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Krenz, Egon

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Helmut Kohl addresses the United Nations, June 1997.

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April 4, 1988	Information about the Status of the Operation Ethiopia (4 April 1988, 22:00 Hours) Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski updates Egon Krenz on the status of the shipping arms and ammunition to Ethiopia.
April 1, 1988	Information about the Status of the Operation Ethiopia (1 April 1988, 14:00 Hours) Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski updates Egon Krenz on the status of the shipping arms and ammunition to Ethiopia.
March 1988	Appendix [on GDR Military Aid to Ethiopia] An East German document outlining planned military aid for Ethiopia.
March 29, 1989	Letter, Koenig to Cdes. Dohlus, Sieber, and Rabenhorst During a meeting with Ethiopian leader Mengistu Haile Mariam, Mikhail Gorbachev underlined the importance of a political solution to the conflict. After an immediate ceasefire, negotiations without preconditions should start, based on the territorial integrity of Ethiopia.
November 10, 1989	Letter, General Secretary of the SED Egon Krenz to General Secretary of the CC CPSU Mikhail Gorbachev General Secretary Krentz reports to Gorbachev that East Germany has allowed GDR citizens to cross the border to West Berlin following mass protests at the Berlin Wall and its checkpoints. Of the 60,000 citizens who took advantage of the open border, reportedly 45,000 returned to East Germany after visiting the west.
October 11, 1989	Excerpt from the Diary of Anatoly Chernyaev Chernyaev records Gorbachev's frustrations with Honecker following meeting with him in Berlin.
October 23, 1989	Memorandum of Telephone Conversation: Telephone Call from Chancellor Helmut Kohl of the Federal Republic of Germany, October 23, 1989, 9:02-9:26 a.m. EDT Telephone conversation between President George H. W. Bush and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the situation in Eastern Europe.
March 30, 1988	Letter, Egon Krenz to Mengistu Haile Mariam Egon Krenz writes to Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia with news of forthcoming East German military aid.
March 22, 1989	Letter, Egon Krenz to Comrade Colonel General Fritz Streletz Egon Krenz writes to Colonel General Streletz about East German support for Ethiopia.
November 1, 1989	Memorandum of Conversation Between Egon Krenz, Secretary General of the Socialist Unity Party (SED), and Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) Memorandum of Conversation Between Egon Krenz, Secretary General of the Socialist Unity Party (SED), and Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Secretary General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) regarding the economic and political crises in the GDR and measures to alleviate them