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Germany: White House conversation record (1815Z-?1915Z) (Bush, Quayle, Scowcroft, Manfred Woerner Secretary-General of NATO at Camp David) [Woerner: "We must avoid the classical German temptation: to float freely and bargain with both East and West"; MT does not like German unification but British know they can only delay it; "Germany must be completely in NATO"] [declassified Aug 2009]

Document type: Declassified documents
Venue: Camp David
Source: Bush Library: CTF01729
Editorial comments:

There is a problem with the timing. The memcon states that the conversation ran two hours, until 2015Z. But by then Bush was meeting with Kohl. Probably the Woerner conversation was shorter.

Importance ranking: Major
Word count: 7pp
Themes: British relations with the US, British relations with the Soviet Union, British relations with France, British relations with the Federal Republic of Germany, German unification, 1989-90, Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU), Foreign policy (Central & Eastern Europe), European Union (general), Economic, monetary & political union, European Union Single Market, Foreign policy - theory and process, Defence (general)

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