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Photograph of Helmut Kohl, 1982.

Kohl, Helmut

1930- 2017

"The Bundeshaus (Federal Building) in Bonn, West Germany, May 1961. "

Western Europe

West Germany

Mikhail Gorbachev, 1986

Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich

1931- 2022

The Palace of the Republic (Palast der Republik) in Berlin

Eastern Europe

East Germany

Soviet soldier taking a photograph of another soldier in Red Square, Moscow, 1959

Eastern Europe

Soviet Union

Photograph of Gorbachev-Bush summit at Malta, 1989

End of the Cold War

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Western Europe

Germany

Aerial view of National Mall

North America

United States

German Reunification

Official portrait for President George H.W. Bush, 1989.

Bush, George H.W.

1924- 2018

Aerial photograph of CIA headquarters

United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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George H.W. Bush and Lech Walesa

CIA Reports on the Collapse of Communism in Europe

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Eastern Europe

Poland

Berlin Wall between Mitte and Kreuzberg

Berlin Wall

François Mitterrand in 1983

Mitterrand, François

1916- 1996

Austria and German Unification

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Chernyaev, A. S.

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June 29, 1990	National Intelligence Daily for Friday, 29 June 1990 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for Friday, 29 June describes the latest developments in USSR, India, Liberia, China, Indonesia, Germany and Japan.
June 26, 1990	National Intelligence Daily for Tuesday, 26 June 1990 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 26 June 1990 describes the latest developments in Yugoslavia, Liberia and Germanys.
July 26, 1990	National Intelligence Daily for Thursday, 26 July 1990 The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 26 July 1990 describes the latest developments in Liberia, Germanys, the Soviet Union, India, the United Kingdom and Yugoslavia.
October 11, 1989	Central Intelligence Agency, Directorate of Intelligence, 'German Reunification: What Would Have to Happen?' The CIA’s memorandum published on 11 October 1989 brings up the German reunification as an international agenda and assesses its implications for the Soviet Union and the United States.
October 27, 1989	Special Analysis: The Germanys: Reunification -- What Would Have to Happen An analysis of what German unification would look like.
July 19, 1990	Sucharipa, Austrian Foreign Ministry, 'German Unification, Soviet Position' The document discusses the Soviet position on German unification in six separate parts. The first deals with confusion over Gorbachev's better than expected consent to unification. Second are the potential domestic and foreign policy reasons the USSR consented so readily to unification, followed by the third part which outlines potential Soviet benefits from the process. The fourth section discusses the autonomy of the new German government, which is backed up with the fifth section discussing public sentiment. The final portion discusses the fine line for both the Soviet Union and the West between being overbearing on Germany's new independence and not helping enough.
December 7, 1989	Johann Plattner, Austrian Foreign Ministry, 'Program of Chancellor Kohl on German unification; Reaction of the Western states' The document outlines other countries' reactions to the prospect of German Reunification. The fears of France, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg are cataloged. In addition, Western allies such as the United States, United Kingdom, and France are marked as being hopeful for the upcoming reunion of the two states.
November 10, 1989	Johann Plattner, Austrian Foreign Ministry, 'Debate on German Reunification; Information and Language Regime' In light of Kohl & Gorbachev's joint statement (June 13, 1989), the Head of the Department for Western and Northern Europe of the Political Section of the Austrian Foreign Ministry discusses German reunification, the Berlin Question, and Detente. The report discusses the resistant attitudes of the West, with the exception of the US, towards German reunification.
June 13, 1989	Second Conversation between Mikhail Gorbachev and FRG Chancellor Helmut Kohl Discussion between Gorbachev and FRG Chancellor Kohl regarding arms control and the evolving diplomatic relationship between West Germany and the Soviet Union.
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.