The Alliance and NATO is two different things. France is a member of the Alliance. NATO is an organization not mentioned in the North Atlantic Treaty, has been built up in the course of history, in the course of history France has left that organization. Normally the Alliance has been lead by consent, building up consensus on important issues of questions, in many instances over the last 30 years that I have followed events closely. In many, many cases was being done under the spiritual guidance of the American President, that is true, but sometimes also at the guidance of others.
If somewhere is a deficiency the normal American answer would have been well then, let's spend some more money, build some more weapons and deploy th… - Helmut Schmidt
If somewhere is a deficiency the normal American answer would have been well then, let's spend some more money, build some more weapons and deploy th…
- Helmut Schmidt
I have had and still do have every confidence in Paul Nitze, a man whom I have known for decades, one of the wisest servants of the American nation b… - Helmut Schmidt
I have had and still do have every confidence in Paul Nitze, a man whom I have known for decades, one of the wisest servants of the American nation b…
I've never been a classic Gaulist! Not a Gaulist at all. - Helmut Schmidt
I've never been a classic Gaulist! Not a Gaulist at all.
Ronad Reagan might go down to history as a man who in the end of this administration brought about the first nuclear arms reduction treaty, the first… - Helmut Schmidt
Ronad Reagan might go down to history as a man who in the end of this administration brought about the first nuclear arms reduction treaty, the first…
Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda. - Helmut Schmidt
Population growth and the proliferation of mega-cities around the world redefines the entire global security agenda.
I hate the idea that someone think the destruction of Chicago as strategic affair, the destruction of Hamburg as a tactical one. - Helmut Schmidt
I hate the idea that someone think the destruction of Chicago as strategic affair, the destruction of Hamburg as a tactical one.
Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches. - Helmut Schmidt
Political leaders normally act by making convincing speeches.
Politicians and journalists share the same fate in that they often understand tomorrow the things they talk about today. - Helmut Schmidt
Politicians and journalists share the same fate in that they often understand tomorrow the things they talk about today.
President [Ronald] Reagan never has tried to become an expert on military matters. He never has endeavored to learn the most important details in tha… - Helmut Schmidt
President [Ronald] Reagan never has tried to become an expert on military matters. He never has endeavored to learn the most important details in tha…
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