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PDF 90 Feb 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Warsaw telegram 146 to FCO (1620Z) (“German reunification: Polish views”) [Mazowiecki briefing US and French Ambassadors on his talks in London] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Paris telegram 194 to FCO (1119Z) (“Mitterrand-Kohl meeting 15 February: EC aspects”) ["Kohl resists Mitterrand proposal to bring forward the date of the IGC. Agrees that a special EC summit on the German Question be held in April"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 16 Fr Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: Powell minute to Butler (“EC Implications of German Reunification”) [MT agrees your suggestion OD should discuss] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Moscow telegram to FCO ("Personal for Ambassadors: my call on Chernyaev: Germany") [Chernyaev thinks German unity "now inevitable" but for practical reasons most unlikely this year; against German NATO membership but did not rule out managed withdrawal of Russian troops; "Kohl had made a positive impression on Gorbachev" during visit to Moscow] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: FCO telegram 100 to UKE Paris (1650Z) (“Germany - Four Plus Two”) [French to be given list of topics for discussion with Germans and US on 28 Feb, including NATO, borders, Berlin, CSCE] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Rome telegram 137 to FCO (0700Z) (“German reunification: Proposed meetings of Two and Four: Italian views”) [De Michelis complains at exclusion of Italy and others from Two Plus Four talks] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 16 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Paris telegram 201 to FCO (1724Z) (“Mitterrand-Kohl meeting, 15 February”) ["Mitterrand broadly satisfied with Kohl's approach" on EC, security; "Kohl out to reassure, but very firm that the German-Polish frontier can only be resolved after reunification"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 17 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Powell minute for MT (“Academic Session on Germany”) [names, venue - MT opts for a half day at Chequers rather than a dinner] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram to FCO ("German Unification: British Policy: Media Coverage") [MT speech reported; UKE countering Sunday Times claim that MT constructing an anti-German coalition] [declassified Jul 2017]
PDF 90 Feb 19 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: Powell minute for MT (“Meeting on Germany”) [MT approves date and names, vetoing Alan Bullock] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 19 Mo Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: Gray minute to Powell (“German Monetary Union”) [encloses paper by Walters - "to my mind does not provide any major new insights"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: FCO letter to Powell ("German unification") [paper: "a useful initial analysis of the issues which will have to be covered in intra-Community negotiation"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 19 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Powell briefing for MT (“German Unification-EC”) ["quite a useful survey" of the problems] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKDEL NATO telegrams 71-72 to FCO (1803, 1826Z) (“German Unification and the Alliance”) ["US proposes detailed NATO discussion of the German Question. Instructions requested"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 letter to FCO (“German Unification: role of the CSCE 35”) [MT's words answering questions at Young Conservative Conference - "massive consultation" involved in changing boundaries] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 20 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 218 to FCO (1150Z) (“German Unification: Future forces in East Germany”) [Kohl resolved disagreement between Genscher and Stoltenberg by brokering joint statement between them that no Bundeswehr forces would be stationed in territory of today's GDR] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 20 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 letter to FCO (“Meeting with academic experts on Germany”) [Powell keen to establish availability of Craig and Stern before inviting anyone else] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Moscow telegram 294 to FCO (1255Z) ("Soviet views on Germany: Gorbachev's interview with Pravda, 21 February") ["No fear of the new Germany, but the Soviet people have a right to guarantees"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Polish PM Mazowiecki letter to MT (unification of Germany, copy annotated by MT) [need for a peace treaty to settle German-Polish border, work to begin now, not after unification; MT agrees] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: MOD conversation record (King, Stoltenberg) ("German Reunification") [FRG would "proceed in full co-operation with friends and allies"; EFA] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Moscow telegram 289 to FCO (1207Z) (“Germany: Sir P. Cradock's call on Adamishin”) ["somewhat histrionic" presentation of Soviet views; meeting of the Four plus Two should be held before the East German elections or we would find ourselves rubber-stamping a decision made between the two Germanies; would be convenient for Soviets if British proposed this; "British and Soviet views were very close"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Warsaw telegram 157 to FCO (1715Z) (“German Reunification: Polish views”) [Mazowiecki's letter to the Four Powers leaders asking for issue of borders to be dealt with at the beginning of the unification process, leading to a treaty] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 21 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Polish PM Mazowiecki letter to MT (unification of Germany) [need for a peace treaty to settle German-Polish border, work to begin now, not after unification; MT agrees] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Paris telegram 224 to FCO (1654Z) (Two Plus Four meeting) [French insist Oder-Neisse line must be confirmed by treaty - MT: "At last - they are openly beginning to sing our tune"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKREP Brussels telegram 531 to FCO (1822Z) ("German Unification: visit of German State Secretaries to the Commission") [Germans urged need for "a positive view by outsiders" and criticised Commission document as too negative, damaging to DM] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Rome telegram 151 to FCO (1605Z) ("De Michelis addresses Parliament on European integration") [accepts no IGC before Dec 1990, but thinks it will finish by April 1991 - Powell