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...Genscher shows displeasure...
Still hopeful, West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher emphasized that the Honecker visit was "meaningful and necessary." But pessimism increased when the usually well-informed Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported that Honecker would "probably" put off his trip until the end of the year, allowing him time to consult with Soviet officials before going to West Germany...
...Soviets have been unrelentingly critical of West Germany in the aftermath of the deployment. Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko coldly rebuffed West German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher's call for a return to arms talks during a meeting in Moscow last May. Since then the Soviet press has continued to vilify West Germany as the Third Reich reincarnate, publishing cartoons that depict members of the Kohl government with goose-stepping Nazi troopers...
Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to power. There were no signs during Genscher's visit that Iran's fanatical Shi'ite Muslim leaders had changed their opinion of the U.S. "devil," but West German officials found them less prone to heap verbal abuse on the West. When Genscher expressed concern about the fighting in the gulf, the Iranians said they were also eager to prevent the war from widening...
Hard economic realities have contributed to Tehran's apparent change of heart. Iran suffers from a serious balance of payments deficit. The country has had to discount its oil prices by between $2 and $5 per bbl. in order to lure tankers into gulf waters. Members of the Genscher delegation who had visited the Iranian capital before the revolution noticed a decline in the standard of living. Buildings that had been under construction five years before stood half finished...