The German problem, still unresolved, lies at the center of the East-West problem as a whole. It is equally central to international security as a whole. I shall try, in this column, to relate these factors and to explain the significance, for the United States and its allies, of some disquieting current developments in German domestic affairs.
On the surface, all is well, or looks it. Chancellor Schmidt is a committed NATO man and Atlanticist, and in the recent defense debate in the Bundestag (on March 9) he said reassuring things about SALT II and the security of Europe.
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