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Eastern Europe
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April 4, 1988
Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski updates Egon Krenz on the status of the shipping arms and ammunition to Ethiopia.
April 1, 1988
March 1988
An East German document outlining planned military aid for Ethiopia.
March 29, 1989
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 25, 1989
The CIA’s National Intelligence Daily for 25 Nov 1989 describes the latest developments in Czechoslovakia, Lebanon, East Germany, Western Europe, the Soviet Union, South Africa, El Salvador, Uruguay, India, and NATO-Warsaw Pact.
November 10, 1989
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
Chernyaev records Gorbachev's frustrations with Honecker following meeting with him in Berlin.
October 23, 1989
Telephone conversation between President George H. W. Bush and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl on the situation in Eastern Europe.
March 30, 1988
Egon Krenz writes to Mengistu Haile Mariam of Ethiopia with news of forthcoming East German military aid.
March 22, 1989
Egon Krenz writes to Colonel General Streletz about East German support for Ethiopia.