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11.   U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush’s Conditions for Unification (December 4, 1989)
Elated by the impending collapse of communism in Europe, U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush speaks to NATO leaders in Brussels. He expresses firm support....
12.   Mikhail Gorbachev’s Concerns about Reunification (December 5, 1989)
Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, upset by the prospect of losing his East German client state and seeing his Eastern European empire crumble, berates West German....
13.   Goals of the Central Round Table (December 7, 1989)
The Central Round Table [Zentrale Runde Tisch] was founded in East Berlin on December 7, 1989. It was a forum in which members of crumbling Communist organizations (e.g., the Socialist Unity....
14.   SED/PDS Resolution for a New GDR (December 17, 1989)
In an attempt to salvage its waning power, the discredited SED renamed itself the “Party of Democratic Socialism” (PDS) at a special party congress dedicated to preserving the independence of the....
15.   Helmut Kohl’s Welcome in Dresden (December 19, 1989)
Helmut Kohl recalls the warm welcome he received from the people of Dresden during a decisive visit in December 1989 and recounts the speech he delivered in front....
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