Complex sentence: Foreign policy continued to be managed by Adenauer himself, with his group of intimates including Hallstein, Blankenhorn, and others, and in many respects Hallstein was the foreign minister in all but name.
Split into simpler sentences: Foreign policy continued to be managed by Adenauer himself, with his group of intimates including Hallstein, Blankenhorn, and others. In many respects Hallstein was the foreign minister in all but name.