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ADENAUER FDN.
001
Konrad
-Adenauer-
Washington Research Office
Stiffung
1330 New Hompshire Avenue, N.W. a Washington, D.C. 20036 n Tel.: (202) 296-9437 Tix.: 248880 Fax: (202) 223-9658
September 27, 1990
Mr. Daniel McGroarty
Communications Department
The White House
Telefax: 3 pages
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Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. McGroarty:
Pursuant to our telephone conversation I am sending
you attached the German text as well as the translation
of two very good quotes of Konrad Adenauer relating to
the German unification. Please let me know if you need
any further information.
Sincerely yours,
Nelga Cas
Helga Leis
Executive Assistant
Enclosures
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ADENAUER FUN.
001
Konrad
- Adenauer-
Washington Research Office
Stiffung
4330 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. . Washington, D.C. 20036 . Tel.: (202) 296-9137 . Tix.: 248880 e Fax.: (202) 223-9658
September 27, 1990
Mr. Daniel McGroarty
Communications Department
The White House
Telefax: 3 pages
Washington, D.C. 20500
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Translation
1) When I speak of peace in the world and in Europe,
I must hark back to the division of Germany. The
division of Germany will one day be lifted - this is
our firm conviction
This division of Germany was
caused by tensions that arose between the victorious
powers. These tensions, too, will pass. Then, we
trust, nothing will impede reunification with our
brothers and sisters in the Eastern Zone and Berlin.
(Policy Statement, 20th September 1949)
Translation
2) The German question cannot be resolved solely by us
and the adversary who oppresses us; this problem can
be resolved only with the help of our friends. And we
thank God, that we have friends again in this world
it is this very friendship within Europe,
outside Europe, with the United States, with all the
free peoples of the world, that allows us to expect
with confidence that reunification in freedom will
come some day.
(Speech, 15th October 1963)
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ADDRAVER FUN.
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KONRAD ADENAUER
Äußerungen zur deutschen Einheit
1) "Wenn ich vom Frieden in der Welt und in Europa spreche, dann
muß ich auf die Teilung Deutschlands zurückkommen. Die Teilung
Deutschlands wird eines Tages das ist unsere feste Überzeugung
wieder verschwinden Diese Teilung Deutschlands ist durch
Spannungen herbeigeführt worden, die zwischen den Siegermächten
entstanden sind. Auch diese Spannungen werden vorübergehen. Wir
hoffen, daß dann der Wiedervereinigung mit unseren Brüdern und
Schwestern in der Ostzone und in Berlin nichts mehr im Wege steht."
(Regierungserklärung 20. September 1949)
2) "Eine Lösung der deutschen Frage ist nicht möglich allein zwischen uns
und dem Gegner, der uns bedrückt; eine Lösung dieser Frage ist nur
möglich mit Hilfe unserer Freunde. Und wir danken Gott, daß wir wieder
Freunde in der Welt gefunden haben ... Gerade diese Freundschaft in
Europa, außerhalb Europas, mit den Vereinigten Staaten, mit allen freien
Völkern der Weit, gibt uns erst ein Recht, mit Sicherheit zu erwarten, daß
eines Tages auch die Wiedervereinigung in Freiheit erfolgen wird."
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Chronology of White House Activity in German Unification
Oct-Nov 89
President tells press of his unqualified support
for German unification, establishes his initial
credibility on this issue with German public
Dec 3 89
In Brussels (after Malta Summit), having met
earlier in day with Chancellor Kohl, President
announces principles to rally NATO support for
rapid German unification Principles are
subsequently echoed in EC Summit declaration from
Strasbourg.
Feb 9 90
On eve of Kohl's first trip this year to the
Soviet Union, President sends him a message
assuring him of US backing on future of Four Power
rights. Kohl later said publicly that this letter
of
was a landmark in postwar German-American
relations.
Feb 10-11 90
President meets with NATO Secretary General
Woerner at Camp David to discuss the strategy for
relating German unification to the future of the
North Atlantic Alliance.
Feb 24-25 90
President meets with Chancellor Kohl at Camp
David, wins unequivocal agreement -- announced
publicly -- that a united Germany will remain a
full member of NATO, including its integrated
military structures.
Mar 15 90
President talks to Chancellor Kohl on the phone
and arrive at a common understanding on handling
of Polish border issue.
Apr 13 90
President meets with Prime Minister Thatcher in
Bermuda, reaches common agreement on agenda for
Two Plus Four and termination of Four Power rights
at time of German unity.
Apr 19 90
President meets with President Mitterrand in Key
Largo, reaches common agreement on agenda for Two
Plus Four and termination of Four Power rights at
time of German unity.
Apr 25 90
President writes to Chancellor Kohl and details
the emerging common Allied position on Two Plus
Four issues.
