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TROUBLE BREWING INTHE
HEARTOF EUROPE
The cornerstone ofpost-World War Il Europe has been the division ofGermany into two states, one
allied with the United States and the other with the Soviet Union. This unnatural arrangement–
now in its 30th year-is under its greatest strain ever. How long will it be before the map of
Germany-and al! of Europe-is redrawn, with enormous consequences for the entire world?
W
est Germany carne of
full age during the first
eek of January 1979. The
occasion was the Western summit
meeting held on the French Carib–
bean island of Guadeloupe.
Similar meetings in the past had
revolved around the " Big Three" of
the Atlantic world: the United
States, Great Britain and France.
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by
Gene H. Hogberg
This time- and for the
first
time–
there was a fourth and equal mem–
ber-the Federal Republic of Ger–
many.
Growing World Role
Upon his return to Bono after the
conference, C hancellor H elmut
Schmidt said that his presence at the
talks, a long with President Carter,
Prime Minister James Callaghan of
Britain and President Valery Giscard
d' Estaing of France, was a confirma–
tion of bis country's increasing prom–
inence on the world scene.
"The fact that we are involved in
consultations that concern matters
other than econornic problerns is
no novelty," Schrnidt said. "But,
of course, through Guadeloupe it's
The
PLAIN TRUTH April 1979