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...reason for believing that one Germany is an idea whose time should not come again soon. Reunification is a euphemism for East Germany's voluntary annexation by West Germany. If the G.D.R. merges with the Federal Republic, the Soviet Union could see an ally not only leave the Warsaw Pact but defect to NATO. Estimates on how long Gorbachev would survive the wrath of his comrades range from 20 minutes to 48 hours...
...heart of Europe is waning, so there should be significant cuts in our defense budget. Security should be based on some new relationship between the two alliances, rather than a dissolution of the two alliances. Perhaps there could be a long-term arrangement for a transitional NATO and Warsaw Pact presence in the respective parts of a reconfederated Germany, so that there is no insecurity bred...
NATO negotiators then placed the draft on the bargaining table in Vienna, several hours after the Warsaw Pact offered its plan...
NATO and the Warsaw Pact have also proposed both sides agree to equal ceilings in Europe of 20,000 tanks and 28,000 armored troop carriers...
...Warsaw Pact draft proposed equal limits of 4700 on combat aircraft. NATO earlier proposed a ceiling...