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Diplomatic documents · 1989–1990

Chronicle

A selection of telegrams, memos, minutes and letters from embassies and foreign ministries in eleven countries, set against the events from autumn 1989 to German unity.

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Sep 1989OctNovDecJan 1990FebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovHungary opens its border to Austria for GDR citizensMonday demonstration in LeipzigHonecker is replaced by Egon Krenz as SED General SecretaryThe Berlin Wall opensKohl presents his Ten-Point PlanThe Brandenburg Gate reopensOttawa: agreement on the Two-plus-Four talksFirst free elections to the GDR People’s ChamberFirst Two-plus-Four ministerial meeting in BonnMonetary, economic and social union enters into forceArkhyz, Caucasus: Kohl and Gorbachev agree on a united Germany in NATOUnification Treaty signedTwo-plus-Four Treaty signed in MoscowGerman reunificationGerman–Polish Border Treaty signed

Brandenburger Tor, 30 Jahre Mauerfall (2019): New York-air, CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. Hungary opens its border to Austria for GDR citizens

  2. Monday demonstration in Leipzig

  3. Honecker is replaced by Egon Krenz as SED General Secretary

  4. November 1989

  6. The Berlin Wall opens

  7. NetherlandsTelegramExtract Confidentialdodis.ch/52958

    Telegram from the Dutch Ambassador in Bonn, Jan van der Tas, to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hans van den Broek

    Report on the events that unfolded on and after 9.11.1989. Van der Tas is critical of the "false note", the claim for reunification, brought into the festivities by FRG Chancellor Kohl.

    Jan van der Tas, Netherlands · Embassy in BonnHans van den Broek, Netherlands · Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    Bonn, 14 November 1989

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  8. Kohl presents his Ten-Point Plan

  9. The Brandenburg Gate reopens

  10. Ottawa: agreement on the Two-plus-Four talks

  11. First free elections to the GDR People’s Chamber

  12. First Two-plus-Four ministerial meeting in Bonn

  13. July 1990

  14. Monetary, economic and social union enters into force

  15. NetherlandsTelegramConfidentialdodis.ch/52961

    Telegram from the Dutch Ambassador in East Berlin, Egbert Jacobs, to the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hans van den Broek

    Report on the state of affairs in the GDR, where people appear pleased with the prospect of reunification and see no reason to stretch out the country’s existence. These mental changes have had a profound impact on the internal political situation in the GDR.

    Egbert Jacobs, Netherlands · Embassy in BerlinHans van den Broek, Netherlands · Ministry of Foreign Affairs

    East Berlin, 4 July 1990

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  16. Arkhyz, Caucasus: Kohl and Gorbachev agree on a united Germany in NATO

  17. Unification Treaty signed

  18. Two-plus-Four Treaty signed in Moscow

  19. German reunification

  20. German–Polish Border Treaty signed