Article: In Berlin, a day of momentous celebration; In Berlin, celebrating the night it all began ; Former East bloc leaders join Merkel in retracing walk through open wall

A man stands on the "Boesebruecke" bridge at Bornholmer ...
Getty Images;  November 9, 2009 ;     255 words ... ... 11-09-2009 A man stands on the "Boesebruecke" bridge at Bornholmer Strasse ... Full Size JPG (1679 KB)A man stands on the "Boesebruecke" bridge at Bornholmer Strasse in Berlin, holding a photograph showing people crossing the ...

Article: U.S. to Back High-Tech Sales Boost to East Bloc; ...
The Washington Post;  January 22, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... telecommunications equipment and machine tools to East Bloc nations that have shed their Communist ... controls against technology sales to East Bloc nations, according to officials close ... on sales to both the Soviet Union and East Bloc nations for computers six times more ...

Article: Gorbachev's East Bloc Policy Stalls
The Washington Post;  June 1, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... economic reports and interviews with East Bloc officials indicate that Gorbachev's ... companies and direct trade links between East Bloc factories, have produced only marginal ... political implications." At the root of the East Bloc's economic impasse is Gorbachev's ...

Article: U.S. Says East Bloc Increases Arms Shipments to ...
The Washington Post;  September 19, 1989 ;     698 words ... ... Department charged yesterday that the level of East-bloc arms being transshipped through Cuba ... It is inexplicable to us why the East bloc feels that it must provide Nicaragua ... criticized the Soviet Union for allowing East-bloc nations to continue shipping arms to ...

Article: East Bloc Leaders Request Broad Talks With ...
The Washington Post;  May 30, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... the rival alliances. A communique by East Bloc leaders after a two-day summit meeting ... arms reductions that would eliminate the East Bloc's superiority in most categories of ... missiles would leave them vulnerable to the East Bloc's superiority in tanks, troops and ...

Article: U.S. to approve high-tech sales to East Bloc.
Defense Daily;  January 23, 1990 ;     700+ words ... ... S. TO APPROVE HIGH-TECH SALES TO EAST BLOC The White House confirmed yesterday that ... sales of high technology products to East Bloc nations who are throwing off their Soviet ... restrictions to both the Soviet Union and the East Bloc countries. It has also agreed in its ...

Article: East Bloc Faces Aging Of Leaders;Opportunity, ...
The Washington Post;  May 25, 1987 ;     700+ words ... ... the most important issues facing the East Bloc. Five of the Soviet Union's six European ... Gorbachev, creating new tensions both in East Bloc relations and within their own countries ... part of the political balance within the East Bloc as well as between East and West. Successive ...