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Several West German historians, while admitting that they have not seen the documents, expressed doubts about their authenticity. Said Hitler Scholar Helmut Krausnick: "I have never heard of such Hitler diaries, and no evidence of their existence has ever been found before." Said Hamburg Professor Eberhard Jaeckel: "Hitler was a man who shied away from putting things down on paper...
...security police. You don't want blood spilled anyway, but you'd hate to have it spilled particularly at Harvard," says Anderson some of the early Soviet and Chinese visitors were closely--guarded in the preliminary stages of international exchange, but now feel comfortable walking through Harvard Yard, when Helmut Schmidt, the former Chancellor of West Germany spoke at Commencement in 1979 more than 200 secret service agents had lunch at the Faculty Club...
...Western leaders have more in common than Ronald Reagan and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Despite a sizable difference in their ages (Reagan is 72, Kohl is 53), both are folksy, outgoing politicians who share profoundly conservative but optimistic values. Both men feel strongly that the West must upgrade its nuclear defenses if it is to remain free in the face of new Soviet military challenges. Even though neither can speak the other's language, they also instinctively like each other...
West Germany's Helmut Schmidt and Canada's Pierre Trudeau both came to meetings with Reagan ready to eat him for breakfast. They ended up proclaiming their good feeling for him. India's granite lady, Indira Gandhi, actually seemed coquettish with Reagan. Queen Elizabeth did not have to throw a party-after-the-party for the Reagans during her West Coast visit. But she did, and even joined in songs around the piano, a royal rarity...
...West German Bundestag had just confirmed Helmut Kohl as head of government, and the smiling Chancellor was surrounded by well-wishers. His allies rushed forward with hearty congratulations. Hans-Jochen Vogel, his Social Democratic opponent in the last elections, offered a friendly handshake. Then Newcomer Marieluise Beck-Oberdorf presented the Chancellor with a vibrant yellow forsythia branch...