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Anderson then took off on what he called "a sentimental journey" to West Berlin, where in the early '50s he was married to his wife Keke while serving as a young Foreign Service officer. In Bonn, he talked with Chancellor Helmut Schmidt for two hours and pleased West German leaders by faulting Carter for failing to consult European allies more often...
President Carter was delighted with the decision. So was West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Basking in the approval of major NATO allies, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government last week announced that it would buy the submarine-launched U.S. Trident missile system to replace an aging Polaris force and thereby upgrade Britain's nuclear deterrent. It was a ringing reaffirmation of the long-standing special relationship between Washington and London. The costly decision was also evidence of Thatcher's determination to keep Britain a nuclear power to be reckoned with...
Giscard's strong language prompted West German officials to assure Washington privately that Bonn remained solidly pro-West and pro-NATO. Taking a softer line in his public pronouncements, Schmidt carefully avoided Giscard's themes of "power" and "influence" in favor of blander and more ecumenical expressions of "cooperation and friendship...
Though they differed slightly in their rhetoric, the two leaders announced their "basic agreement on all points" following the two-day official talks that wrapped up the state visit. As Giscard flew off into the low, wet overcast, Schmidt's aides pronounced themselves satisfied that the Chancellor had pleased "Cher Valéry" without unduly upsetting Washington or London-no mean task in these delicate times for the Atlantic Alliance...
...such cooperation remain almost insurmountable. The London agreements of 1954 concerning West German sovereignty and membership in NATO forever precluded the acquisition of atomic weapons by Bonn, and Moscow has made it clear that it would never tolerate a West German finger on the nuclear trigger. Chancellor Helmut Schmidt last week reiterated a long-standing West German promise that "we are not a nuclear power, nor do we intend to become...