Cold War: Horst Teltschik diary (MT letter on her talks with Bush in Bermuda) [translation]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| 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: | 130 |
| Themes: | Defence (general), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU) |
Friday, 20 April 1990
Today there comes a message from Margaret Thatcher about the outcome of her talks with President Bush in Bermuda. The most important information that it contains is the suggestion of a NATO summit ‘soon” to discuss all-German full membership of the North Atlantic Alliance, the American conventional and nuclear presence in Europe, and the future strategy of the alliance. Mitterrand and Bush have also spoken of a summit “before the end of the year” at their meeting at Key Largo in Florida. Thatcher is convinced that Moscow will agree in the end to the NATO membership of a united Germany and also to its full participation in the integrated military structure of the alliance. Bush is of this opinion too. We understand this information as a gesture of good will.