1.
SV EXT: FOREIGN MINISTRY
0.04

2.
GV INT: SCHUETZ AT DESK
0.07

3.
CU SCHUETZ
0.10

4.
SCU SCHUETZ AT DESK PAN AROUND TO SECRETARIES ON OTHER SIDE OF DESK
0.21

5.
GV SCHUETZ TALKS TO SECRETARIES
0.25

6.
SV SECRETARIES READ TO SCHUETZ
0.27

7.
CU SCHUETZ
0.35

8.
GV SCHUETZ AND SECRETARIES AROUND DESK
0.40



Initials JSU/VS/JH/LMC



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Background: WEST GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER, HERR WILLY BRANDT'S RIGHT-HAND MAN. HERR KLAUS SCHUETZ, WAS ON MONDAY NIGHT (2 OCT) VIRTUALLY ASSURED OF BECOMING WEST BERLIN'S NEXT GOVERNING MAYOR.

LEADERS OF WEST BERLIN'S SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY - MAJORITY PARTNER IN THE GOVERNMENT COALITIONS-- DECIDED TO RECOMMEND HERR SCHUETZ'S NOMINATION FOR ELECTIONS AT THE SOCIAL PARTY CONGRESS ON 15TH OCTOBER.

HE IS ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE THE ONLY CANDIDATE. MONDAY NIGHT'S VOTE WAS 25 FOR, EIGHT AGAINST, WITH NO ABSTENTIONS.

HER SCHUETZ, STATE SECRETARY AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE, WOULD SUCCEED HERR HEINRICH ALBERTZ WHO RESIGNED WITH HIS GOVERNMENT LAST MONTH BECAUSE IT COULD NOT COPE WITH AN INTERNAL CRISIS OVER POLICE HANDLING OF STUDENT RIOTS.