Word: merkur
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bloc's last surviving Stalinist, read a 52-minute speech. Then for the next 90 minutes he answered written questions. After he had finished, there was confusion in West Germany over exactly what he meant. The Stuttgarter Zeitung headlined, ULBRICHT CALLS FOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH BONN; Munich's Merkur bannered, ULBRICHT'S POSITION UNCHANGED. Slightly Conciliatory. Neither headline was entirely wrong. In his speech, Ulbricht made a fresh bid for recognition by declaring: "It is a basic truth that internationally valid agreements on the renunciation of force can only be concluded between states that recognize each other...