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NID: THE GERMANYS: REUNIFICATION - WHAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN

Approved for Release: 2019/10/29 C06826777 Special Analysis TILE GERNIANIS; Reunification�What Would Have To Happen Chancellor Kohl and other West German leaders hare asserted that German reunification is "on the international agenda" but are well awtire that it would require fundamental changes in both East and West Germany. The most difficult obstacles are East Germany's adherence to Communism and Moscow's firm rejection of reunification as a practical, near-term issue. A Soviet shift, in particular, might precipitate rapid change in other areas...