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August 23, 1989	East Germany: Leadership Concerns An analysis of diminishing faith in East Germany's leadership.
November 24, 1989	Memorandum of Conversation Austrian Chancellor Franz Vranitzky and East German Prime Minister Hans Modrow, East-Berlin The conversation details various changes needed in the GDR, including within the economy, electoral law, and foreign relations. They further discuss Austria's role in the two German states.
January 31, 1947	Meeting Friday in Moscow with Stalin Stalin meets with a German delegation to discuss economic conditions in Germany as well as to discuss the political situation in Soviet occupied territory.
December 18, 1948	Result of the 4-hour Meeting with Wilhelm Pieck, Walter Ulbricht, Otto Grotewohl, Fred Oelsne, and Stalin Stalin meets with German officials to discuss various aspects of the post-war German economy and government.
December 5, 1989	Record of Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the FRG H.D. Genscher Record of a conversation between M.S. Gorbachev and H.D. Genscher discussing Helmut Kohl's Ten Points. Genscher expresses interest in negotiating with FRG and passing reforms in the GDR.
November 11, 1989	Record of Telephone Conversation between M. S. Gorbachev and Chancellor of the FRG Helmut Kohl. Moscow-Bonn. Gorbachev and Kohl discuss reforms in the GDR to stabilize the situation and to decrease the number of people crossing the border.
October 13, 1989	Memorandum Regarding a Conversation between Vadim Medvedev and Kurt Hager in the CC of the CPSU in Moscow Medvedev and Hager discuss the future of the GDR and new resolutions to appease citizens of the GDR.
June 21, 1953	Memorandum from Karl Schirdewan to First Secretaries of the District Leadership of the SED Schirdewan orders the First Secretaries of the District Leadership of the SED to employ party members to seek out personal conversations and inquiries with individuals in the GDR after the East German Uprising. He provides specific questions for Party members to ask, in order to determine the temperament of the workers towards the GDR government and suggestions for improvement.