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Mar 12 2014

Gorbachev and Krenz – November 1, 1989

Published by under East Germany,Economy,Germany,Poland,Reform,Soviet Union,Uncategorized

Document 9 of Briefing Book 293 of the GW National Security Archive presents a translated conversation from a visit by Egon Krenz to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev. Krenz had recently replaced Erich Honecker as party leader in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), and this conversation features relatively frank discussion of the social and political developments regarding […]

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