Word: sonnenfeldt
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...Helmut Sonnenfeldt, who is Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's chief aide, candidly declared at a press briefing that the amount of U.S. aid could not be determined so long as Italy's political situation remained "complicated." By that, he obviously meant until the role of the Communists in the nation's political life was clearer. Treasury Secretary Simon bluntly told reporters that foreign loans would "require necessary belt-tightening by the Italians." He added: "Otherwise, it would mean throwing the money out the window." Even so, Simon suggested, Italy might be allowed a "super-tranche "(meaning...
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...
Kissinger's fears about Western Europe's future gave Ford no trouble and Reagan little ammunition. But the Republican challenger had an 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...
...press conference, Sonnenfeldt conceded that the word organic was poorly chosen. What he really meant was a relationship in which the Soviet Union tolerated autonomy and a sense of national identity in the countries of Eastern Europe. Sonnenfeldt said that the U.S. should encourage the gradual development of such a relationship by easing restrictions on trade with the Soviets, encouraging Moscow to devote more attention to the needs of the consumer and fostering a general relaxation of tensions in the Communist bloc...
...Sonnenfeldt protested that the watch was a gift from his mother-in-law, and that she might be less than delighted at such a one-sided deal. With that, Brezhnev left the room, returning quickly with a somewhat better chrome-plated wristwatch-a Swedish-made Eternamat. As a sweetener, he hinted that Sonnenfeldt might get his own watch back if and when there is a final SALT agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. Sonnenfeldt's mother-in-law might be miffed for quite a while...