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Helmut Kohl addresses the United Nations, June 1997.

Helmut Kohl Collection

Featuring hundreds of transcripts of Helmut Kohl’s meetings with foreign leaders during the initial post-Cold War period, the Helmut Kohl Collection provide the closest, most detailed view yet of how Kohl forged a post-Cold War foreign policy for Germany and how he approached European integration, NATO enlargement, the Balkan Wars, the Middle East peace process, personal diplomacy with Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin, and a range of other global issues and challenges

Helmut Kohl addresses the United Nations, June 1997.

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November 10, 1989

Memorandum of Telephone Conversation: Conversation with Helmut Kohl, Chancellor – Federal Republic of Germany, November 10, 1989, 3:29-3:47PM

Telephone conversation between President George H. W. Bush and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the situation in Germany.

November 13, 1990

The Chancellor's [Helmut Kohl's] Meeting with Soviet President M.S. Gorbachev on 9 November 1990, 3:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Federal Chancellery

Kohl and Gorbachev review the state of bilateral relations, the Gulf crisis and the situation in the Soviet Union, especially with regards to Gorbachev's perestroika and glasnost and the Soviet Union's economic reforms. They discuss Western economic assistance and food supplies for the Soviet Union as well.

November 7, 1991

Memorandum of Conversation between the President [George H.W. Bush] and Helmut Kohl et al, November 7, 1991, 5:35-6:00 p.m.

Kohl and Bush talk about the NATO summit, the creation of a European pillar in NATO, the war in Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union's disintegration.

June 3, 1991

The Chancellor's [Helmut Kohl's] Meeting with President Mitterrand on Thursday, 30 May 1991, in Lille (working breakfast)

Kohl and Mitterrand confer on NATO, European security and the idea of establishing a common security and defense policy under the roof of the European Community.

July 15, 1991

Memorandum of Conversation: Meeting with Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany on July 15, 1991

Bush, Kohl, and others discuss relations with France and France's views of NATO, talks between the US and the USSR over the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START I), safeguarding the Brazilian rainforest, the Uruguay Round of the GATT, support for economic reforms in the Soviet Union, and US-German relations.
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The Helmut Kohl Collection & Germany’s Post-Cold War Foreign Policy

Helmut Kohl wanted to build relationships based on cordiality, frankness, and friendship. He spoke frequently with the likes of George H.W. Bush, Francois Mitterrand, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, and many other foreign leaders. 

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