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

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-180-6-69-0
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: December 21, 2012
• Sequence Number: 69
• Publication Date: October 30, 1973
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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9IADT SENDS LETTER TO NIXON ON U.S.-FRG RELATIONS
L301037 HAMBURG DPA IN GERMAN fl921 GMT 30 OCT 73 L
(TEXT) BONN--FEDERAL CHANCELLOR
LETTER TO U. S. PRESIDENT WILLY BRANDY HAS SENT A
RICHARD NIXON, THUS TAKING A DIRECT
HAND IN EFFORTS TO CLEAR UP RECENT TENSION IN GERMAN-U.S.
RELATIONS. DPA LEARNED. THIS IN BONN TODAY. THE
LETTER HAVE BEEN DIVULGED. NO DETAILS OF
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 ERG TERRITORY. THE
CHANCELLOR HAS PROBABLY MADE CLEAR THE FEDERAL, GOVERNMENT' S
INTEREST IN SETTLING THE DIFFERENCES OF OPI-NION. BRANDT IS
CURRENTLY ON A SHORT HOLIDAY IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE.
30 OCT 1141Z JB/TN
FBIS 82 (SEE 64)
MORE DETAILS ON BRANDT LETTER TO NIXON
L301329 HAMBURG DPA IN GERMA.. 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 ..PINI.N IN
GERMAN-U.S. RELATIONS.
DPA HAS LEARNED FROM DIPLOMA_ IC SOURCES IN BONN THAT IN HIS
LETTER 10 NIXON, DISPATCHED A FEW DAYS AGO, THE CHANCELLOR
STRESSED THAT THE COHESION AND SOLIDARITY OF -HE WESTERN ALLIANCE
IS THE SUPREME. PRINCIPLE OF THE FEDERAL GOVER,.MEN.' S POLICY.
THE TENSIONS CAUSED BY U.S. ARMS SHIPMENTS ISRAEL FROM
GERMAN TERRITORY WERE ALSO THE SUBJECT TODAY OF TALKS BETWEEN
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/CSV PARLIAMENTARY
CHAIRMAN, KARL CARSTENS. ACCORDING TO A SPOKESMAN OF THE
PARLIAMENTARY GROUP, IN .-IS . ALK WITH STOESSEL, CARSTENS EXPRESSED
REGRET THAT THE FEDERAL G VERNMENT HAD NOT FOUND A SI.-OLE
WORD OF APPRECIATION FOR THE U.S. ROLE IN RESTORING THE BALANCE
OF POWER IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THAT IT HAD VOICED 115 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 7.,E WES. ER N ALLIANCE AND
UNDERLINED THE NEED FOR GOOD COMMUNICATIONS. ERANDT WROTE
THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE LETTER FROM HIS FRENCH HOLIDAY RESORT.
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