PHP - MEMORANDUM OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN EAST GERMAN MINISTER FOR DISARMAMENT AND DEFENSE (RAINER EPPELMANN) AND SOVIET DEFENSE MINISTER (DIMITRI IAZOV)

Memorandum of Conversation between East German Minister for Disarmament and Defense (Rainer Eppelmann) and Soviet Defense Minister (Dimitri Iazov)

29 Apr 1990

Description: This memorandum addresses a conversation between East German Minister for Disarmament and Defense Rainer Eppelmann and Soviet Defense Minister Dimitry Iazov in April 1990. Eppelmann sees Germany as a bridge between the Warsaw Pact (WP) and NATO. He expects Soviet forces to remain in East Germany with West German financial support. Iazov remarks that maintaining two German armies in a united Germany is unrealistic. He opposes the idea proposed by Soviet Defense Minister Eduard Shevardnadze that a united Germany should be a member of both NATO and the WP. Iazov assumes that German unification will take at least five years.

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Document Type: Memorandum of Conversation
Origin (Agency): East German Ministry of Defense
Language of Original Document: German
Number of Pages: 5
Cold War Period: 1985-1991
Persons: Eppelmann, Iazov, Diestel, de Mazière, Gorbachev

Document Source: Federal Archives of Germany Military Branch (Freiburg i. Br.)
Call Number: DVW 1/44501
Document Companion: Document No. 152

Memorandum of Conversation between East German Minister for Disarmament and Defense (Rainer Eppelmann) and Soviet Defense Minister (Dimitri Iazov)

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