DIPLOMACY: Europe's Look at the U.S.

Whatever else Watergate critics say about President Nixon, they have usually been willing to concede his mastery in foreign relations. But these days Europeans are beginning to doubt Nixon's wisdom even in foreign affairs—at least in Europe. While Nixon and Henry Kissinger still call for a bold New Atlantic Charter, a host of anxieties about America's intentions plague Europeans.

They are particularly troubled by the new chummy atmosphere between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. At the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, held in Helsinki and attended by 35 Foreign...

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