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PREM19/3002
Germany (Internal situation in East Germany: policy towards German reunification) (Part 5)

Source: TNA, PREM19 series
Release date: 2016 Dec 30
Classification: Confidential
Page count: 80
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), Foreign policy - theory and process, Defence (general)

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90 Sep 6 Th Minor Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 1133 for FCO (1849Z) (“Ceremonies to mark German unity”) [possible event with heads of Four Power governments on 3 Oct; Federal Government has invited Bush who is mulling attendance] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Sep 6 Th Major Germany: BM Berlin telegram 67 to FCO (1915Z) (“Two Plus Four: state of play in preparation for Ministerial Meeting in Moscow”) ["After three days hard slog, good proportion of final settlement text agreed. ... The Soviet performance has been excrutiating"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Sep 10 Mo Minor Germany: UKDEL NATO telegram 452 to FCO (2153Z) (“Two Plus Four talks: briefing of NAC Ministerial”) [Genscher gave short briefing admitting some issues still unresolved] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Sep 10 Mo Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (Teltschik call to Powell) [Teltschik explained that Kohl had invited Bush first; "The first soundings had not been very promising", would scrap plan if he could not come; hoped to get decision tomorrow; Powell replied "we were quite relaxed about this"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Sep 11 Tu Major Germany: No.10 conversation record (Powell call to Gates) (“German Unification”) [MT wanted to convey message that 3 Oct very difficult for her and "she would not at all mind if the President found that he could not attend"; Gates thought unlikely Bush would go] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Sep 12 We Major Germany: UKE Moscow telegram 1713 to FCO (1457Z) (“2 + 4 ministerial meeting, Moscow, 12 September”) ["Final settlement on Germany signed. ... Two Plus Four thus complete"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Sep 12 We Minor Germany: No.10 conversation record (Teltschik called Powell) [Bush could not attend therefore Kohl decided to make 3 Oct unification ceremony a purely domestic occasion] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Sep 28 Fr Minor Germany: No.10 letter to FCO (“German unification on 3 October”) [draft MT message for Kohl on 3 Oct] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 2 Tu Major Germany: Powell briefing for MT (“Meeting with the German Ambassador”) [3 Oct unification - encloses press briefing; "The key is to get in the words 'friend, ally & partner' (if you can bear it)"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 3 We Major Germany: MT message to Kohl (unification) ["warmest congratulations on this special day when your country is once again united"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 3 We Major Germany: MT statement to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (unification) ["historic day ... most important step in overcoming the division of our continent"] [this copy declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 3 We Major Germany: Kohl message to MT (unification) [lengthy statement; "In future German soil will be a source of peace only"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 3 We Major Germany: No.10 conversation record (MT, German Ambasador) ["what a great day it was for Germany" ... Ally ... partner ... friend; MT glad Kohl had referred in his remarks to Gorbachev; "He had played a great role but faced many problems at home"] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 12 Fr Major Germany: UKE Paris telegram 1233 to FCO (1748Z) (“Withdrawal of French troops from Germany”) [Mitterrand explains French decision not to agree Kohl's request to leave some troops in Germany] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 15 Mo Minor Germany: UKE Berlin telegram 007 to FCO (1115Z) (“Elections in the new Laender”) [results] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Oct 24 We Major Germany: UKE Bonn telegram 1362 to FCO (1744Z) (“The FRG Economy post-unification”) [forecasts for growth less optimistic than government's] [declassified Dec 2016]
90 Nov 9 Fr Minor Germany: Chancellor Kohl letter to MT (unification) [thanks for her message of congratulations] [declassified Dec 2016]