In Bonn there were two kinds of discontent last week: the politicians, upset because Chancellor Adenauer was not letting them in on his international dealings; the Chancellor, upset because his allies were not taking him into their confidence.
In one month, der Alte had received at least two letters from President Eisenhower, one from Premier Khrushchev and several from President de Gaulle, and hugged them to himself. He treated Foreign Minister Heinrich von Brentano highhandedly, ordering him to draft communications, then editing and sending them off without bothering to let Brentano...
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