The. Research that general secretary gorbachev has on equivocally given me his word that the soviet union will respect the wishes of the germans to live as one nation with. But the soviet union also had conditions foreign minister shared not to 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 a unified germany in late head of state yes of course all this was said yesterday. Cole 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 doesnt and theres this you none of this would have happened if the soviet union hadnt been in such a dire economic position at the time. That we didnt know it was struggling to keep its head above water and the west knew that