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January 26, 1990	Discussion of the German Question at a Private Meeting in the Office of the CPSU CC General Secretary In a conversation recorded by Chernyaev, Gorbachev candidly discusses the political situation in East and West Germany, the weakness of the Socialist Unity Party (SED), and the Soviet strategy for managing German reunification.
March 11, 1985	Minutes of a CC CPSU Politburo Session Nominating Gorbachev for General Secretary CC CPSU Politburo Session nominating Gorbachev for General Secretary after the death of Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko. Many members of the politburo spoke in favor of Gorbachev for General Secretary. They make a unanimous recommendation to the Plenum of CC CPSU.