comment: "Totally unrealistic"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Powell letter to Norman Stone and others (Chequers seminar on Germany) [MT seeks "an understanding of the lessons which can be drawn from Germany's history - not just in this century - for the handling of German unification and the united Germany with which we will soon be dealing"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Rome telegram 150 to FCO (1540Z) ("Visit to Rome by Genscher, 21 February") ["Genscher seeks to reassure Italians on German intentions regarding unification and EC integration"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 22 Th Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 record of conversation ("Germany: Four plus Two") [Powell, Kossov: negotiating mechanism for future of Germany; recent political developments in Soviet Union] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Powell briefing for MT (“Telephone call with President Bush”) [topics - unification, pace less frenetic; your consultations with other European leaders; Aug 1990 visit to Aspen] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: FCO letter to No.10 (“Germany: Four plus Two”) [Soviets, Britain and France in favour of early meeting; to be discussed by Bush and Kohl at Camp David this coming weekend] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 conversation record (1450Z-1513Z) (MT, Hurd) ("German unification: the wider consequences") [Hurd: "we must not appear to be a brake on everything ... come forward with some positive ideas of our own", strengthening and expanding CSCE framework; Hurd urged similar approach to EC; MT "not prepared to lead the United Kingdom into a European federation"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE The Hague telegram 63 to FCO (1210Z) ("Meeting between Delors, Lubbers, Kok and Van den Broek") [reports of a "fireside chat" on implications of unification for EC, with results unsatisfactory for Dutch] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 237 to FCO (1304Z) (“Poland's Western Border”) [Federal Government rejects an early treaty on Poland's western border, publicly rejecting Mazowiecki's plan] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 23 Fr Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Moscow telegram 310 to FCO (1252Z) (“Sir P. Cradock's call on Chernyaev: Germany”) [on Germany "our views and interests were close to those of the Soviet Union" - Germany had the right to unification and it was likely to happen quickly, but "we had to get the right external framework"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Moscow telegram 316 to FCO (0720Z) ("Sir P. Cradock's call on International Department, CPSU: Germany") [events proceeding at pace of a cavalry charge; "stupid and fruitless to impede unification", but should happen in an "orderly character"; any hint of German nationalism would turn Soviet public against perestroika] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 24 Sa Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 letter to FCO (“Meeting with academic experts on Germany”) [MT "feels that she does not know enough about Germany, its history and what makes Germans tick. She wants to spend half a day talking to a small group of people who DO know a lot about this, and learn from them"; with UKE Washington telegram 452 of 24 Feb] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 24 Sa Declassified documents Key Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 conversation record (1300Z) (MT call to President Bush) [MT voicing concerns of non-Germans - "unification was going to happen. But they were worried about the speed of it and at Germany's reluctance to consult"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Moscow telegram 321 to FCO (1030Z) (“Soviet views on Germany”) ["no doubt among responsible Russians that German unification is going to take place"; they hope to influence and delay, hence pressing for early meeting of Two Plus Four; their most pressing concern a binding legal settlement of Germany's post-war borders] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 26 Mo Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 460 to FCO (2218Z) (“Kohl in Washington: Press Conference”) [jointly with Bush, asserting shared view that united Germany should remain a full member of NATO] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 27 Tu Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: FCO letter to No.10 (“British Military Government Berlin”) [neither military nor a government - proposal to rename it "British Mission"; MT approves] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: No.10 letter to FCO (“EC-Germany”) [MT notes Genscher criticism of comment attributed to her that GDR could not automatically become an EC member after unification; merely semantics, "You might like to make sure Genscher understands this] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 27 Tu Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 244 to FCO (1359Z) (“Poland's Western Border”) [FDP and SPD critical of Kohl's latest statement on Germany's borders] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 256 to FCO (1647Z) (“Kohl-Bush meeting at Camp David”) [Federal Government account shows German thinking on future security arrangements in GDR 'unformed'; Kohl wants US forces to stay in FRG, with nuclear weapons] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE East Berlin telegram 156 to FCO (1630Z) (“Call on Modrow”) [Modrow irritation with "the Federal Chancellor's style"; "asked that we should do what we could to slow the process down"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 488 to FCO (1550Z) (“German-Polish Border”) [Polish sensibilities in US over border issue, but not translating into criticism of Bush Administration "policy of working with Kohl to ensure a smooth birth for German unification, probably sooner rather than later"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: UKE Washington telegram 487 to FCO (1545Z) (“German-Polish Border”) [Kohl's statements on border question at his Camp David press conference "attract concerned criticism"] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 28 We Declassified documents Major Archive (TNA) Germany: Powell briefing for MT (“Meeting with Sir Christopher Mallaby”) [questions to put him on unification process; have rebuffed efforts to get him invited to Chequers seminar] [declassified Dec 2016]
PDF 90 Feb 28 We Declassified documents Minor Archive (TNA) Germany: UKREP Brussels telegram 614 to FCO (2112Z) ("COREPER (Ambassadors) Lunch: 28 February: German Unification") [Germans and Commission explain work in progress] [declassified Dec 2016]
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