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Lithuania quickly shifted toward flexibility. Seizing on an idea floated last month by French President Francois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, Vilnius offered, in return for negotiations, to suspend all legislation it had passed since declaring independence. Prime Minister Prunskiene flew to Moscow to present the offer to Gorbachev. While she was still in the air, Gorbachev called the Lithuanian mission asking to see her as soon as she arrived. This was a gesture of compromise on his part, since he had insisted no talks were possible until the Lithuanians canceled their declaration of independence...
...moment, Bonn is preparing the final documents for monetary and economic reunification; East Germany has two weeks to modify the submission of the East German economy to West German control. The haste is a direct result of the upcoming election campaign in West Germany, where speedy reunification is Kohl's trump card. A crucial political decision involving an explosive historical precedent has become a stepping stone to Kohl's personal power...
...Harvard is looking for a power politician, Kohl is the man of choice. If, however, Harvard is looking for a leader with integrity, it should look again...
Lithuanians had been hoping for foreign intervention in their secession standoff with Moscow, but what they got last week was not what they had in mind. Winding up a summit in Paris, French President Francois Mitterrand and West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl urged Vilnius to resolve its crisis with Moscow "through the classic channels of dialogue." To get talks going, they suggested in a letter to Lithuanian President Vytautas Landsbergis, "it would be helpful if the effects of the decisions taken by your Parliament were suspended...
While the passion for independence still burns high, some sober-minded Lithuanians are beginning to wonder if they might have been too hasty. Prime Minister Kazimiera Prunskiene seemed to suggest that the deliberately vague terms of the Kohl-Mitterrand letter might serve as a vehicle for compromise. But the main stumbling block remains: what to do about the March 11 declaration of independence. Lithuanians are interpreting the proposed suspension to refer only to legislation passed after March 11, while Moscow reads it to include suspension of the declaration itself. The no-retreat camp still has the upper hand in Vilnius...