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Dates: during 1970-1970
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German officials complain that the problem is aggravated by the fact that allied embassies in Bonn-whose own security is not above suspicion-have access to a wide assortment of German documents. Novelist John le Carre, who served in the British embassy in 1962-64, drew upon his knowledge of Bonn's spies and intrigues to write A Small Town in Germany. But clearly the leading factor is the huge number of spies lured by an availability of secrets there and ease of access from East to West Germany. The Interior Ministry recently offered amnesty to an estimated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Overloaded Circuits | 6/29/1970 | See Source »

...skilled economist with nearly 20 years of federal service, is not an innovator, a policymaker or an advocate who can fight effectively for his point of view. Shultz is all three. Further, Mayo has not had a private conversation with Nixon for several months; Shultz has had ready access to the President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Nixon: Boss in a Bad Year | 6/22/1970 | See Source »

...army. The fedayeen and many other Jordanians despise the obese Sherif Nasser, who became rich enough from smuggling guns and hashish to build a $900,000 palace for himself and his young second wife. Mainly, however, the fedayeen feared that Sherif Nasser was using his relationship and access to the King's ear to provoke a showdown with them. They were almost surely right. Sherif Nasser apparently feared that the guerrillas were rapidly growing strong enough to topple Hussein, and he proposed that they be stopped. Together he and Hussein started visiting army camps two months ago to reinforce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Arab Guerrillas v. Arab Governments | 6/22/1970 | See Source »

...envied and resented for their unrivaled influence. The appointed palace guards, Haldeman and Ehrlichman, screen nearly every person admitted to the President's lair and practically every piece of paper that reaches his desk or briefcase. They stir enmity because, their antagonists argue, the pair shuts him off from access to uncongenial views and even from members of his Cabinet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How Nixon's White House Works | 6/8/1970 | See Source »

...Washington demonstration was "the best thing that has happened recently. It was the first sign, the first indication that things were getting through to him." There have been others. Interior Secretary Wally Hickel finally got to see Nixon last week. Students have had ready access to White House offices and aides since the college strikes began, and reporters have found some normally closemouthed Nixon assistants not only available but downright candid about their jobs. These are only straws in the wind, but Nixon is obviously sensitive about the charge of isolation. One adviser criticized Nixon's welcome to New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: How Nixon's White House Works | 6/8/1970 | See Source »

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