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| Document type: | Declassified documents |
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| Source: | Horst Teltschik, 329 Tage: Innenansichten der Einigung [329 Days: Inside Views of the Unification] , Siedler Publishing 1991 |
| Editorial comments: | Translated specially for www.margaretthatcher.org. Dr Teltschik was Helmut Kohl’s closest foreign policy adviser. |
| Importance ranking: | Major |
| Word count: | 65 |
| Themes: | Defence (general), Foreign policy (USA), Foreign policy (USSR & successor states), Foreign policy (Western Europe - non-EU) |
In preparation for the two-plus-four talks, this morning there gather with the Federal Chancellor, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Gerhard Stoltenberg, Rudolf Seiters, Dieter Kastrup, Major-General Klaus Naumann from the command-staff of the defence ministry, and myself. ... In passing, the Chancellor reports on his talks with Margaret Thatcher, whom he portrays as a “tremendous fighter and a splendid woman ”. He has made peace with her again.