Word: stoph
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...regime's supporters number only in the hundreds of thousands-and these are its servants." When Willy Brandt visited East Germany in 1970 to meet with East German Premier Willi Stoph, he was, to the government's enormous chagrin, wildly cheered. He is undoubtedly the most popular man in East Germany today-possibly more popular than he is in his own country...
...establish normal relations between the two German states and in effect end the cold war in Germany (TIME, Nov. 20). Now Bonn has let it be known that when the treaty is signed on Dec. 21, the pens will be held not by Brandt and East German Premier Willi Stoph but by their state secretaries, Egon Bahr and Michael Kohl...
...have deputies witness so important a document? The two sides could not agree on a signing date that was acceptable to both Brandt and Stoph. It also seemed that the Communist leaders were not eager to welcome Brandt in East Berlin; they probably feared a repetition of the embarrassingly enthusiastic chants of "Willy, Willy!" that greeted the architect of Ostpolitik on his trip to the East German town of Erfurt in 1970. In the wake of Brandt's reelection, his popularity in the East is at a peak-which is why the Stoph regime is not likely...
There is considerable speculation that Ulbricht, who is still chairman of the Council of State, will step down from that post later this year. His most likely replacement would be Premier Willi Stoph, 56; Horst Sindermann, 55, is considered the probable successor to Stoph. Inasmuch as Honecker seems more inclined to adopt a collective leadership rather than Ulbricht's pattern of autocratic rule, experts foresee the emergence of a triumvirate composed of Honecker, Stoph and Sindermann...
...post as chief of state, which may now become largely ceremonial. But for reasons of health, Ulbricht continued, he was giving up the position of party first secretary. As his replacement, Ulbricht named the party's long-time No. 2 man, Erich Honecker (see box). Willi Stoph, 56, who has been Honecker's rival, remains premier in charge of government affairs. "To be honest, the decision did not come easily," said Ulbricht of his retirement. "Unfortunately," he added, "no cure has been invented...