Word: schmidts
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...starring in a role that his fans are a little uneasy about is Gerald Ford, who is coming up fast as a jovial but strong character actor. Among the performers sharing the limelight will be French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Yugoslav President Josip Broz Tito, Rumanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu, Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. In all, leaders or representatives of 35 states will gather at Helsinki, including spokesmen for the Vatican and every European country except myopic, Maoist Albania. Everyone seemed to be groping...
...however, the special character of the relationship should continue to prove helpful to Israel. Rabin and Chancellor Helmut Schmidt reached no dramatic decisions in their conversations last week. Much of their time together was spent reviewing the Middle East situation, with Schmidt pressing Rabin to accept concessions that would lead to peace. In private conversations, however, West German officials indicated at least obliquely that if another Middle East war occurred and Israel needed European landing rights for planes bringing supplies from the U.S., this would be no problem...
...surprised most Europeans. There had been a fairly widespread impression among Europe's diplomats and journalists that the President was an earnest nonentity. That unflattering assessment reflected Ford's unimpressive performance in his first encounters with Europeans after he entered the White House. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, for instance, had come away from a White House meeting last December doubting that Ford possessed enough intelligence to be an effective President. The British and French were similarly skeptical...
...wake of the recent European tour, however, most European leaders feel confident that Ford, as a British diplomat put it, "is growing into his job." Schmidt indicated that he was delighted with Ford's display of real leadership. Remarked a senior Bonn official: "We now think Ford knows where he is going, even if he isn't quite sure...
...seated across from him, here is how I see the problems. When Ford did not understand, he asked questions. When he was obviously unknowing, he dragged in his aides. With Britain's Harold Wilson, Ford shared economic-recession talk. Then the President listened carefully when Chancellor Schmidt, who is almost an ex-officio member of Ford's Council of Economic Advisers, talked economics. Schmidt loved it. All of Europe's leaders, apparently, were touched by Ford's warmth and decency. Perhaps that is not all that unusual; Ford does that to most people who encounter...