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...however, the Dutch government released new evidence that Prince Bernhard had also lobbied on behalf of Lockheed's chief rival, Northrop Aircraft. A 1971 exchange of letters between the Dutch and West German Defense Ministers referred to Prince Bernhard's attempts to persuade West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (then Defense Minister) to purchase Northrop's YF-17 Cobra prototype fighter to replace Lockheed's Starfighter. Although the Dutch commission did not fully explore the prince's links with Northrop, several Dutch newspapers are now investigating the matter...
...German Federal Republic promises to be the political and economic success of Western Europe in the 1970s. Led by its forceful and charismatic Chancellor, Helmut Schmidt, West Germany is the dominant economic power of Western Europe and is rapidly becoming one of the pivotal political forces of the European continent. Needless to say, the role is not a new one: a Germany that is no longer fearful, penitent, and psychologically crushed by the outrages of WW II is cause for concern to neighbors and adversaries. Some are disturbed by the resurgence of German political and economic power and wonder...
Schmidt's greatest electoral difficulty however will be to convince the FDP or Free Liberals to remain in the government coalition. As in past elections, neither the Social Democrats nor the Christian Democrats led by Helmut Kohl will be able to win a clear electoral majority. Consequently, the FDP which controls approximately 10 per cent of the vote will hold the balance of the elections...
...often. Though America's European allies grudgingly admire his shrewdness in ramming through the first devaluation of the dollar in 37 years, in order to start reversing the long string of U.S. payments deficits, they almost unanimously consider Connally to be devious, arrogant and abrasive. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt is furious with him. Many other leaders still bridle at a remark attributed to Connally in 1971: "What Europe needs is a good kick...
...Thursday, Ford began three hours of talks over two days with visiting West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, discussing NATO's southern flank, Communism in Western Europe and the world economic situation. Schmidt urged the President to resist pressures to withdraw U.S. troops from Europe. On Friday Ford went to Baltimore to visit Schmidt aboard the square-rigged West German ship Gorch Fock...