The issue of improving relations with Poland, Czechoslovakia and East Germany made for an increasingly aggressive tone in public debates but it was a huge step forward when Willy Brandt and the Foreign Minister, Walther Scheel ( FDP ) negotiated agreements with all three countries ( Moscow Agreement, August 1970, Warsaw Agreement, December 1970, Four Power Agreement over the status of West Berlin in 1971 and an agreement on relations between West and East Germany, signed in December 1972 ).

Arnolt then negotiated with Bristol Cars Ltd in the UK for the purchase of 200 of their 404 series chassis and 1971 cc, six-cylinder 130 hp engines.

In 1971 Rhodes negotiated to purchase the closed Community of the Resurrection Training College buildings and grounds and a number of adjacent buildings, facilitating further expansion.

During the 22 month construction period, speedway management negotiated the required race dates from the rival sanctioning bodies, convincing the FIA ( Federation Internationale de L ’ Automobile ) to allow a second U. S. Grand Prix in 1972, contingent upon conducting a qualifying race ( the Questor Grand Prix ) in 1971.

Something of an early ancestor to the " diss songs " prevalent in hip hop music towards the end of the 20th century, " Superstar " is an attack at two former Temptations members, David Ruffin ( who had been fired back in 1968 ) and his cohort Eddie Kendricks ( who quit the act in early 1971 and negotiated a Motown solo deal ).

The Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum, preserved in Old English in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge ( Manuscript 383 ), and in a Latin compilation known as Quadripartitus, was negotiated later, perhaps in 879 or 880, when King Ceolwulf II of Mercia was deposed.

In 1893 Mortimer Durand negotiated with Abdur Rahman Khan, the Durand Line Treaty for the demarcation of the frontier between Afghanistan, the FATA, North-West Frontier Province and Baluchistan Provinces of Pakistan the successor state of British India.

Similar treaties were subsequently negotiated by the United Kingdom ( Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty, October 1854 ), the Russians ( Treaty of Shimoda, 7 February 1855 ), and the French ( Treaty of Amity and Commerce between France and Japan, 9 October 1858 ).

Mesnager ( 1717 ), in which he impersonates Nicolas Mesnager, the French plenipotentiary who negotiated the Treaty of Utrecht ( 1713 ) and A Continuation of the Letters Writ by a Turkish Spy ( 1718 ), a satire on European politics and religion, professedly written by a Muslim in Paris.

Despite the fact that Michael Collins – the de facto leader of the IRA – had negotiated the Treaty, many IRA officers were against it.

As Secretary of State, he negotiated the Adams – Onís Treaty ( which acquired Florida for the United States ), the Treaty of 1818, and wrote the Monroe Doctrine.

Early in his term, Major presided over British participation in the Gulf War in March 1991 and negotiated " Game, Set and Match for Britain " at the Maastricht Treaty in December 1991.

In 1806 he negotiated a treaty with Britain, known as the Monroe – Pinkney Treaty.

Trist successfully negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, which Polk agreed to ratify, ignoring calls from Democrats who demanded that all Mexico be annexed.

John and Philip negotiated the May 1200 Treaty of Le Goulet ; by this treaty, Philip recognised John as the rightful heir to Richard in respect to his French possessions, temporarily abandoning the wider claims of his client, Arthur.

He negotiated the Hay – Pauncefote Treaty ( 1901 ), the Hay – Herran Treaty ( 1903 ), and the Hay – Bunau Varilla Treaty ( 1903 ), all of which were instrumental in clearing the way for the construction and use of the Canal.

The crusade came to an end peacefully, with the Treaty of Ramla negotiated in 1192 ; Saladin allowed pilgrimages to be made to Jerusalem, allowing the crusaders to fulfill their vows, after which they all returned home.

In 1992, the Maastricht Treaty was negotiated and signed here, leading to the creation of the European Union and the euro.

Bismarck therefore negotiated the Reinsurance Treaty of 1887 with Russia, in order to prevent the Bismarckian Nightmare of a Franco-Russian Encirclement.

He negotiated the Treaty of Benevento, which restored peaceful relations between Rome and the Kingdom of Sicily.

