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Article: The fine print and the four powers. (Soviet Union, United States, France, Great Britain) (Europe)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 18, 1989
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The fine print and the four powers
GERMANY is a curious construct. Not only are there two states in Germany, there are also two Berlins. West Berlin is marooned 88 miles from West Germany, plonk in the middle of East Germany. The opening of the wall that for the past 28 years has divided the old all-German capital was the occasion for last week's street party in Berlin. If the two Germanies and the two Berlins were ever to decide to share a single state, not just a neighbourly glass of Sekt, they would have a problem.
No peace treaty has ever been signed between the wartime allies--the Soviet Union, the United States, France and Britain--and defeated ...