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<I>A December's day in Oslo.</I>

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<I>German Chancellor Willy Brandt</I>

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<I>has been invited to receive</I><br/> <I>the Nobel Peace Prize of 1971.</I>

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<I>Five years ago,</I> <br/> <I>when the Social Democratic Party</I>

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<br/> <I>entered the West German government,</I>

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<I>Willy Brandt began, first as</I> <br/> <I>Foreign Minister, then as Chancellor,</I>

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<I>to implement his concept</I>        <br/>        <I>of a new policy of détente.</I>

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<I>The Nobel Committee</I> <br/> <I>emphasizes the signing of</I>

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<I>the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation </I><br/><I>of Nuclear Weapons</I>

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<I>and the signing of treaties </I><br/><I>with Poland and the Soviet Union</I>

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<I>on the renunciation of force.</I>

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<I>The Committee also values</I> <br/> <I>Brandt as a politician,</I> <I>who</I>

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<I>"in the name of the German people"</I>

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<I>"reached out for a policy of reconciliation"</I>

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<I>"between former enemy countries."</I>

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<I>Brandt was accompanied</I> <I>by</I><br/> <I>Foreign Minister Walter Scheel,</I>

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<I>his policy advisor Egon Bahr,</I>

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<I>his 20-year-old son Lars,</I>

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<I>and his wife Rut.</I>

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<I>Three Germans received</I> <br/> <I>the Nobel Peace Prize before Brandt.</I>

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<I>Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann for</I>        <br/>        <I>his efforts to reconcile with France,</I>

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<I>Ludwig Quidde, historian and pacifist,</I>

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<I>and Carl von Ossietzky,</I> <br/> <I>who passionately opposed militarism.</I>

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<I>He died as a result of his </I><br/><I>imprisonment</I> <I>in a concentration camp.</I>

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<I>The work of the fourth German</I> <br/> <I>has not yet come to an end.</I>

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Mr Federal Chancellor,

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Willy Brandt,

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would you please come forward

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to accept the diploma
and gold medal

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of the Nobel Peace Prize
for 1971.

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I sincerely thank you,

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and wish to do all I can

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in my further work

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to come close to that

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what many people

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expect from me.

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We are in Fridjof Nansen's country.

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Also figuratively speaking,

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his warning still applies.

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"Make haste and act,"

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"before it is too late"

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"to regret."

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Subtitles: L. Corper et al.