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MAY 31, 1964 
2:43 PM 
WILLY tjRANDT RETURNED TO HIS N~Y. THEME AT SPD FRANCONIA DISTRICTDAC MEETING, LOHR AM MAIN 1 MAY 30. 
POL ICY OF PRESIDENTS KENN EDY AND JOHNSON, AND WASH INGlDN: .RECEPTION~ HE SAID A EUROPEAN POL ICY 'v-J ITHOUT OR AGAINST FRANCE. DE GAUL LE ALONE IS 
FOR LACK OF PROGRESS IN EUROPE. U.K. IS ALSO UN­UP EVEN SMALLEST PART ITS POLITICAL SOVEREIGNTY. 
GIVEN THIS SITUATION, SHOULD WE GIVE UP EUROPE~ NO. WE MUST MAKE 
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EUROPE REALI Y TO EXTENT POSSIBLE TODAY AND TOMORRO • DEGAULLE
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REMAINS A GR~AT STATESMAN EVEN THOUGH I DISAGREE WITH HIS NATO ,
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ATOMIC, AND EUROPEAN GONCEPTS0 ATLANTIC PARTNERSHIP IS MAIN PILLARNIC ON WHICH FRG sttURITY RESTS. 
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STILL DEGAULLE IN HIS WAY ATTEMPTS TO UTILIZE POSSIBILITIES 
AFFORDED ~y ATOMIC PACT ~ETWEEN u.s. -U.S0S.R 0 NONE IN WASH. 
O~JECTED TO MY STATEMENT. OUR SECUR ITY REMAI NS INDIVIS l~LE. 
COORDINATED ACTION IS ~ETTER THAN ACT ING INDEPENDENTLY. BUT lF 
SOME ARE ACT ING INDEPENDENTLY THIS LEADS OTHERS TO WANT TO DO 
SAME TH ING. WHEN THE GERMAN MICHEL ASKS HI MSELF WHO IS TAK ING 
CARE OF MY NAT IONAL INTERESTS, IF OTHERS, 1~RE. PWTT ING THE IRS 
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~RANDT ADDED FRG MUST UT ILIZE POSS ltj ILITIES WITH IN FRAMEWORK OF WESTERN COMMUNITY. FROM THIS VI EWPOINT FRG CAN APPROACH EASTERN EUROPE, AND SEEK IMPROVEMENT IN HUMAN RELATI ONS, AND STEP tjy 
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-2-502, MAY 31, FROM MUNICH 
STEP EFFORTS TOWARD REUNIFICATION~ 
l:3RANDT LAt3ELLED XMAS HDDL# AGREEMENT'}iUMAN AND NATIONAL SUCC~5!"• 
t3ERLIN AND t30NN MUST MOVE TOGETHER. (A CONVOY IS t30UND BY ITS SLOWEST VEHICLE.) "I WILL DO ALL IN MY POWER , AND WITHIN ACCEPTABLE LIMITS, TO TAKE FURTHER STEPS, AND I HOPE NOT ONLY FOR t3ENEFIT OF t3ERL INo 11 
t3RANDT SAID t3UNDES PRESIDENT ELECTION MUST t3E TAKEN OUT OF PETTY POLITICS, AND INSISTED SPD WILL TAKE t3ROAD GERMAN VIEW WHEN IT MAKES DECISION JUNE 6 IN t30NN. HE CRITICIZED CDU/csu FOR NOMINATING 
LUEt3KE, WHILE HAVING OTHER CANDIDATES IN RESERVE; AND FOP FOR 
INDICATING t3UCHER WHILE IN FACT TELLING CDU/csu TO NOMINATE A PERSON OTHER THAN LUEt3KE. t3RANDT SAID ONE P0$Slt3ILITY IS THAT SPD WILL NOMINATE OWN CANDIDATE, t3UT HE ALSO HINTED AT POSSIBLE SPD 
t3ACKING FOR LUEt3KE. 
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