Word: sonnen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Some Notetaker. When Sonnen-feldt's statements first leaked to the press, Kissinger tried to explain away the views attributed to his aide by saying that the cable was written by "some notetaker who summarized what he thought Sonnenfeldt meant." Last week White House Press Secretary Ron Nessen suggested that the whole "misunderstanding" over the remarks might have stemmed in part from the distortions of the notetaker "who did violence" to what Kissinger's man had said...
...easy target in what has now been dubbed "the Sonnenfeldt doctrine"-named for State Department Counselor Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Kissinger's top expert on East-West relations and arms control. Sonnenfeldt enunciated his ideas at the same gathering of ambassadors that Kissinger addressed (TIME, April 12). In essence, Sonnen-feldt's thesis was that the U.S. should not encourage a violent political uprising in the satellites because it could only lead to Soviet intervention-and to the danger of an incident that might set off World War III. What was more, even if the U.S. wanted to help...
Last week the hassle over Sonnen-feldt's ideas continued as the Times also printed a summary of his remarks. He was quoted as saying that U.S. policy in Eastern Europe should "strive for an evolution that makes the relationship between the Eastern Europeans and the Soviet Union an organic one." The use of the word organic seemed to imply that he was advocating that the Soviet Union and its satellites should form one whole-a position calculated to infuriate not only G.O.P. conservatives but also ethnic groups with roots in Eastern Europe...