Intrusions stir a row
The government regards with concern the massive and hitherto unprecedented manner in which the Soviet Union is interfering in the election campaign and the internal politics of the Federal Republic of Germany." That unusually tough declaration came late last week from Jürgen Sudhoff, a spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl's Christian Democratic coalition. The reason for the outburst: Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko's appeal to West Europeans to show "political maturity" by disavowing the U.S. bargaining position at the Geneva talks on intermediate-range missiles. The Soviet statement was seen as a blatant boost for Hans-Jochen Vogel, 57, the...
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