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February 1987	First Assessment of the Military Content of the 24th International Wehrkunde Conference from 31 January to 1 February 1987 in Munich The report looks into the 24th Internationale Wehrkundetagung in Munich focusing on "Perspectives of NATO" and emphasizing a continued NATO's reliance on nuclear weapons and the strategy of flexible response. NATO policymakers did not endorse Egon Bahr's scheme for the creation of a nuclear- and chemical-weapons free zone in Europe.
September 23, 1985	Telegram, Dimitar Stoyanov to Comrade Mielke The head of the Bulgaria's Ministry of the Interior informs Erich Mielke of developments in the criminal case against Sergei Antonov.
October 1977	GDR Ministry for State Security, Main Department XX, 'Entry of a Terrorist Group into the GDR' A Stasi intelligence report on the potential for terrorist activity in Berlin.
October 18, 1977	GDR Ministry for State Security, Main Department XX, 'Increased Activities by Extremist Palestinian Groups in Western Europe' East German intelligence reports that the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine may be planning "commando operations" in Western Europe.
March 15, 1977	GDR Ministry for State Security, Main Department XX/AGM, 'Information No. 191/77: Expertise of the Bavarian Administrative Court on the Palestine Question' An intelligence report on West German interest in the PLO.
December 10, 1982	Excerpts of Talks between Leading Comrades and Foreign Guests (No. 12) A Chinese Communist Party digest summarizing recent meetings held between Deng Xiaoping, Hu Yaobang, Zhao Ziyang, and Peng Zhen and foreign counterparts.
March 21, 1990	Working Record of the Conversation between the Prime Minister, Tadeusz Mazowiecki and the US Secretary of Defense D. Cheney Mazowiecki and Cheney discuss Poland’s military, Soviet troop withdraw, and the future of NATO.
March 21, 1990	Working Record of the Talks of the Prime Minister T. Mazowiecki, with CIA Director W. Webster Mazowiecki and CIA Director W. Webster discussed relaxing COCOM restrictions and Gorbachev’s response to both Lithuanian independence and German reunification.
March 21, 1990	Minutes of a Conversation of Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki with US President George Bush Over two days of meetings, Bush and Mazowiecki discuss German reunification, the future of relations with the Soviet Union/Russia, and NATO.
July 23, 1973	Comment for Comrade Minister Oskar Fischer Documents related to East Germany's protest against the intended establishment of a Chinese trade representation in West Berlin. The East German Ministry of Foreign Affairs stresses that West Berlin cannot be regarded as part of West Germany. Therefore, by initiating diplomatic relations with West Berlin without considering the existence of the internationally acknowledged Four Power Agreement on Berlin between the US, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union, China is deliberately acting against the interests of East Germany.