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Domestic political opposition to the neutron warhead is particularly acute in West Germany, where Chancellor Helmut Schmidt faces a strong disarmament movement within his own Social Democratic Party. The S.P.D. has called upon the government, in which it is the senior coalition partner, to make clear that "these weapons will not be deployed in Europe." Said Deputy Party Chief Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski: "The Reagan Administration is obviously not yet well enough acquainted with the situation in Europe...
...weapon. Said Charles Hernu, the Defense Minister in the new Socialist government of François Mitterrand: "The neutron bomb must not obscure the reality of the threats posed by the [Soviet] Euromissiles." In West Germany, Franz Josef Strauss, who was the conservative Christian Democratic opponent to Schmidt in last year's election, said that the "dismal situation of defense budgets" in NATO countries had left Reagan with no real alternative...
...much more themselves about their own bit of the balance. It is very hard, of course, to please the Europeans, and especially the Germans. President Reagan and his people bother Europe whenever they sound at all belligerent. A German Foreign Ministry man was asked what on earth would be Schmidt's definition of the ideal U.S. President. After the briefest pause, he said: "Helmut Schmidt...
...Schmidt wanted to make sure, he said, that Reagan realized the overseas impact of the American monetary policy. Reagan assured Schmidt that he did understand European concerns, but argued that he had inherited high interest rates from the Carter Administration and that they were merely a by-product of his anti-inflation strategy. His tax and budget cuts, he said, were "the right medicine" for the U.S. economy, and he predicted that interest rates would fall as inflation declines...
...Schmidt also pressed Reagan to pursue more aggressively an agreement with the Soviets on limiting theater nuclear missiles in Europe. Reagan's reply: the U.S. intends to engage in these negotiations seriously, and some level of talks should be under way by late fall...