Word: unificationism
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If it's not one problem, it's another. After surrendering his party's monopoly , on power last week, Mikhail Gorbachev turned his attention to a separate issue that he and his countrymen find painful: the incipient unification of Germany. On Saturday West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived in Moscow...
During the weeks that Soviet leaders have been preoccupied with remaking their party and government, the pressure for unity inside the two Germanys has mounted faster than was predicted even in this age of sudden European transformations. In Bonn last week, Kohl won his coalition government's approval for talks...
Kohl welcomed Modrow's proposal, but he dismissed any prospect of a West German withdrawal from NATO. Perhaps in an attempt to downplay Modrow and his pitch for neutrality, Kohl said he will not discuss unification with East Berlin until after East Germans go to the polls in mid-March...
Gorbachev's softened stance on unification surprised the Bush Administration, which until now had counted on Moscow's disapproval to slow down the unification parade. And it came at an awkward time for George Bush, who proposed last week that the U.S. reduce its troops in Europe from 305,000...
WORLD: Suddenly the train destined for German unification picks up speed