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Article: West Germany's Kohl says U.S. must adjust to Gorby's world
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- February 22, 1989
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Writing from Bonn, West Germany
West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl warned, in a 90-minute
conversation, that NATO under U.S. leadership must rapidly adjust to
the new world spinning around Mikhail Gorbachev or face a future of
unparalleled dangers.
Meeting with us shortly after Secretary of State James A. Baker
III left here empty-handed in his quest for a new missile to replace
the obsolescent Lance, Kohl pledged "full cooperation" with President
Bush. But behind this was a steely warning that the Gorbachev peace
offensive has changed the rules of the game.
Kohl has not been transformed by Gorby-mania into an instant
dove. He opposes zeroing out land-based ground missiles, remains a ...