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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1990
Page
5
A Knight Ridder synopsis outlines Gorbachev moving toward party reform and greater democracy as Eastern Europe shifts. It notes Moscow faces a peaceful power shift, corruption, shambles in the economy, and a push to open society to accept Western information and technology.
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev held talks in Moscow acknowledging that de facto German reunification is advancing faster than expected. Kohl noted that the two Germanies and the Allies must craft a reunification program while Gorbachev said the decision lies with the German people. Kohl offered 132 million dollars to aid Soviet food purchases as a sign of economic cooperation amid shifting alliances in central Europe.
In Kosovo, authorities investigate whether most of 27 deaths during recent protests were caused by paramilitaries rather than demonstrators. Justice Minister Kamonski tours Kosovo as riots erupted last month. A Western diplomat notes such an independent inquiry would be historic in Yugoslavia amid State Department concerns over potential lethal force by police.
In East Germany expert Ulrich Bergmann discusses reunification as a process fraught with risk. Bomb threats, strikes, and political instability frame a tense mood as West German wealth and stability loom. Voters face a month of watershed elections amid fear and cautious optimism.
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