Word: voigt
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Although there was general agreement on the need to deploy the new NATO missiles on schedule, Karsten Voigt, West German Social Democratic Party spokesman for foreign and security affairs, suggested the possibility of postponement, even without a deal with the Soviets in Geneva. Voigt called the deterrent value of the Pershing II "greatly exaggerated" and said its mission could soon be taken over by conventional weapons. Joining in the challenge, Healey questioned the overall U.S. assessment of superpower balance. The U.S., Healey claimed, was well ahead in the number of warheads, and in any case, he noted, "I doubt that...
Evren's approach has aroused concern in Western Europe. Karsten Voigt, foreign policy spokesman for West Germany's Social Democratic opposition, has challenged Bonn's $165 million economic aid to Turkey, saying that there is "no moral justification for criticism of martial law in Poland" if West Germany does not take action to reduce human rights abuse in other countries, like Turkey. Last week 90 French intellectuals staged a protest demanding "the immediate end of the repression and militarization that has hit the universities." And in a public show of displeasure, the U.S. consul in Istanbul turned...
...buildup of conventional forces in Europe a prerequisite for renouncing the first-use doctrine. Yet without such a buildup, Western Europe would be very vulnerable to Soviet military attack. Foreign policy experts for West Germany's two leading political parties denounced the no-first-use idea. Karsten Voigt of the governing Social Democrats termed it "not attractive to us," arguing that "for the people of West Germany, a long conventional war is just as horrible in its effect as a limited nuclear war." The four Americans contend, of course, that any such nuclear war would not be "limited." Alois...