West German Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger had a very special reason for traveling to Washington. She is blonde, cherubic and four years old. Cecilia is the child of Kiesinger's daughter Viola and Photographer Volkmar Wentzel, and she welcomed the Chancellor in the Wentzels' backyard in Washington with her own sign: a large red heart with "Welcome Opa [Grandpa]" written on it.
Kiesinger's chief reason for visiting the U.S. was less personal. West Germany is the most anxious country in Western Europe, and the Chancellor came to seek reassurance on a number of subjects. President Nixon had his own message to get...
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