The. Assistant general secretary gorbachev has unequivocably given me his word that the soviet union will respect the wishes of the germans to live as one nation that. But the soviet union also had conditions the foreign minister should read not say stipulated before the International Press that a unified germany would have to maintain political and military neutrality upon his return call brushed over this very clear message from the kremlin he didnt want to taint the good news. That the soviet union imagine if unified germany in late had stayed yes of course all this was said yesterday. Kohl strategy was successful and his popularity grew hed made further offers of Financial Aid to gorbachev to discourage the kremlin from doing anything to block the way forward. It does mean is none of this would have happened if the soviet union hadnt been in such a dire economic position at the time of your life. So we didnt know it was struggling to keep its head above water on the west knew that