May 2 90
President writes to all NATO leaders to preview
his Oklahoma State University speech on the goals
for the NATO Summit and review US thinking on the
agenda for the Two Plus Four, urging that NATO
join this position at the upcoming May 4 NATO
ministerial (at which Allies did follow the US
lead).
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May 17 90
President meets again with Chancellor Kohl in
Washington, reaches firm agreement to resist
Soviet effort to delink Four Power rights from
internal unification and avoid singularizing
constraints on a united Germany.
May 30 90
President talks to Chancellor Kohl on the phone to
harmonize approach President will take into his
meetings with President Gorbachev.
Jun 3 90
After meetings with President Gorbachev in
Washington, the President announces -- at a joint
news conference -- that the two leaders are in
full agreement that the matter of Alliance
membership is, in accordance with the Helsinki
Final Act, a matter for the Germans to decide.
Gorbachev does not challenge this statement (which
in fact is position he took in announcing his
agreement with Kohl on July 16).
Jun 8 90
President meets again with Chancellor Kohl in
Washington and reviews strategy for the coming
months, including the NATO Summit.
Jun 21 90
President writes to Chancellor Kohl, and other key
Allied leaders, detailing his approach to the NATO
Summit and presenting the US-proposed draft Summit
Declaration, the London Declaration for a
Transformed North Atlantic Alliance.
Jul 3 90
Having already sent second messages to Prime
Minister Thatcher and President Mitterrand on the
NATO Summit, the President talks to Chancellor
Kohl and the Prime Ministers of the Netherlands,
Belgium, and Denmark to rally Allied support for
the US initiatives.
Jul 5-6 90
NATO leaders, having agreed to work from the US-
proposed text, agree to the President's
initiatives in a pathbreaking Summit Declaration
in London. Soviet leaders promptly welcome NATO's
move.
Jul 16 90
Kohl and Gorbachev make their joint announcement.
Gorbachev states: "We have received a very
important impulse from the conference in
London
which brought very positive steps
If
the
step of London had not been made, then it
would have been difficult to make headway at our
meeting. "
Jul 17 90
President talks to Gorbachev and to Kohl. Kohl
tells the President: "Without our friends, we
couldn't have experienced this day. And that
means the United States and you, Mr. President,
your performance in the past few months. "
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I am pleased, and satisfied, with the Soviet decisions on
Germany. I spoke this morning with Chancellor Kohl and with
President Gorbachev. We all feel that the agreement announced
yesterday is a historic step forward.
I would like to reflect for a moment on how we got here. In
looking back, I think there were three important stages in this
process. First, everyone had to accept that the unification of
Germany was really going to happen, and that it was right. I
remember telling the press last October, before the Berlin Wall
came down, that when we said we support German unity we really
meant it, without qualifications. And when Chancellor Kohl
announced his ten point plan in November, there were a few people
who thought he was moving too quickly. So in Brussels after my
meeting in Malta with President Gorbachev I offered some
principles to help rally NATO support for rapid unification in
peace and freedom, and we got that. After the East German
elections in March, people began to realize that unification
could actually occur this year. My view was: the sooner it comes
the better. I think the German people have appreciated that
stand.
The second stage was to put together a solid Western
position on the external aspects of German unification. We
created the Two Plus Four process in Ottawa in February and then
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Chancellor Kohl and I had a long talk later that month at Camp
David about the alignment of a united Germany. He came out,
after those meetings, and agreed unequivocally that a united
Germany needed to remain in NATO, including its integrated
military structures. Throughout the spring we worked on the
details of our position, and I talked about it with Prime
Minister Thatcher in Bermuda and President Mitterrand in Key
Largo. You'll recall that, after each of those meetings, we had
a solid meeting of the minds on Germany and I was able to
announce that we all agreed that Four Power rights should come to
an end at the time Germany is unified.
The third stage, though, was to persuade the Soviet Union.
President Gorbachev and I discussed this in Washington. In our
joint press conference, I said I thought we both agreed that
Germany should be free to choose to which alliance it would
belong. President Gorbachev didn't challenge that, and I thought
that was a good sign. It in fact turned out to be the position
he took yesterday. But we also had to show him that the NATO
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Alliance was not his enemy, but was a force for stability that
could adapt to the new realities in Europe. That's why the NATO
Summit in London was so important, where my colleagues agreed to
our proposals for a transformed Alliance. I appreciated
President Gorbachev's comment yesterday, that without the "very
important impulse" from the London Declaration, it would "have
been difficult to make headway" in his meeting with Chancellor
Kohl.
Both Chancellor Kohl and President Gorbachev have displayed
exceptional qualities of leadership during this challenging
period. We can all take pride in the way Europe is heading into
this new era of freedom. It's a goal we Americans have long
worked to achieve.