Cold War: Horst Teltschik diary (MT & Bush make helpful comments at Bermuda) [translation]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | Horst Teltschik, 329 Tage: Innenansichten der Einigung [329 Days: Inside Views of the Unification], Siedler Publishing 1991 |
| Editorial comments: | Translated specially for www.margaretthatcher.org. Dr Teltschik was Helmut Kohl’s closest foreign policy adviser. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 77 |
| Themes: | Defence (general), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU) |
Good Friday, 13 April 1990
At a joint press conference in Bermuda, George Bush and Margaret Thatcher for the first time establish unmistakably that a united Germany must “have unrestricted control over its entire territory without any restrictions on its sovereignty ”. Bush and Thatcher make clear that a changed role for NATO in the framework of the CSCE requirements provides answers to pan-European security problems. Further, they stress once more that a united Germany must be a full member of NATO.