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A December's day in Oslo.
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German Chancellor Willy Brandt
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has been invited to receive
the Nobel Peace Prize of 1971.
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Five years ago,
when the Social Democratic Party
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entered the West German government,
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Willy Brandt began, first as
Foreign Minister, then as Chancellor,
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to implement his concept
of a new policy of détente.
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The Nobel Committee
emphasizes the signing of
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the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation
of Nuclear Weapons
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and the signing of treaties
with Poland and the Soviet Union
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on the renunciation of force.
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The Committee also values
Brandt as a politician, who
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"in the name of the German people"
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"reached out for a policy of reconciliation"
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"between former enemy countries."
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Brandt was accompanied by
Foreign Minister Walter Scheel,
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his policy advisor Egon Bahr,
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his 20-year-old son Lars,
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and his wife Rut.
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Three Germans received
the Nobel Peace Prize before Brandt.
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Foreign Minister Gustav Stresemann for
his efforts to reconcile with France,
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Ludwig Quidde, historian and pacifist,
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and Carl von Ossietzky,
who passionately opposed militarism.
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He died as a result of his
imprisonment in a concentration camp.
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The work of the fourth German
has not yet come to an end.
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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.