WEST GERMANY: The Third Man

WEST GERMANY The third Man In West Germany, this is an election year, and the telltale signs could already be detected up and down the Rhine. That rugged defender of NATO, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, battling fiercely for a third term at 81, called for a ban on the H-bomb without even mentioning safeguards, and labeled the Soviet plan to pull troops out of Central Europe a helpful step to reduce international tensions. Out to prove his "flexibility" in the cause of German reunification, the Chancellor invited the Russians to hold trade talks with West Germany, but also was hoping to...

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