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BERLIN--East German Communist Party chief Egon Krenz headed to Moscow yesterday to discuss reform proposals with the architect of perestroika, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev...
...reported he would leave for the Soviet Union today. Krenz has said East Germany can learn much from reforms promoted by Gorbachev, the Soviet president...
That was a major departure from the contention of his 77-year-old predecessor, Erich Honecker, that no changes were necessary in East Germany's orthodox regime. Krenz replaced Honecker, his mentor, as Communist Party chief October...
...speech at the academy, Krenz said "the most decisive factor" in East Germany was "the unity and cohesiveness of the party, without which the unity of our people cannot be achieved...
...Krenz appears more open to change than Honecker, but many activists are skeptical, feeling party leaders will block any reform that challenges their monopoly on power...