BRANDT SENDS LETTER TO NIXON ON U.S.-FRG RELATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-187-3-45-2
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2012
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: October 30, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/12/04 : LOC-HAK-187-3-45-2
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ERA1CT SENDS LETTER TO NIXON ON UeS.FRG RELATIONS
1.301037 HAMBURG DPA IN GERMAN 0921 GMT 30 OCT 73 L
(TEXT) BONN?FEDERAL CHANCELLOR WILLY BRAND? HAS SENT A
LETTER TO U. S. PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON, THuS TAXING A DIRECT
HOLD IN EFFORTS TO CLEAR UP RECZNT TENSION IN GERMAN-U.S.
RELATIONS. ORA LEARNED THIS IN BONN TODAY. NO DETAILS OF THELETTER HAVE BEEN DIVULGED.
IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT IN HIS LETTER, BRANDT DESCRIBED
BONN'S ATTITUDE TOWARD THE CONTROVERSY WHICH WAS TRIGGERED
BY U. S. ARMS DELIVERIES TO ISRAEL FROM FRG TERRITORY. THE
CHANCELLOR HAS PROBABLY MADE CLEAR ME FEDERAL GOVERNMENT' S
INTEREST IN SETTLING THE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION. BRAND? IS
CURRENTLY ON A SHORT HOLIDAY IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.
30 OCT 114IZ JB/TN
FBIS 82 (SEE 64)
MORE DETAILS ON BRAND? LETTER TO NIXON
L301,329 HAMBURG DPA IN GERMA-4; 1109 GMT 30 OCT 73 L
(TEXT) BONN--FEDERAL CHANCELLOR WILLY BRAND'. HAS SENT
A LETTER TO U.S. PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON, THUS TAKING A DIRECT HAND
IN THE EFFORTS :0 CLEAR UP RECENT DIFFERENCES OF vPINLiN IN
GUMMI-U. S. RELATIONS.
DPA HAS LEARNED FROM DIPLOMA:IC SOURCES IN BONN THAT IN HIS
LETTER i0 NIXON, DISPATCHED A FEW DAYS AGO, THE CHANCELLOR
STRESSED THAT THE COHESION AM) SOLIDARITY OF 'HE WESTERN ALLIANCE
IS THE SUPREME PRINCIPLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERAEN,'S POLICY.
? THE TENSIONS CAUSED BY U.S. ARMS SHIPMEKS 4c-, ISRAEL FROM
GERMAN TERRITORY WERE ALSO THE SUBJECT TODAY OF TALKS BE-.-wEEN
THE U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AFFAIRS, WALTER J.
STOESSEL; FOREIGN MINISTER WALTER SCHEEL; AND HIS STATE SECRETARY
PAUL FRANK. 'EARLIER, STOESSEL HAD -MET CDU/CSU PARLIAMENTARY
CHAIRMAN, KARL CARSTENS. ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN OF THE
PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, IN IS ALK WITH.STOESSEL, CARSTENs EXPRESSED
REGRET THAT THE FEDERAL 0 _VERNMENT HAD NOT FOUND A SL.GLE
WORD OF APPRECIATION FOR THE U.S. ROLE IN RESTORING THE BALANCE
OF P0wER IN THE MIDDLE EAST A ND THAT IT HAD VOICED ITS CRITICISM
IN THE FULL GLARE OF PUBLICITY.
IN HIS LETTER TO NIXON, WHICH INFORMED CIRCLES BELIEVE IS
PART OF A CONTINUING EXCHANGE OF VIEWS, THE CHANCELLOR PLEADED
FOR A DEEPENING AND STRENGTHENING OF TE WES.ERN ALLIANCE AND
INDERLINED THE NEED FOR GOOD COMMUNICATIONS. BRANDT WROTE
THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE LETTER FROM HIS FRENCH HOLIDAY RESORT.
30 OCT 1427Z HWM/JZ
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2012/12/04: LOC-HAK-187-3-45-2