ABSTRACT
Unification,
[WRL 020/4]
Confidential FCO, 10 November 1989
Dear Charles,
East Germany: Telephone Call by Chancellor Kohl
The Prime Minister’s statement this morning will be welcome to the Germans.
The FRG Ambassador has said he was very pleased to hear it. When Chancellor
Kohl telephones this evening, the Prime Minister may wish to take the line that
recent developments in East Germany represent a triumph of freedom. The priority
must now be the establishment of a genuinely democratic form of government. We
shall give whatever practical help we can in coping with the refugees. The Prime
Minister might also say to Chancellor Kohl that heads of government will clearly
want to discuss developments in Eastern Europe at Strasbourg, and she hopes he
will give a lead to that discussion.
