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Bonn, Paris and London all expressed concern, however, about just how far the U.S. should go in supporting the military-civilian junta now ruling El Salvador. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt is in an especially uncomfortable position, since leftists in Schmidt's own Social Democratic Party support the Salvadoran guerrillas. Officials in all three capitals made it clear that they would like to see the U.S. strive for a negotiated settlement between the warring factions in El Salvador rather than risk escalating the conflict by supplying more arms. Officials in Bonn and Paris also asked the U.S. to urge...
Chancellor Helmut Schmidt's re-election last October reaffirmed his political strength in West Germany and his stature as one of the leaders of the Western alliance. Recently, however, Schmidt has been faced by mounting problems that could pose the most serious challenge to his leadership in nearly seven years as Chancellor. Last week, amid flaring controversies within his own Social Democratic Party (S.P.D.), he hastily called an emergency meeting of party leaders. "We've got to get this mess under control fast," Schmidt told aides. "Too much is at stake...
...Wednesday evening Reagan called the leaders of France, West Germany, Japan, Canada, Britain and Italy to assure them he looks forward to working with them. To West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt he extended a formal invitation for an April visit, which was promptly accepted. Schmidt, who has not got along well with Carter, said this week that Reagan has "a very clear view of global American strategy." Reagan is expected to go to Canada soon to visit Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He has already scheduled meetings in the near future with Spanish King Juan Carlos, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher...
Washington knew all about Tabatabai, who had been educated in West Germany. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt and Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher had begun pressing Iran to release the hostages right after the embassy was seized. Genscher had his first secret contact with Tabatabai early last year in Belgrade at President Josip Broz Tito's funeral. Tabatabai subsequently, in February and March, made several trips to Bonn, one public and ostensibly on other business, the other secret, followed by additional secret trips by other Iranian envoys. West Germany's efforts were closely coordinated with Washington...
...Estaing was the most powerful of all the Western leaders he had worked with because of the wide authority granted to the President by French law. Britain's Margaret Thatcher was a woman of strong opinions, forceful and dependable. He did not talk about Germany's Helmut Schmidt, but aides have always said that the President considered Schmidt a devious man, effusive in person but duplicitous behind Carter's back. In Carter's view, Egypt's Anwar Sadat loomed above all the world leaders. "I trust him like my wife," he said looking at Rosalynn...