly before the 1976 election that he wanted to see President Gerald Ford defeat Carter ("It was stupid," a chancellery aide now admits). Since then, Carter and Schmidt have wrangled over nuclear non-proliferation policy (the Germans want to sell fuel-reprocessing plants), Washington's public crusade on human rights (the Germans think it's preachy and unsophisticated) and economic policy (the Germans think Washington must cut oil imports to strengthen the dollar). Only last week, when asked about his relations with Carter in a television show...
Despite such tensions, Schmidt made the first gesture in trying to repair relations with Carter by unexpectedly appearing at the airport to welcome him to Bonn. The Chancellor and his wife Hannelore rode with the President, Rosalynn and Amy in an armored U.S. limousine to the modest residence of U.S. Ambassador Walter Stoessel, where the Carters spent four nights. Schmidt assumed the role of gracious national host, and Carter proved a properly courteous guest...
...when delivering formal speeches. From Berlin, Carter returned to Bonn, where his ability to argue persuasively across a table was to be tested in a tough forum: the two-day meeting of seven Western leaders seeking ways to stabilize the world economy. And if, after the Berlin visit, Helmut Schmidt was not yet Carter's warmest friend, he could hardly help having been impressed by his tireless guest...
...Washington, Miller is widely regarded as one of the best appointments that Carter has made. Private bankers commonly echo Milton W. Hudson, vice president of Manhattan's Morgan Guaranty Trust Co., who says Miller has put on "a virtuoso performance." Foreign leaders agree. Typically, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, who has long railed at Washington for failing to appreciate the dangers of the dollar's slide, feels that he has at last found a firm ally in Miller...