ABSTRACT
Helmut Kohl had kept the Western leaders on their toes by continually reminding them of their long-standing verbal support of German reunification. They were called to show if they measured up to their words or whether they had spoken with a forked tongue. Gaining Moscow's agreement to German reunification on terms acceptable to the Bundesrepublik and its Western allies remained a major hurdle that Kohl had to overcome. In preparation for his mission to Moscow, Kohl's adviser Horst Teltschick was engaging in a little psychological political warfare, helped by the situation in East Germany and alarming reports of it in the German media. The Kohl mission to Moscow was a resounding success for the chancellor. The increasing likelihood of German reunification inevitably brought uneasiness and trepidation to many other Europeans. The Ottawa conference between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Warsaw Pact foreign ministers turned into another milestone on the path to Germany unity.
