Prime Ministerial Private Office files
Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 930 to FCO (0910Z) (“German unification on 1 October”) [Kohl and de Maizière settle unification date of 1 Oct; Powell notes it was agreed "without telling anyone: & to have been precipitated by the GDR's impending collapse"] [declassified Dec 2016]
| Document type: | Declassified documents |
|---|---|
| Source: | PREM19/3001 f48 |
| Editorial comments: | |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 1p |
| Themes: | Charles Powell minutes, 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), Foreign policy - theory and process, Defence (general) |
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