His cousin, Ernesto Pacelli, was a key financial advisor to Pope Leo XIII ; his father, Filippo Pacelli, a Franciscan tertiary, was the dean of the Sacra Rota Romana ; and his brother, Francesco Pacelli, became a lay canon lawyer and the legal advisor to Pius XI, in which role he negotiated the Lateran Treaty in 1929, the pact with Benito Mussolini, bringing an end to the Roman Question.

In Hamburg and Lübeck, Sweden and the Holy Roman Empire negotiated the Treaty of Hamburg.

Among its accomplishments, the United Province of Canada negotiated the Reciprocity Treaty of 1854 with the United States, built the Grand Trunk Railway, improved the educational system in Canada West under Egerton Ryerson, reinstated French as an official language of the legislature and the courts, codified the Civil Code of Lower Canada in 1866, and abolished the seigneurial system in Canada East.

In May 1918, Romania was in no position to continue the war, and negotiated a peace treaty with Germany ( see Treaty of Bucharest, 1918 ).

He won important victories against the British in the Second Anglo-Mysore War, and negotiated the 1784 Treaty of Mangalore with them after his father died the previous year.

In 1949, the communist leader Mao Zedong won control of mainland China in a civil war, proclaimed the People's Republic of China, then traveled to Moscow where he negotiated the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship.

When the civil war ended in 1939, Portugal and Spain negotiated the Treaty of Friendship and Nonaggression ( Iberian Pact ).

Relations were formalized with the Moroccan – American Treaty of Friendship negotiated by Thomas Barclay, and signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Muhammad III in 1786.

The fleet docked at Nagasaki and negotiated and signed the Anglo-Japanese Friendship Treaty on October 14.

As Secretary of Foreign Relations, he negotiated the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Navigation and Commerce with the United States in 1824 and with England in 1825.

A Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the EU and Iraq is in the process of being negotiated and will probably be concluded during 2008.

In spite of the armistice negotiated by Amadee two years earlier, the war between Bishop Guillaume of Lausanne and Louis of Savoy was still going on, and although little is known about it, that little proves that it was yet another phase of the struggle against French expansion and was closely interwoven with the larger conflict.

The British also negotiated the safe return of Hasan Ali Shah to Persia, which was in accordance with his own wish.

Seward also negotiated to purchase the Danish West Indies, but the Senate refused to approve the purchase in 1867 ( it eventually was accomplished in 1917 ).

Shirkuh negotiated for peace and Alexandria was handed over to Amalric.

In 1168 Amalric and Manuel negotiated an alliance against Egypt, and William of Tyre was among the ambassadors sent to Constantinople to finalize the treaty.

Adhemar negotiated with Alexius I Comnenus at Constantinople, reestablished at Nicaea some discipline among the crusaders, fought a crucial role at the Battle of Dorylaeum and was largely responsible for sustaining morale during the siege of Antioch through various religious rites including fasting and special observances of holy days.

The buyout, secretly negotiated by Charles M. Schwab ( no relation to Charles R. Schwab ), was the largest such industrial takeover in United States history to date.

In this capacity he negotiated several treaties, one of the most important being with Cherokee chief John Ross, which was concluded in 1861.

However, this was considered " unmanly " and was frequently disallowed by additional rules negotiated by the Seconds of the Boxers.

A contract was negotiated with Mutual that amounted to $ 670, 000 a year, making Chaplin — at 26 years old — one of the highest paid people in the world.

Some relief was provided by the Anglo-American loan, negotiated in December 1945.

The independence of Burma and Ceylon was also negotiated around this time.

The Convention was negotiated and was then signed in a purpose-built house in Yokohama, Japan.

A negotiated settlement may have ended matters: according to John of Worcester, a son of Constantine was given as a hostage to Æthelstan and Constantin himself accompanied the English king on his return south.

In addition it claimed that $ 3. 8bn in foreign debt negotiated by previous administrations was illegitimate because it was authorised without executive decree.

Later, when Richard was captured, she personally negotiated his ransom by going to Germany.

The contract was the first made by Libya since 2004, and was negotiated with MBDA, a subsidiary of EADS.