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Alarmed by this development, Party Boss Willy Brandt, the coalition's Foreign Minister, called the emergency conference to enable the unions and local politicians to let off steam. Both groups are particularly furious at Herbert Wehner, the terrible-tempered party strategist of the coalition. They blame him for coming all too speedily to the troubled Christian Democrats' rescue by agreeing to a coalition, thus depriving the Socialists of a chance to take over completely in the next election...
...painfully aware that the intransigence of East Germany and its East-bloc allies is the main cause of tension within the Grand Coalition. Kiesinger is under increasing pressure from the right-wingers of his own party not to go so far in seeking to deal with the East. Herbert Wehner, the chief Socialist tactician, and Socialist Foreign Minister Willy Brandt insist that the government must keep on trying even in the face of continued negative responses...
...coalition's smooth operation is the unlikely friendship between a onetime Nazi functionary and a former Communist underground agent. Kiesinger seldom lets a morning go by without telephoning Herbert Wehner, the Socialists' No. 2 man, who is Minister for All-German Affairs...
Kiesinger checks out all major policy decisions with Wehner, often spends evenings discussing new ideas with him. In fact, many Germans feel that it is Wehner, and not Brandt, who is the real architect of West Germany's new foreign policy, which aims at closer informal ties with East Germany and a general relaxation of tension with the East Bloc...
...Identity. Holding the coalition together may be harder in the months ahead. In his new role as C.D.U. chairman, and with polls showing that a remarkably high 65% of the German public likes the way he is running the country, Kiesinger has a strong hold on his party. But Wehner faces trouble with the Socialists. An increasing number are complaining that the C.D.U. is getting all the credit for the Grand Coalition's success and that the Social Democrats are so overshadowed by Kiesinger that they are losing their identity as a party...